Roedd y Cymry ymhlith y rhai cyntaf i ymfudo i America. Crynwyr oedd y grŵp mawr cyntaf a aeth draw yno, gan ymsefydlu ar ddarn mawr o dir yn Pennsylvania dan ofal William Penn, oedd o dras Cymreig ei hun.
The Welsh were among the very first settlers to go to America. The first large group of immigrants were Quakers who colonised a large tract of land in Pennsylvania under William Penn, himself of Welsh extraction.