lyonhart 
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Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 7:14 pm
During the 17th century colonists from all over Europe, in particular, England came to America to start a new life. Among them were workers that had skills and abilities that made them welcome in the colonial villages. The first blacksmiths to come to America were the armourers of the ships of the first colonists.