A B C D E F G H I J K L M Im now wandering if may have originally been a Custalow or Croston??? Another tree said his daughter Lizzie was Cherokee so Im not sure how much can be believed from what Ancestry shows because of lack of documentation. I had dark hair and green eyes from 2 blue eyed parents. Johnson, Jones. Im from Eastern Kentucky also. I also have connections to various surnames on common Melungeon surname list and trace various branches back to the different areas moving E to SE in . 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 mother of my grandfather, Harris Brown, her name is Eliza Ann Jenkins Richardson (Brown). 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 . It possibly accounts for my 0.7% West African/Congolese DNA. My daughter will be helping us in the future so if i find it, I will try to send it to you. This is so confusing! The other listed names are somewhere in between all of these. The Melungeon culture has typically been associated with the Appalachian region. It is part of Ancestry.com but the site is free. My great grandmothers name was Elizabeth Katherine Jones Mink King. That's what happened to Jack Goins, Hawkins County, Tn. My grandfathers mother came from Kentucky and her last name was Bolling. Change). After receiving my Y resilts I came up with only 27 matches. 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. Same with my father and his two sisters, but not as much as my grandfather. Our DNA came back though with european, african, NA . DNA study is not my strong suit! there you will find relatives who can possibly hold the key for you! Some of the more common surnames, or variations thereof, having been identified so far as having Melungeon origins are: Adams, Adkins, Allen, Allmond, Ashworth ROBERT DEGNEN 5/31/00. Surnames include Adkins, Beam (er), Black, Blevins, Brown, Bunch, Bundren, Burke, Burns, Cooper, Davis, Fields, Gist, Gunter, Keys, Lackey, Lowrey, Redwine, Riley, Shankles, and Sizemore. My aunt Mamie, the second youngest was olive completed with striking green eyes. Adams/brown/butler/campbell/lots of clarks from virginia/cole/davis/garland/hall/hill/,lots of Jones from bristol/abingdon,Virginia into east Tennessee near Johnson city,lydia Martin from Richmond,va/nichols/robertson/Mary rock (Smith) who married samuel Denton my 8 th gg/talitha cumi Stevens who married my 2 bd gg huh. I am 4 th cousin s with lowry,revels and bakers per my 2018 ancestry.com test results. Other Surnames in his line are Brewer, Davis, Seals, Phipps, Tagliaferro(toliver) and many more. Thanks again and Ill keep a lookout for the mail. My uncles name was Earnest Hall. My Reeves family always claimed Indian descent. One of my great uncles. These families settled in Lincoln Co and are mentioned in the Indian Commission Affairs and in a report by Robert K. Thomas. 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 have been doing some ansestry searching, combined with some hints that my great grandma spoke of often. I have lots of Bass surnames including Aaron Bass of Bertie, NC. Would love to research this further. Coleman. Japanese Last Names Meaning Dark. My grandfathers was a Falin, Gilliam, Cox, Mickelborough, Mayo, Hylton, Burnett, Pettus, Strachey, Ogilvie, Graham, Wells Witt, Skaggs, Hatfield, McCoy, Mace, and so on. I am looking for information on the Jones, Barker, and Smith lines specifically but I cross about 15 of these families in my tree several times. This is what my husband and I have done. What was a Melungeon? (pulasky County). If anyone can help us that would be amazing. My grandmother was adopted and sadly was a victim of the Tennessee Childrens Home Society and was stolen from her family. My mothers family was different than the other families around us in Mississippi. My grandma also removed warts, used scripture to stop bleeding, blew the fire out of a burn. A lot of evidence has led me to see that I come from Ashkenazi and Portuguese Sephardic descent. Revels, Sampson. Now I am trying to gain more information abt my grandfathers father, John Brown Jr, who married Eliza Ann Jenkins Richardson. Most of my siblings and I have those chestnut color eyes like our mother and grandfather. On my grandmother side we are Callaway,Ray and Mitchell. Im having trouble finding record of who the father would be, as the only census I have is for 1860 Census (in Brier Creek, Hancock, Tennessee)and she is listed as head with no other male partner in the house and everyone is white. All of the people with that last name probably came from the same last name when they came here to the U.S. My husband had a distant relative to contact him about 2 months ago about her relatives. She grew up there and was adopted by a Mitchell family. Note: One of my ancestors, a Mulungen, was a signer of the Declaration. I was told we were Jewish my entire life but never made more connection to it as kid, but more so as an adult. Page 135 - Research Melungeon in the Surnames forums on Genealogy.com, the new GenForum! His son Moses Bass b.1778 Duplin, N. Carolina d.1845 Bear Head Creek, Starks, Louisiana is my 3rd G-Grandpaw. Hello, I looking for any information on the Collins, Campbell, Burford, Taylor so what I am looking for is any information on families that moved to Texas. 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. Berry. Would love to hear if you have tips or suggestions! Recently made a trip to Clairborne County TN to travel the lands near the Cumberland Gap where some of my people are from. Thank you, But it can be difficult to trace. North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky. Any information on the Halls in Hertford County NC and Virginia. Could use any help I can get from you or anyone reading this on pinning things down. Thank you so much, in advance, for any consideration and for what you are bringing to others!!! Thank you for your timely response and for sharing. (LogOut/ Joyceann. Suddenly thing are starting to make so much more sense. A good deal of my research, in addition to Mulungeon, leads back to Cherokee heritage from northeastern AL. MY Grandmaw was Janie Perkins on my Momas side. My grandpaw was also a Pentecostal revival preacher who has been written about in several books about the Pentecostal snake handlers, I know one was by a fella named Jimmy morrow. My email is msladyjae@gmail.com and I have a tree and DNA to see if we have a connection.- Joyceann. Who knows we my be related. Among the northern Europeans, the Melungeon ancestors include English, Scot, Irish, Welsh, Dutch, and German parents. My fathers name was Creed and his mothers name was Emma Jo Hall. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. 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. But I believe the melungeon is on my grammaws side. "Price emphasis on the existence of a group is fundamental to studying the genealogy of social isolate groups, as . We are a Lumbee church. When my mouth fell open, she said, I knew because you have the look. Well well. Christy. Thanks for contacting me, Im working on a big project right now and as soon as I can Ill see what I can find. Oral tradition - and perhaps convenience -. Fingers crossed! 3 great grandmother Ramey who wasnt related to my grandmother Davis was also said to be black dutch. but im very sure my father is of melungeon descent, he is a dark ivory skin with dark hair and blue eyes. Hall, Hammon, Harmon, Harris, Harvie/Harvey, Hawkes, Hendricks/Hendrix, Hill, Hillman, Hogge, Holmes, Hopkins, Howe, Hyatt. to Clark co. Ill. Linders wife, Jane Sophia Lee. her parents names? My grandmother Margaret Davis is dark and had coarse hair. Barker, Barnes, Bass, Beckler, Bedgood, Bell, Bennett, Berry, Beverly, Biggs. Melungeons: The Last Lost Tribe in America. It was a name they called themselves. My grandmother, a Chapman, when young was always asked if she were Jewish, to which she simply replied, no. In the early 80s when I was a little girl, I remember Papaw Chapman (her father) always saying we were Dutch Indian and Black Dutch. My DNA shows a very small amount of sub saharan Congolese (.3%) and .5% Native American. Hi. April Pilkey Williams Were most of these peoples of Native American ancestry? In addition, it leaves untouched some of the families who in the late 19th and early 20th centuries were typically classed as whites, but who claimed Native American ancestry, such as the Sizemore claimants among the Eastern Cherokee applicants." My name Christy A few years ago I came across a possible Melungeon connection. I am seeing Miner, Smith, Bolling, Nichols.. Hello, Bennett. Her siblings varied greatly in their appearance. They were FPOC as early as the mid 1700s. This surname means from the anchor in Dutch. Hi there I am researching my ancestry and possible Melungeon roots and have hit a brick wall. From the Little Peedee in S.C. too Hancock Cty.,TN. Like Like. Nancy Where are you living I too am a Foresman. My family background is from West Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia. Tally, Taylor, Thompson, Tolliver, Tuppance, Turner, Ware, Watts, Weaver, White, Whited, Wilkins, Williams, Williamson, Willis, Wisby, Wise, Wood, Wright, Wyatt, Wynn, Monacan surnames of Beverly, Branham, Johns, Pinn and Terry. Ive been interested in my family history for my entire life. Typical Melungeon physical traits are said to include dark hair and skin with light-colored eyes. I have also done a DNA test at the request of a distant relative to try and connect those with my last name and variations of it. Family still has very unique mix of features listed in connection with Melungeon. I recently read a wonderful novel based on that terrible place. Melungeon Geography and Surnames. The middle two were light complected with brown eyes and hair. My great great grandmother was a Callaway! 1999. My family goes very far back in this area and I have many Names in the family tree you listed: Sizemore, Green, Robertson, Robinson, Bowlin, Jackson, Allen, Thompson, Collins, Hall, Jones, Martin, Perkins, Stevens, Other names to look at maybe that are very intertwined Abbot, Stacey, Griffith, Griffin,Godsey, Lacy (maybe same as Lasie you have listed). She had pictures of both g- grandmothers. But alot of these surnames are in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana AKA No Mans Land. They were listed as white on census, but Im at a dead end before 1850 census, a Daniel Boone is listed as the father, and the only other earlier record I can find is a Daniel Boone in Amherst, VA that fits his birth year, but listed black. DORTON DOYLE DRIGGERS DULA DYE DYESS, GALLAGHER GANN GARLAND GIBSON GIPSON GOINS I asked my grandfather (1885-1973) what his familys origins were and he said Black Dutch. Hi, on my fathers side I have Davis, Spillman and Ramey as well as Berry all from south eastern kentucky. I believe we could also match and I am eager to speak with you. Im a 25 year old Graduate student and I just want to know more about where my family comes from. Can you help me determine if there are melungeon connections? Some of the most prominent surnames that have been claimed as potentially associated with a Melungeon identity include Bowling (Bolin), Bunch, Chavis (Chavez), Collins, Epps, Evans, Fields, Francisco, Gibson, Gill, Goins, Goodman, Minor, Mise, Moore, Mullins, Osborn (e), Phipps, Reeves (Rives, Rieves, Reeves, Reaves), Butler. I was able to trace her lineage back to Captain Nathaniel Basse whose son, Reverend John Basse, married a Nansemond woman. 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 hope Im on the right track. Well hope you know and I hope you enjoy my DNA. I know she had children in Wise, Virginia as well as in Haticus, W Va, and Morristown, TN between the years of 1915-1935 with my grandmother being the youngest in 1935. My great grandmother was Leona G. Phipps from Grayson County, Virginia. The study found the truth to be somewhat less exotic: Genetic evidence shows that the families historically called Melungeons are the offspring of sub-Saharan African men and white women of northern or central European . Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. SHEPHARD SHEPHERD SHORT SHORTT SIZEMORE SMILING SMITH STALLARD I'm also more certain because even though my Ancestry results give Great Britain 62%, Ireland 17%, Western Europe 5%, South Europe 5%, Europe East 5 . My DNA test at age 80 found my paternal family..and every surname on the site. I know is name was simply Bill Hall and his father name was Earnest Hall. 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