My ancestor Peter Jett settled walking distance from George Washington's birthplace in Virginia, around 1660.  It's difficult to track down where in England, the colonial settlers originated, but I found the church where he was baptized in 1620s Oxfordshire.  It's still a working church, using the same baptism font.  I visited there, a few years ago.  Meanwhile, my Norwegian great-grandfather came to Iowa at the age of 3.  I think his parents were lutefisk refugees.