However I hit a dead end on her father, Thomas Davis and his parents. I appreciate any help you can give. Melungeon and Melungeon-related surnames (Carolina's, Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky) ADAMS ADKINS BARKER BARNES BECKLER BELL BENNETT BERRY BIGGS BOLEN BOWLIN BOWLING BOWMAN Neither of my parents had the same color of my skin and neither of my brothers. Jackson Joel Gilliam is my 4th great grandfather, and he is from Scott County Virginia. Additionally, Jack founded both the Y-DNA, mitochondrial (maternal) DNA and autosomal Families of Interest . My great grandmother was Leona G. Phipps from Grayson County, Virginia. Hello again Ms. Gray. I wont be attending, as I live 3000 miles away, but it might be useful to you who live near Virginia. Sometimes DNA tests hold surprising results, results that the individual didn't expect. I have found a lot of information for her father and his people, but her mother is a big mystery. The best way to find out your heritage is to do a DNA test with Ancestry. These last names show up in my family try. I would love to talk with you and compare notes. North American Indian ancestors include people from the tribes of Powhatan, Mattaponi, Monie, Nansemond, Rappahanock, Pamunkey, Chickahominie, Cherokee (Buffalo Ridge) and Choctaw. Found your list of names. The family names from your list above are: Berry, Davis, Jones, Tolliver (Sara Isabelle Tagliferro is my ancestor via the Berry Line), Phipps, Osborne, Richardson and many more. A judgment of failure to pay was entered against Isaac Cooper and George Cooper (corrected to: Bean) in February 1805 in the same county (and collected). Thank you! Best of luck and Merry Christmas! Jack, a Melungeon descendant through several ancestors, expected that his Y paternal . I havent done a lot of research on these names yet I just know they show up in my line. What a great feeling you must be experiencing with this new found gem! my mothers last name is Brown, my fathers last name is King but that is not a Melungeon name but Brown is. We are generally from the VA/NC/KY area, with some lines being in SC (our Hicks/Love line). I wish I could prove anything but I know it is a long time family claim. Enjoying The Company While On TheJourney. Jackson Joel Gilliam is my gggrandfather. I was wondering if you have any information on the Browns in or near Halifax County, NC and the border of Virginia? It was an open secret that they were not white. Chapman, Chavis. Surnames on my maternal grandmas side are Mullins, Stallard, Stanley and Roberson/Robertson/Robinson. I would like to email you about my connection to the Shavers/Chavis/Chavers, Brown, Hall, Kelley and other family names in Alabama and Franklin County Tennesse. So then we need to go to our trees Thanks! Of course, these surnames are common names in America, and are only considered "Melungeon" names in the areas where Melungeons live. Thank you for the informative blog. All around 1700-1800 time frame. Looking for Starnes. My great grandfather is Harris Brown, a Melungeon, and also has Portuguese ancestry, however I don't have information past his father John Brown who married Eliza Ann Jenkins Richardson a . Hammon, Jones, Osborn, and Steele on my mothers side. Connie Crosby 4/27/02 . Researchers with ancestral roots in North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky and West Virginia may have Melungeon genes. . Crooked pinky fingers, high cheekbones, lumps under my jawbone, ridiculously thick, curly hair, shovel teeth on SIX teeth. Also known as the "Lost People of Appalachia," these darker-skinned people were called "Melungeons," a word derived from the Arabic "Melun-Jinn" meaning one who has been abandoned by God - a cursed soul. My blue-eyed, somewhat darker skinned, maternal grandfather had a mysterious father whose parents, William Wright and Malissa Delph (my great-great grandparents) were born in Tennessee and both age 24 in the 1860 census. I realize my writing style is very erratic (like somebody said squirrel in front of a hound,lol) and I apologise for that, but thank you so much for your time Mrs Gray, sincerely Edward Davis (P.S. It possibly accounts for my 0.7% West African/Congolese DNA. That's what happened to Jack Goins, Hawkins County, Tn. I dont have a Clarence, in my tree I have the following gibsons: Hendricks/Hendrix and Graham from Virginia and Kentucky are prominent in his heritage. It never went to my email. Langston, Lasie, Lawson, Locklear, Lopes, Lowry, Lucas. What are your Stallard and Sizemore ancestors? But I am trying to find more about my Indian family, and am also related to Pocahontas through her daughter Kaokee. My ancestors are Wood. The rest of my matches are 1 in Germany and the rest in Spain, Portugal, Purro Rico, Italy, and Brazil. I have the knot . We were Black Dutch, Melungeon, Blackfoot and Osage. Fathers surname of CROS(S)LOW seems to hit a wall several generations back. These families settled in Lincoln Co and are mentioned in the Indian Commission Affairs and in a report by Robert K. Thomas. Right back to Newmans Ridge. Her parents are from Kentucky, from S.C. and Maryland. My families are listed here, and we are known to be of Melungeon origin on certain lines. My dad was always told we had Cherokee in us. And then there was Mama, the youngest. Well hopefully you can work your skills to help me find a better understanding. I sent you that second email before I reread your origninal one, give me a bit of time and Ill see what I can find. Look for an email from Nikki Matt Landerkin, Okay Thanks! Gann, Garland, Gibbs, Gibson/Gipson, Goins/Goings, Givens, Gowan/Gowen, Graham, Green(e), Gwinn. I have photos, and a tree on family search org if anybodys intersted. Archivist and founder of the Melungeon Core DNA project. The pages wont let me open them . My grandfather had a very dark complexion and when I asked him about this he said these traits were Black Dutch. I am researching my family.actually that of my husband and children. I descend from the Brooks, Clarks and Cooper lines. I am pretty sure I am Melungian, I would love to connect and learn more. Her father was surname a Steadman. Had always been told a great great grandma was Native-Cherokee but both my fathers and my own DNA shows minimal to no Native. Thank you. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. 2 Answers. I too have very little information about about my fathers family so if you would like to get in touch feel free to do so. I have not had any DNA tests done, but again would like to know about my Indian family, and also about the melungeons as well. Cumbo. I will soon be 74 and just have forgotten where I have put a lot of things. Cool, but it was more Portegues blood than Indian, I would be interested in this DNA I also have several of these sir names on my daughter dna. She was in her 20s, married to James Elbert Manis Ferrell. What do you have on the BARKERs, my grandfather on my fathers side was GEORGE WASHINGTON BARKER. Other researchers have added Powell, LeBon, Bowling, Bunch, Goins, Goodman, Heard, Minor and Mullins. You may be able to find valuable information there at the college. I can possibly help if you connect to Sylvaneous Brewer, b 1812-1815 in Claiborne County, Tennessee, and lived in Lee County, Virginia, from 1850 to circa 1900. George Boone 1850 m. to Rose/Rosa Richardson. A good deal of my research, in addition to Mulungeon, leads back to Cherokee heritage from northeastern AL. My Grandfather was Cleo Berry Son of Lydia Price and Calvin Berry. In 1969 cultural anthropologists William S. Pollitzer and W. H. Brown published their study comparing the physical characteristics and gene frequencies in six blood group systems of 177 Melungeons in Tennessee and Virginia to various worldwide populations. We do belong somewhere after all. Email: [emailprotected]. That never added up, because the neighbor lady was 100% Cherokee and she was lighter skinned than my mother. What was a Melungeon? Maybe in finding this site I can do so know. Genealogist They, along with associated families, migrated to western NC from the eastern/coastal NC and borderline SC/NC. Smiling, Smith, Stallard, Stanley, Steel, Stevens, Stewart, Strother. If given the space, we could present complex scores of intermarriages of Melungeon and other mixed surnames beginning in the 1600s of colonial America. Thank you for posting this. https://the-melungeons.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-best-of-will-allen-dromgoole.html?fbclid=IwAR3n_jqz-VJhuT8WDjuQJxnQmGUhh5C6azEmc687FNvJurqMwFqraBlIPDs, https://wordpress.com/post/jgraydiscovery.com/2646, https://wordpress.com/post/jgraydiscovery.com/2675, https://jgraydiscovery.com/2019/08/13/melungeon-tuscarora/. Jeremiahs father Jeremiah Sr. b.1724 then Edward Bass b.1697 Bertie, N. Carolina. Elizabeth Katherine Jones supposed DOB was February 27, 1901. Brent Kennedy based his primary genetic proof on a 1990 study of blood samples from 177 Melungeon descendants taken in 1969. Lasie. If you look on Ancestry.com, you may be able to link your lineage. They lived in Gilbert, West Virginia. His wife, Mary Mae Heffley 1872-1959. , I am descended from Wood. Thank you, Victoria Thornton. My sons dna showed black ancestry circa 1700. April Pilkey Williams There is no proof that Melungeons even have Mediterranean ancestry, . Now to find the link to the Indian Nation. Take a look at this website: https://the-melungeons.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-best-of-will-allen-dromgoole.html?fbclid=IwAR3n_jqz-VJhuT8WDjuQJxnQmGUhh5C6azEmc687FNvJurqMwFqraBlIPDs, Take a look at this blog: https://the-melungeons.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-best-of-will-allen-dromgoole.html?fbclid=IwAR3n_jqz-VJhuT8WDjuQJxnQmGUhh5C6azEmc687FNvJurqMwFqraBlIPDs. Researchers with ancestral roots in North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky and West Virginia may have Melungeon genes. Thanks! Taylor. Any suggestions? While the Melungeon people faced social isolation due to their non-white heritage, they rarely faced legal penalties for it. My Reeves family always claimed Indian descent. If this helps my ftdna kit # B511534. People are always asking me exactly what are you? Anyone with any info or connection, please email me!!!! Butler. I have been doing a lot of research just using Family Search. And for some not any death dates. Hello Thank you for your timely response and for sharing. Dad was a Revolutionary soldier. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Naturally there are many questions. LUCAS, MADDOX MAGGARD MAJOR MALE MALONE(Y) MARSH I recently had my DNA done and it confused me more. my father's last name is King but that is not a Melungeon name but Brown is. By the way we are a 9CM match on gedmatch, distant cousins. HAWKES HENDRICKS HENDRIX HILL HILLMAN HOGGE HOLMES HOPKINS HOWE Melungeon (pron. I am so saddened by your grandmothers story. If anyone can help us that would be amazing. Joseph Higdon says: February 9, 2023 at 4:17 am. Hi. My DNA test at age 80 found my paternal family..and every surname on the site. Turkish, Jewish, Italian, Syrian, Nigerian, My eldest cousin knows Great Grands maiden name. On an I tried looking you up on Facebook but no luck, thought Id send some pics to get your thoughts), Thank you for writing, Look for Joyceann Gray on Facebook. I, too, am kin to Reeves from the VA/WV area who claimed unproven Native blood, even though there descendants were dark-skinned, dark-haired, etc. Just trying to find the source of my Spanish/Portugeuse heritage. No Cherokee blood showed up in my daughters DNA test. This surname means from the anchor in Dutch. I am 4 th cousins with.bakers/lowry/revels and cox per my ancestry.com DNA test results in June of 2018. My sons DNA came back recently with >1% Cameroon/Congo. Hi! Always claimed to be cherokee but nothing in my research shows it. msladyjae@gmail.com, The Lumbee Indians live down toward to coast of N.C. Carol Kaurish. Owens, Ke. About Us; Staff; Camps; Scuba. Senator named John Sherman Cooper who was my mother-in-laws first cousin. Stay tuned! Page, Paine, Patterson, Perkins, Perry, Phelps, Phipps, Pinder, Polly, Powell, Powers, Pritchard, Pruitt. I have several of these surnames in my tree. : /mlndn/ m-lun-jn) is the name of a Southern U.S. ethnic minority once found in the Appalachian Mountains in parts of the states of Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina. They were from Middlebourne WV. Good afternoon, I have been on a search for a little while now trying to find out where my heritage rests. Where are you living I too am a Foresman. They had L. Wyatt (Linder) Wood, 1833-1911. occurring in North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, and There are many more on the list who are indirect ancestors surnames. And I also did a dna test. Enjoying The Company While On TheJourney. crcst test prep; crcst free test questions; paid test; crcst exam prep notes; subscribe Cooper. https://nativeheritageproject.com/2012/08/10/a-report-on-research-of-lumbee-origins-by-robert-k-thomas-part-18-appendix/?fbclid=IwAR21JgwWwyYej0aPBQ8JKjGvNaHk_pXexc7Ddmkn6kKdxF6vaLxJdglOIf8. HI ,Ihave Halls in my line too! to Clark co. Ill. Linders wife, Jane Sophia Lee. All the matches to me, thousands, had African blood. Some of the more common surnames, or variations thereof, having been identified so far as having Melungeon origins are: Adams, Adkins, Allen, Allmond, Ashworth Other researchers have speculated that "Melungeon" derives from the Turkish melun can, (meaning "cursed soul"); the Italian melongena ("eggplant," referring to one with dark skin), or the old English term "malengin" ("guile; deceit"). Joyceann. In this regard, Melungeons retained enough European ancestry to still participate in many institutions of the United States but still be treated with racial scorn and remain isolated from broader social acceptance. Typical Melungeon physical traits are said to include dark hair and skin with light-colored eyes. Who knows we my be related. I have that genealogy somewhere but trying to find it is a different thing. Are you able to expound a little more on the lineage of Melungeon peoples and the specific areas they inhabited? The parents settled in Owens Co. Ke. Ive been stumped. Scuba Certification; Private Scuba Lessons; Scuba Refresher for Certified Divers; Try Scuba Diving; Enriched Air Diver (Nitrox) My grandparents and all 13 kids used to go up to NJ and work the fields when jersey was the garden state still. Thank you for your consideration. That can be but does not have to be a Jewish Haplogroup. TUPPANCE TURNER, WARE WATTS WEAVER WHITE WHITED WILKINS WILLIAMS Hello. William HAll and Eliza Jane Thomas 2nd wife Rebecka Mahin. I am on Ancestry and 23andme I do have both Indigenous and African dna, as well as Iberian and Ashkanazi Jewish. Micajah Bunch was part Melungeon and . Thalassemia genes are widely distributed in the world but are found most often among people with ancestors from the Mediterranean, the Middle East, and southern Asia. The Melungeon core families, as identified by their paternal (surname) lines include European and African progenitors, about half and half. Google AdSense Guest Advertisement. People that have looked at my results say that they are out of the ordinary. Ramey, Rasnick, Reaves/Reeves, Revels, Richardson, Roberson/Robertson/Robinson, Russell. Re: reaves/osteen/lawson. The Bass family married into my Malone family, so if you need any info on that-I can help. Are we related?? Various surnames traditionally associated with Melungeon identity were not included in the study. USA The names on the 23andme ancestry list, that are on your list are: Grandmaw Janie Perkins always told me we came from the Carolinas and the Virginias. Mama was the darkest white woman that I ever saw. The mystery is beginning to unfold, thanks to genealogical DNA tests. Thanks for adding me. Any help would be greatly appreciated from anyone who may be familiar with these family lines. 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