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Introduction

During the summer of 1986, a young James "Jamie" Arthur Johnson was inspired to search for his family heritage. He saw the pictures and heard the stories on the television during the centennial of the Statue of Liberty. These were pictures and stories of immigrants, "First Americans," the heritage of the storytellers. Since 1986, Jamie and his mother have done quite a bit of research in family history. By 1994, Jamie had traced a considerable part of his tree on paper, the document being the predecessor of this website. Jamie has drawn from many sources to compile this on-line family tree, which launched in 1996. The sources are listed below.

Jamie's most current research is detailed at the News & Research page. You can also learn about how to get started on your own research there.

How to Navigate

There are several ways to get around the tree. You can click and view the family tree and scroll and click from there if you know where you are going. Another option is by using the sitemap, which is a tree-navigation layout overview of all files in the site arranged hierarchically, but this, too, may be a challenge for those unfamiliar with the tree. A third option is using the surnames to navigate. Here, you get an alphabetical listing of all the surnames in the ancestry, and there are finder links with all of them so that you can go directly to the page of the site with that name. A final option is to use the built in search functionality on the site, where you can enter a name or date or whatever and it will list links to pages for you. Note: Most pages on the site are a bottom-up tree with the more recent people at the bottom and those further in the past at the top of the page. There are a few pages that are left-to-right trees with the left being more recent people and those further in the past being at the right. Most pages on this site are not suited for small devices since they follow a detailed tree structure (though pages like this one, Generations and You be the judge are adaptive for mobile devices). On many pages in the lower right hand corner, you will see this:

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Fascinating Facts

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The furthest back I've traced

As of my latest research, the furthest my current tree traces back with certainty is to around the year 480 to Leutfrid, duke of the Alemannians. My verified direct ancestry reaches him via my ancestor Robert the Bruce. Follow in the tree to find lines to Robert the Bruce and from there follow in the tree to find William the Conqueror or follow in the tree to find lines to Charlemagne or follow in the tree to find Rollo the Viking or follow in the tree to find the famed knight William Marshal. You can also follow in the tree to find lines to Alfred the Great, who is an ancestor of Robert the Bruce, but also of Annabelle Drummond, Queen Consort of Scotland.

My tree possibly traces back to the 4th century (300s) to a man named Tegid . He may have had the Roman name Tacitus. Tegid was the ancestor of generations of Welsh Kings beginning with his great-grandson Cunedda. Tegid is 55 generations prior to me, making him possibly my 53rd great-grandfather. One source, if it can be trusted, would take Tegid's ancestry back to the 1300s B.C., but that is even more speculative than Tegid himself. Historically (per this site), the following had been my earliest traced ancestors:

• About the year 580 to Pepin I de Landen
• The year 582 to St. Arnulf of Metz who is (possibly) the great-great-great-grandfather of Charlemagne, another one of my ancestors, though it is possible my tree traced back further to 577 to Gisulf I of Friuli, possible ancestor of Theodo of Bavaria.
• 830 with the birth of my ancestor Adard/Adalhard of Loches
• 846 to Rollo, a Viking who was the first ruler of the region of France that would become Normandy.
• 890 to Duncan of Strathearn, priest of Dule (Duncan Donnchadh, Priest Thane Dule and Earl of Caithness), an ancestor of Duncan I (who was killed by Macbeth) and Malcolm Canmore (who killed Macbeth to avenge his father's murder), all ancestors of Robert the Bruce. Look for this icon in the tree to follow the line to him:
  
• The year 920 to Reginar III, Count of Hainaut However, with uncertainty of descent from gateway ancestors, this cannot currently be substantiated.
• To John De Forbes b. ca. 1176 though research of my royal Scottish ancestry will reveal an older ancestor. Another line traces back to Eadnoth the Constable (a.k.a. Eadnoth the Staller), The Thane of Gloucester, b. ca. 1030-1035 in Bristol, England, though there are some questionable dates in the line going back to him.
• To the 1200s to the first documented member of the (de) Skene family, John de Skene, who "swore fealty to Edward I in 1297" (p. 19, Clan Skeen by A.T. "Tom" Skeen).
• The year 1420 to my ancestor Uli Stauffer, thanks to the research of Daniel Bly. Uli Stauffer is my 15th great grandfather. This is the most substantiated "earliest ancestor" line.
• The year 1530 to Klaus Seibert in Germany.^{Research Note}

If old Anglo-Saxon genealogies could be verified, my tree would go back to the year 495 to the arrival of Cerdic of Wessex. However, while this cannot currently be substantiated, I am descended from Alfred the Great. And if Viking legends could be trusted as reliable histories, then I would have my genealogy traced back to the first century.

However, if the work of John O'Hart or Simon Hoyt could be trusted, then I would have my ancestry back to the Biblical Adam. While we are all truly descended from Adam through his descendant Noah, O'Hart's work eventually enters into Irish legends, mythology and pseudo-history of ancient Ireland.

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Notable Ancestors and Relatives

I have 1 confirmed gateway ancestor to royalty: Agnes Forbes DeSkene who goes back to Scottish Royalty including Robert "the Bruce" and others. Look for this icon in the tree to follow the line to Robert the Bruce:

I have at least 4 additional gateway ancestors to possible royalty: John "The Rebel of Albemarle" Culpeper (though he being my ancestor is in question), William Charles (though he being my ancestor is in question), and William and Mary (Cuthbert?) Hearne. If their ancestries can be further researched and confirmed, additional lines from royalty (including Charlemagne) could be confirmed.

I am 5th cousin, 4 times removed, to Larcena Pennington Page, later Scott, who shares Robert Lassiter as a common ancestor. She was kidnapped by Apache Indians, stabbed and pushed off a cliff and left for dead. She amazingly survived. For source and more detail, refer to the shared ancestor Robert Lassiter.

I have an ancestor who was a mercenary for the French King in the war between France and Italy (1513-1515).

I have an ancestor who was a veteran of King George's War.

I have an ancestor who was a veteran of the French and Indian War.

I have multiple ancestors who are veterans of the American Revolution.

I have an ancestor who is a veteran of the War of 1812.

I have multiple ancestors who are veterans of the American Civil War.

I have an ancestor who was a veteran of World War I.

I am either a cousin to Propst descendants of Martin Luther (the Reformer) or possibly descended from him or from his brother Johannes "John" Luther. More research is needed to determine which is the case. Currently, this is inconclusive.

According to WikiTree, the late singer Patsy Cline and I share Lawrence and Margaret (Stephens) Snapp/Schnepp as common ancestors, making me her 6th cousin, once removed.

According to Wikitree and FamilySearch, famed singer Janis Joplin and I are 9th cousins, our common ancestors being Gabriel and Barbara (Bar) Steffen/Stephens.

According to Geni.com, Kelly Clarkson is my 7th cousin, once removed, our common ancestor being Philip Waggy, Sr..

Famed baseball player Jackie Robinson and I share George and Sarah (Tilden) Sutton as common ancestors. He is my 9th cousin, once removed.

I am 9th cousin, once removed to the late Rosalynn Carter, wife of President Jimmy Carter. Rosalynn's and my common ancestors are Thomas (I) and Tabitha (Wright?) Blanford (Source: WikiTree).

Bill Gates (of Microsoft Fame) is my 10th cousin, our common ancestor being Tabitha (Wrigth?) Mills/Blanford. Bill Gates is descended from her first marriage to William Mills. I am descended from her second marriage to Thomas Blanford.

Dick Van Dyke is my 12th cousin, once removed, our common ancestors being Rudolf and Anna (Bruppacher) Landis.

According to WikiTree, I may be Humphrey Bogart's 8th cousin, thrice removed, if it can be confirmed that our common ancestor is indeed Femmetje "Phebe" Jans Sales (Sayles), also seen as Femmetje Jans Seals (bef.1626-1666).

I am descended from Charlemagne, from Vikings and from various royal lines.

I am descended from both William the Conqueror and Waltheof. Waltheof was beheaded at the command of the maternal uncle of his wife Judith de Lens. Judith's mother was Adelaide (Adela) of Normandy, Comtesse d'Aumale (Countess of Aumale) who was married to Lambert II, Count of Lens. Adelaide's brother -- and Judith's uncle -- was William the Conqueror. Waltheof was the last Saxon earl of Northumberland and was beheaded for participating in the "Revolt of the Earls" against William the Conqueror. So, there's yet another example where I am descended by one ancestor who killed another ancestor.

I am descended from famed knight, William Marshal.

I am descended from Alfred the Great and from various royal lines as well as from at least a couple witnesses/supporters of the Magna Carta, possibly more, and possibly from Lady Godiva.

I am related to King Charles III (formerly Prince Charles of Windsor), Princess Diana (Lady Diana Spencer), Winston Churchill and Queen Elizabeth II.

I am a distant cousin to the 1^st President of the United States, George Washington. I am also a distant cousin to the 44^th President of the United States, Barack Obama. Regardless of preference, history is history. And I am also more closely related to other U.S. Presidents due to our shared heritage with Hugh Capet. Granted, we're all related back far enough. I just like to know how.

If research can be verified, I am a distant cousin to Alexander J. Hamilton, 1^st Secretary of the United States Treasury. I might be a direct descendant of Thomas Jefferson's great grandmother Katherine Banks Royall Isham, making Thomas Jefferson my 3rd cousin multiple times removed. I could possibly be a direct descendant of Thomas Tinsley who participated in Bacon's Rebellion.

Related Letters:

• Letter to my Aunt Jerrie regarding our royal ancestry
• Her response: page 1 | page 2 (JPG)
• A second letter I sent to Jerrie with updated findings involving the removal of some previously thought ancestry (PDF)
• December 18, 2016, letter to my Aunt Jerrie regarding how our royal ancestry is unverified (PDF)
• December 6, 2020, letter to my Aunt Jerrie regarding the verification of our royal ancestry (PDF)

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Royal Lines - Robert the Bruce and others

I am descended from kings of Scotland including Robert I "The Bruce" and by virtue of that ancestry, I am also descended from Duncan I who was killed in battle by Macbeth (made famous by Shakespeare), and descended from Duncan's son Malcolm Canmore who killed Macbeth. And I am also directly descended from King Henry I of England as a result of being descended from Robert I "The Bruce", which also means I am descended from William the Conqueror , Hugh Capet and Charlemagne. Read Finding Robert, a case study of how I discovered Robert the Bruce is my ancestor.

In addition to those above, I am also possibly (Research Note) descended from other royal lines: ancient Irish kings (Leinster lineage and De Brusse - De Brittany ancestry and according to legend, those with Scandinavian origins), Swedish and Slavic/Polish kings, kings of Wales. And if WikiTree's claim can be substantiated, I am a 12th cousin, 8 times removed, to Marie Antoinette, our alleged common ancestor being Joan (Bedlisgate) Wydeville (abt. 1385 - aft. 1448). Some of this is pending verification.

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Charlemagne:

Follow in the tree to find him.

Sure, many in the West are descended from him (see RootsTech 2023 Presentation by Myko: "Are You Related to Royalty?"), and also descended from other royalty (per this article), but let me tell of the multiple ways I am both descended and possibly descended directly from him:

Alfred the Great

As seen from above, I am descended from Alfred the Great via my descent from Robert the Bruce though I may descend from Alfred the Great possibly via another line (Research Note).

Follow in the tree to find him.

Hugh Capet

As seen from my ancestry to Charlemagne, I am descended from Hugh Capet.

William the Conqueror

I am descended from William the Conqueror. Follow the shield icons in the tree to find him.

Magna Carta

Two verified ancestors and three possible ancestors (Research Note) were witnesses of the Magna Carta (1215) and each played a role as a supporter or surety of the Magna Carta:

Verified ancestors:

• Richard De Clare (ca. 1155-1217), Knt., 3rd Earl of Hertford (generally styled 6th Earl of Clare). It is noteworthy that his son (also my ancestor) Gilbert De Clare (ca. 1180-1230), Knt., 4th Earl of Hertford (7th Earl of Clare) and 1st Earl of Gloucester (4th creation), was "[p]resent in 1225 at the confirmation of Magna Charta by King Henry III" (Source: Baronical Order of Magna Charta).
• William Marshal (ca. 1146-1219), 4th Earl of Pembroke, was a non-surety supporter in sympathy with Magna Carta (Source: Baronical Order of Magna Charta).

Possible ancestors:

• William Malet of Curry-Malett, Somerset (Research Note)
• Saher de Quincy, 1st Earl of Winchester (Research Note)
• Geoffrey de Say (Research Note)

King Charles III (formerly Prince Charles of Windsor)

King Charles III (formerly Prince Charles of Windsor) is my distant cousin through our common ancestor King Henry I of England (his 28th great grandfather and my 29th great grandfather as well as possibly my 28th and 30th great grandmfather, making Charles at least my 30th cousin, once removed, as well as likely some other degrees of cousin). However, I am related to him in other ways as demonstrated by the multiple common ancestors I share with his mother Queen Elizabeth II.

Princess Diana (Lady Diana Spencer)

The late Princess Diana (Spencer) of Wales, is my distant cousin through our common ancestor Matilda de Senlis (her 22nd great grandmother and both my 25th great grandmother and twice my 27th great grandmother, making me Lady Diana's 23rd cousin, 3 times removed, and twice her 23rd cousin, 5 times removed) as well as possibly (Research Note) my distant cousin through our common Culpeper ancestry.

Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill is my distant cousin through our common ancestor Matilda de Senlis (his 23rd great grandmother). Since Matilda is my 25th great grandmother and twice my 27th great grandmother, this means I am Winston Churchill's 24th cousin, twice removed, and twice his 24th cousin, 4 times removed.

Queen Elizabeth II

Queen Elizabeth II and I are multiply distant cousins as her list of ancestors includes multiple ancestral profiles who match ancestors in my tree:

Ancestor	Geni.com Profile in Queen Elizabeth II's tree	Corresponding location in my tree
King David the Saint	Geni.com profile	location in my tree
St. Margaret (Queen of Scots)	Geni.com profile	location in my tree
Edmund "The Magnificent", King of the English	Geni.com profile	location in my tree
Edgar "The Peaceful", King of the English	Geni.com profile	location in my tree
Ǽthelred the Unready	Geni.com profile	location in my tree
Edmund II "Ironside", King of England	Geni.com profile	location in my tree
Ada de Warrenne, Countess of Huntingdon	Geni.com Profile	location in my tree
Robert I, King of West Francia	Geni.com profile	location in my tree

And Elizabeth's ancestor Ralph VII de Toeni of Flamstead goes back to Roger II de Tosny, seigneur de Conches, who is a possible ancestor in my tree. And there are possibly others.

Still, there may be another possible way we're related. Queen Elizabeth II's 32nd great grandfather Ranulf I is possibly (Research Note) my 36th great grandfather, meaning I am possibly Queen Elizabeth II's 34th cousin 4 times removed in addition to what the above determined relatedness.

This also means I am multiply related to her son King Charles III.

George Washington, 1^st President of the United States

George Washington is my distant cousin through our common ancestor Matilda de Senlis (his 17th great grandmother). Since Matilda is my 25th great grandmother and twice my 27th great grandmother, this means I am George Washington's 18th cousin, 8 times removed, and twice his 18th cousin, 10 times removed.

Barack Obama, 44^th President of the United States

Despite preferences, history is history. Through Obama's maternal grandmother, I am a distant cousin to Obama. Specifically, he is my 10^th cousin once removed. This is through our common Dutt ancestry with our common ancestors being Georg and Anna (Kern) Dutt. They are my 9^th great grandparents and his 10^th great grandparents. Here are the respective lineages to the Dutt ancestry I share with Obama (most recent generation first, sources: 1, 2):

Alexander J. Hamilton, 1^st Secretary of the United States Treasury

Alexander Hamilton and I share a common ancestor in Sir David FitzWalter Hamilton who is Alexander's 12^th great grandfather and my 21^st great grandfather (if research can be verified). This makes me Alexander Hamilton's 13th cousin 9 times removed (if research can be verified). Here are our respective ancestries back to David FitzWalter Hamilton:

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Vikings

Due to being a direct descendant of Robert the Bruce, I am a direct descendant of his Viking ancestor Rollo (Norse: Hrólfr; in the Icelandic Sagas as Ganger Hrólfr; baptized Robert). Follow this shield through the tree to find him:

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If it can be proven that my ancestor Gunnora is a daughter of Harald Bluetooth, then I am descended from him.

My possible Viking ancestor Erik the Victorious, while a historic King of Sweden, has an ancestry mostly in legend and myth including Odin (Óδinn, Wóden, Wöden, Wuotan, Wodan, Wotan - also seen here), Brunhilda, ancestors found in Beowulf such as Hrothgar and Fróδi (Froda, Frode, Frotho, Frodo), figures who influenced the naming of characters in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings (The hobbit Frodo and the dwarves Durin and Dwalin) and both a giant and giantess.

I have possible Viking ancestry in my Stewart / De Angus (ancestry of Scottish Royalty) lineage and in that line's possible ancestry in De Brusse - De Brittany ancestry as well as further back into legend, pointing to Norse mythology, including the namesake for Gandalf in J.R.R. Tolkien's works. And because Viking surnames were often based on the father's first name, many of the surnames in my ancestry are Viking surnames

I have possible Viking ancestry via these possible ancestries: Capetian lineage and Vermandois lineage However, with uncertainty of descent from some gateway ancestors (those pointing to royalty and eventually Vikings), some of this cannot currently be substantiated.

Related article: Y-DNA Test -- I am a Viking, OK! (archived site)

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Wars

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France's War with Italy (1513-1515)

One of my ancestors, Vinzenz Zuppinger, was a mercenary for the French King 1513-1515 during France's war with Italy.

French and Indian Wars

My ancestor Mathew Skeen (Matthew Skene) (1701-1748) was Lieutenant in the Virginia Militia in 1742, and was a veteran of King George's War (1744-1748, the third of the four French and Indian Wars; More about King George's War).

My ancestor Johannes "John" Snapp was a veteran of the French and Indian War (1754-1763), which was the fourth of the four French and Indian Wars.

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American Revolutionary War

Many of my ancestors were veterans of the American Revolutionary War:

• John Johnson
• John Reese, supplier
• Pvt. James Lamar
• Benjamin Morris, Sr. (pending verification of service)
• Richard Loflin
• Pvt. J. Michael Luther, Sr.
• Thomas Nance, Sr. (Thomas Nantz), supplier
• George Fisher
• Lawrence Snapp (Lorentz Schnepp), supplier
• Peter Snapp, militia
• Lt. Col. Thomas Nash (Thomas Nash IV)
• Col. William Nash
• Philip Eckard, Sr., militia
• George Simmons, Sr.
• John Simmons, Sr.
• Philip Waggy, Sr.
• Pvt. Johann Michael Kiser (Kayser)
• Pvt. Johann George Rexrode, Sr.
• Pvt. Henry Huffman, Sr.
• Henry Grogg (Heinrich Gruck) (pending verification of service)
• Frederick Propst
• Pvt. Christopher Stophel Eye
• Ensign Jacob Heavenor (pending verification of ancestry)

While all their service is notable, my ancestor J. Michael Luther, Sr., was among the hundreds of men who crossed the Delaware with George Washington.

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War of 1812

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American Civil War

Many of my ancestors were veterans of the American Civil War:

• Allen "Harris" Johnson
  Private in Company D, 6th NC Senior Reserves.
• Titus "Winbourne" Johnson
  Private in Co. B, 48th NC Infantry, wounded 3 times.
• Godfrey Bischer (Bisher)
  Private in 7th Regiment, Co. F, NC - many battles and was part of Pickett's charge at Gettysburg.
• Jesse B. Hill
  Private, Co. K, 5th Infantry Regiment, NC, who enlisted July 15, 1862, but became ill and fell out of march from Richmond, NC, to Sharpsburg, MD, in August-September 1862, dying October 17, 1862, General Hospital, Culpeper Court House, VA.
• Abraham Luther
  Private in Company D, 6th NC Senior Reserves.
• Winburn (Wenborn) W. Cranford
  Started as a Private in Co. K, 34th Regiment, NC Infantry, and advanced to Corporal.
• Wadsworth "Wads" H. Nash
  Served in the Confederate Navy, Private in Young's Harbor Guards and Light Artillery Blues, Norfolk, VA (which was present at Gettysburg).
• Absalom Eckard (Echard)
  Private in Co. K, 62nd Regiment, VA Mounted Infantry. Sergeant in Co. A, 46th VA Regiment.
• Ephraim Simmons (pending verification of service)
  Possibly a Private in Heck's 25th VA Infantry, the 46th VA Militia or the 62nd Regiment, VA Mounted Infantry.
• William L. Smith (pending verification of service)
  Possibly in a VA Infantry.
• John Waggy
  Private, Co. C, 1st Regiment, WV Veteran Infantry

Also see Civil War Photo Sleuth (my profile) (How to use) and The Civil War in the East and American Civil War Archive.

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World War I

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Other fascinating facts

I may have had two direct ancestors with maiden name Maria Catharina Ruhlman, and it took some time and research to arrive at the conclusion that they were indeed two different women. One of them, where her being a Ruhlman is not for certain, married Jacob Zorn and was born 1726 in what is now West Virginia, and the other one, where her being a Ruhlman is certain, married Johann Caspar Eckhardt and was born in 1723 in the Palatinate in what is now France and died in what is now West Virginia.

My ancestor William Hearne was an officer in Oliver Cromwell's army.

One of my ancestral surnames Rexrode may mean "Red King."

I am possibly related to Captain Jacob Seybert who, during the French and Indian War, was massacred along with others by Delaware and Shawnee Indians (under the war chief Bemino) at the British settler stockade named for him -- Fort Seybert, in what is now West Virginia.

Among the photographs of ancestors I have on this site are ones of ancestors born in the 1700s! One is of someone born in 1784 -- my great-great-great-great grandmother Catherine Coffman Funkhouser -- found on this part of the tree. Living until 1870, she lived long enough for photography to make its debut. The other is of someone born in 1786 -- my great-great-great-great grandmother Rebecca Ivey Kearns -- found on this part of the tree. She lived until 1845. And the oldest born ancestor photographed is my great-great-great-great grandfather (and husband of Rebecca) Thomas Kearns -- found on this part of the tree. He was born in 1776 and died in 1847. Also refer to my forebears who are photographed.

I am descended from Peter Stephens, founder of Stephens City, VA, and related to Peter Stover, founder of Strasburg, VA.

One of my ancestors T. Winbourne Johnson was wounded 3 times in the American Civil War as well as captured. Not only did he survive the war, but he lived until 1913. And it's a good thing that he survived the war for his son from whom I am descended was born 2 years after the war.

I am connected to both sides of the Lincoln assassination via marriages. On my mother's side (via Coffman), I am related to Joseph Coffman, the husband of President Abraham Lincoln's first cousin, once removed, Abigail Lincoln Coffman. Abigail's husband is brother to my great-great-great-great grandmother Catherine Coffman Funkhouser. On my father's side (via Surratt), I am related to John Harrison Surratt, Sr., the late husband of Mary Elizabeth Jenkins Surratt, and she was hanged for taking part in the conspiracy to assassinate President Lincoln. I am likely John Harrison Surratt, Sr.'s 3rd cousin 6 times removed (John Harrison Surratt, Sr., son of a brother of Samuel Sarratt, son of Alphonsus Sarratt, son of Joseph Sarratt, Jr., son of Joseph Sarratt, the progenitor per details in Some Surratt/Sarratt Families in the United States 1715-1980 by Laura and Norman H. Sarratt, pp. 1-14).

Two siblings and one of their first cousins are all three my direct ancestors, their descendants uniting 5, 6 and 5 respective generations later in my maternal grandmother Hazel Jane Eckard Fisher. And even more intriguing is that the two siblings married siblings. In detail, there were Leonard Simmons and his sister Catherine Simmons and their first cousin John Simmons. There were also siblings Catherine Smith and John Smith. Leonard Simmons married Catherine Smith and John Smith married Catherine Simmons. And my maternal grandmother is descended from these two sets of siblings and also from their first cousin John Simmons.

Because my father's (William Herman Johnson) mother is his father's fourth cousin once removed, this makes my father his mother's fifth cousin. This means that I am my father's 6th cousin and I am my own sixth cousin once removed. This is due to my paternal grandparents having a common Kearns ancestor.

My possible ancestor Richard Pierce was in Jamestown (Jamestowne, VA) and it may be possible that I also had a Morris ancestor in Jamestown.

My ancestor Otillia Hagman Zuppinger had 11 children, most of whom died in childbirth. Her son Conrad survived and is my ancestor. Further, he also survived as an infant when the plague hit the village in 1629.

Some of my Nicholson ancestors were Quakers and were tried as witches in a town next to Salem, Massachusetts, over 30 years before the infamous Salem Witch Trials. My ancestors survived the ordeal, though they endured extreme hardships.

My great-great-great-great grandfather Micajah Lassiter, Sr., stood together with Miles Lassiter, the only known African-American Quaker in North Carolina at that time, and they wept over Miles being sold as a slave. Seeing the tears, no one bid for Miles, except for his wife, "a free woman of color" who bought him so he could be free (Miles Lassiter (circa 1777-1850): An Early African-American Quaker from Lassiter Mill, Randolph County, North Carolina: My Research Journey to Home by Margo Lee Williams).

My Skeen (de Skene) Ancestry: "According to an old tradition the first to bear the name [Skene] was the younger, or second son of Robertson of Struan whose claim to fame was an incident in which he saved the life of King Malcom I of Scotland [when] a wild wolf was about to attack King Malcom [and] the son of Struan moved in and struck the wolf with his dagger, almost severing the head from the body with his dagger or dirk. The Scot word for dagger is also skene. For this act of valor he was awarded some land in Aberdeenshire, later to be called the lands of Skene.... The family arms of Skene were formed from this incident. The escutcheon bears three daggers, or skenes, and three wolf heads above the daggers" (pp. 18-19, Clan Skeen by A.T. "Tom" Skeen).

My geat-great grandmother Martha Jane (Waggy) Smith lost 5 of 12 children and the family was almost wiped out by Typhoid Fever, which did claim her husband David Smith. Older children and the community helped keep the family thriving together.

Play a Jeopardy game summarizing some of these facts.

Additional fascinating facts are available under DNA information.

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• FTDNA: If two men share a surname, how should the genetic distance at 111 Y-chromosome STR markers be interpreted?
• FTDNA: Paternal Lineages Tests
• FTDNA: Using SNP Testing & STRs to enhance a genetic genealogy research project (John Cleary)
• FTDNA: Y-DNA STR Testing
• GEDmatch
• Gencove
• List of haplogroups of historic people
• Presentation: The Day After You Receive Results (Mark Moore)
• Time to most-recent common ancestor (TMRCA) estimates for targetted pairs
• Transfers/Uploads of DNA data: Once you get a DNA test such as at 23andMe or AncestryDNA, you can upload or transfer for free to other sites such as the following:
  • FamilyTreeDNA
  • WikiTree
  • MyHeritage
  • GEDmatch
  • Geni
  • Also see this article: DNA sites you can upload raw DNA data to get additional analysis
  Why? To maximize both the number of matches and amount of information.
• Wheaton Surname Resources: Lesson 01: An Overview of the Types of DNA Used by Genetic Genealogists
• WorldFamilies.net: Your Matches at FTDNA
• WorldFamilies.net: Your Y-DNA Matches at FTDNA
• Y-DNA SNPs: Types of Variants (Problems viewing?)
• Y-DNA Test -- I am a Viking, OK! (archived site)
• YFull | Y-Chromosome Sequence Interpretation Service

Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Descendants Search

Dead Fred - Genealogy Photo Archive

Demolishing those Family History Brick Walls - The History Interpreter - Janet Few

Denton, North Carolina, History and Photos

Denton, NC History/Photos on Facebook

DigitalNC

Documenting the American South (The University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

Early Virginia Immigrants, 1623-1666 by George Cabell Greer

England: regional characteristics and surnames

Exploring Family Trees - Visualized chart of family tree exploration by B.F. Lyon

Family History Daily

Family Tree Explained - Quick, Simple & Fun (Archive version)

Family Tree Magazine

Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: Home Page

Family Tree Templates

FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service

• Ancestor hints
• Complete Archive of Ellis Island Records -- Free
• Cousin Chart--Family Relationships Explained
• FamilySearch Research Wiki
• FamilySearch Tool
• Genealogy Research Forms from FamilySearch
• Quick Ancestor Search
• Solutions - Charts, Games, Apps, Trees, Analysis
• Your Ancestors in Records

FamilyTreeNow.com - Genealogy Research

Find-A-Grave @ findagrave.com (use judiciously)

Find My Family Adoption Search and Reunion Registry

Find My Past findmypast.com

Find People From the Past: A Genealogy Resource Guide for Kids

Finding Family from Ship's Passenger Lists

Fold3.com

For Ty and Logan: Our Ancestral Roots

Free Genealogy Resources

Free Printable Charts/Records from NEAGS

FreeCen - UK Census Online (with links to FreeBMD and FreeReg)

FTAnalyzer - Family Tree Analyzer checks for errors in GEDCOMs

FTDNA - BiGY Facebook Group

Fun page (on this site) - Videos and Genealogies from Fiction

Genealogy.com

GenealogyBank

Genealogy Explained

Genealogy Gophers - Search 80,000 Genealogy Books

Genealogy In Time Magazine and its helpful Family Tree Relationship Chart

The Genealogy Kids

Genealogy and the Law: A Layman's Guide to Legalese

Genealogy On the Web

Genealogy Online

Genealogical Relationship Chart with Percentages and centiMorgans (cM)

Genealogical Relationships by Alice J. Ramsay (1987)

Genealogical Research for a Jamestown Ancestor

Genealogy Trails History Group - Free historical records and data

Geneanet - Search ancestors, create your family tree and find archival records

The Genetic Genealogist (Dr. Blaine Bettinger)

Geni.com (use judiciously)

• My profile on Geni

Geni Descendants Report Tool

GenWeb@JRAC - Genealogy of Royalty, US Presidents, the Bible, plus free research tools

Germanic Immigration Records: 1860-1869

Germany -- World Gen Web (Archive.org version)

Getting Kids Excited About Family History

Got Genealogy?

GFP-GAN Photo Restoration

Gould Genealogy and History

Growing A Family Tree - Natalie Ermann Russell, USAWeekend

Hacker's Creek Pioneer Descendants (Archive.org version) - Dedicated to the History & Genealogy of West Virginia

Help Me Trace My Family Tree - Kristina Mastrocola, Woman's World

The Heritage Museum - Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society

Highland (VA) Historical Society Documents

Historic Aerials by NETR Online

Historical Records of Pendleton County, West Virginia

History and Genealogy Information Related to Northern Shen. Co., VA

Human DNA Variation Linked to Biblical Event Timeline (ICR)

Identify A Photo

Instant Checkmate - People Search

Interactive Clan Map of Scotland

International Society of Genetic Genealogy (ISOGG)

Ireland Reaching Out - trace your Irish ancestry and find Irish relatives

Irish Family Names

The Irish Genealogical Research Society

Irish Genealogy

Irish Keeran Kearns Genealogy Research and DNA Group (private Facebook group)

Irish Ship Passenger Lists

Last Name Meanings & Origins from About.com

Last Name Meanings and Origins from Ancestry.com

Library of Congress: Local History and Genealogy Reference Services

Links to Genealogy Sources

Link to the ancestry of Louise Mae Johnson, my bride! (Includes surnames MUZA, STONESIFER, GOUDY, et. al., and descendants which are German, Scots-Irish, and Serbian from Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia).

Linkpendium - Searches and Resources for Genealogy

Mark and Cyndi's Family Tree
(This goes to the Wayback Machine ARCHIVE of the site since the site no longer exists as it did.)

Medieval Names Archive

Michael Kiser & Mary of Pennsylvania & Virginia

Military Genealogy & Ancestor Search on Archives.com

Military Genealogy Resources (Archive of Military Genealogy on Just Military Loans)

MyHeritage

• My family tree on MyHeritage
• SuperSearch™
• Colorize photos!
• Knowledge Base
• Military Search

mitoYDNA

MyTrueAncestry.com - Comparing DNA to Archaeological digs and mapping to populations

NANCE (surname) From Around the World This line needs verification. Still researching.

National Societies of Royal and Noble Ancestry

North Carolina Ancestral Trackers

North Carolina Civil War Roster

North Carolina County Formation Maps (1664-1965)

North Carolina Digital Collections

North Carolina Digital Heritage

North Carolina Genealogy on Facebook

North Carolina Probate Records, 1735-1970 (FamilySearch)

North Carolina State Archives - MARS

North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979, by county on FamilySearch

North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979, Search on FamilySearch

North Carolina, Will Abstracts, 1760-1800 on Ancestry.com

The Occasional Genealogist - Genealogy education for busy people.

Old Deed Terms (Bass River History)

Old Naming Patterns (from Pioneer Pathfinder)

Olive Tree Genealogy - Free Genealogy Records such as Ships' Passenger Lists to Virginia Before 1820

Online Military Indexes

Pendleton County Historical Society

Pendleton County Land Patents

Pendleton County USGenWeb Page (Problems viewing?)

Pendleton County, West Virginia, History and Genealogy

Pendleton Pals - Pendleton County, WV, Genealogy on Facebook

People Search - Locate Ancestors

Photo Restoration with GFP-GAN

Pinterest links:

• Family history book from Joy Sheldon
• Genealogy from Debbie Gherardini
• Genealogy from Judy Wells
• Genealogy from SAM JOM
• Genealogy from Stacey U
• Genealogy sites from Stephanie
• Golden Rules of Genealogy
• History from Becky Mooney

Pioneers of the South Fork in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia

Presidential Cousins - U.S. Presidents 1-44 are all related! (Problems viewing?)

Relative Finder - find famous relatives (use with caution as it may be inaccurate)

Relative Spiderwebs - connections between ancestors on WikiTree - by Greg Clarke

Sassy Jane Genealogy (US and European Genealogy Research)

RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative

Seeking my Roots - includes downloadable books

Shared Centimorgans and Your DNA Matches -- Your DNA Guide

The Shared cM Project version 2.0 (June 25, 2016) chart by Blaine T. Bettinger (The Genetic Genealogist)

Soliders and Sailors Database

State Archives of North Carolina - Discover Online Catalog

Surname Database (SurnameDB)

The SurnameWeb

The Table of Nations

• The Table of Nations The Bible's account of how nations descended from Noah by Dr. Phil Smuland
• The Genesis 10 Table of Nations and Y-Chromosomal DNA by Richard P. Aschmann

Tools for Genetic Genealogists - Kitty Cooper's Blog

Trace Your Family Roots From Immigration to US Citizenship

Traveling to Find Your Roots: A Guide to Genealogy Research in Europe

Turn Your Photo Collection from Chaos to Order with These Simple Tips

The Ultimate Family Historians

Understand The Difference Between Second Cousins And Cousins Once Removed

Understanding Your Ancestors

U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 on Ancestry.com

USGenWeb Project Home Page

Virginia Ancestral Trackers (also refer to resources)

Waggy/Wagy Family History by Theresa Finisdore (archived site)

West Virginia Online Genealogy Records

West Virginia History OnView

West Virginia map with counties (including neighboring states of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Maryland and Virginia)

West Virginia Military Records

West Virginia Pioneer Families

West Virginia Pioneers

West Virginia Vital Research Records Search

What Does Your German Surname Say About You?

What's Your Number? Generations

Whitepages - Find People

WikiTree

• Six Degrees - Show Connections on WikiTree
• Ancestor Listmaker - various lists of ancestors on WikiTree - by Chase Ashley
• Bio Check - examines biographies to identify unsourced profiles - by sands1865
• Calendar
• Connection Finder
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• Fan Chart app (Clarke) (See my fanchart)
• Fan Chart app (Whitten)
• Find Ancestor Matches (Search)
• Help:Featured Questions
• My Cousins - shows your cousins on WikiTree
• My profile on WikiTree (Johnson-54700)
• Relative Spiderwebs - connections between ancestors on WikiTree - by Greg Clarke
• X-Friends - X-Chromosome Friend Finder (Details)

World Gen Web Project

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Sources for the Family Tree of James Arthur Johnson

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23andMe.com - Ancestry and DNA Research

7th NC State Troops, Co. F - Godfrey Bescher

7th Regiment, NC Troops - Godfrey Bescher

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Abernethy, Susan, Freelance History Writer. Osburh, Mother of Anglo-Saxon King Alfred the Great - Ancestry of Alfred the Great; also "Annabella Drummond, Queen of Scotland" - Medievalists.net - Annabella Drummond

Adams, Jaime. Huckstep Genealogy -- Huckstep/Hatch/Pope ancestries. Also

Mitch Abrams - details regarding his wife's and my ancestor Thomas Nance, Sr.

Acker Project on FamilyTreeDNA - information for Early Eckard Ancestry

Allegheny Regional Family History Society. Journal of The Allegheny Regional Ancestors, Volume 4, Issue 3, Simmons - Simmons ancestry

Jean Harrelson Allen Research regarding the Nance Ancestry, specifically No Royall Connection and Possible Connection to Jamestown

Ancestors of Alexandra Caitlin Vaut (very well-cited pages) - d'Aubigny ancestry

Ancestry of Norman Harris Johnson and Julia Pricilla Morris Johnson

Ancestry.com where trees are public and well researched.

Ancestry.com: Notes for Richard Sledge and Charles and Mary (Clarke) Sledge from "Ship Lists in Bristol and America" (Hargreaves-Mawdsley, p. 174); Historical Southern Families (Boddie, Vol. XV, p. 174); Will Book 7, pp. 623, 626, Surry County, VA; "Surrey County order book 1691-1713", p. 353; Recorded Surrey County, Land Grant Book, 10; "Will and Admos. Surry County, VA 1671-1750 DAR Library"; "Southside families, Vol. I" (Boddie, p. 366); Surry County, Virginia Deeds, Wills, etc., (FHL #034101-034102) (5:2888, 5:322, 5:351, 7:522, 7:534, 7:542). [Local Image]

Armstrong, Lewis - MyHeritage Family Tree

Arslan, Mark (Michael & Mary Kiser descendant; Kiser History), Cary, NC

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Baird, Robert "Bob" W. Ivey/Ivy/Ivie - Bob's Genealogy Filing Cabinent, particularly the document The Line of Adam Ivey of Charles City County by Robert W. Baird -- helpful for my Ivey/Ivy ancestry

Bangs, Mrs. Bleecker. Reminiscences of old New Utrecht and Gowanus, page 124 (page available on Ancestry) - Nyssen/De Nyse ancestry

Baronical Order of Magna Charta - Magna Carta Surties

Bastardy Records of Rowan Co. (NC) Court - Surratt ancestry

Baylor, Mrs. James. Information from Mrs. James Baylor, Richmond, Virginia

Bell, Eleanor Parker. The Saga of the Family and Descendants of David Vestal Henley and Eleanor Lassiter of Randolph County, North Carolina (1986) - Lassiter Ancestry and confirmation of some Kearns ancestry

Bell, Raymond Martin (Washington & Jefferson College). The Seibert Family: Wolfersweiler, Saar; Tulpehocken, Pennsylvania; Clear Spring, Maryland; Martinsburg, West Virgina (1959) -- alleged Seibert/Seybert ancestry

Bender, Michele. History of the Skene Families of Aberdeenshire, Scotland - Skene/De Skene Ancestry

Bentley, Elizabeth Petty. Virginia Marriage Records: From the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, the William and Mary College Quarterly, and Tyler's Quarterly -- marriage of William Nash and Abigail Herbert

Bergen, Teunis G. Register in Alphabetical Order, of the Early Settlers of Kings County, Long Island, N.Y.: From Its First Settlement by Europeans to 1700: with Contributions to Their Biographies and Genealogies, Compiled from Various Sources (excerpt on Ancestry) - Nyssen/De Nyse ancestry

Bisher, Jamie of Bowie, Maryland, great-great grandson of Godfrey Bisher - Bisher Ancestry

Blake, Delana Smith. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~delana/index.htm (Problems viewing?)

Bly, Daniel W. of Grottoes, Virginia, genealogical researcher, distant cousin (son of Ruth Isabell Bly, daughter of Barbara Ellen Funkhouser, daughter of William Jacob Funkhouser, son of Abraham Funkhouser, Jr., and Catherine Coffman Funkhouser), and author:

• Bly, Daniel. From the Rhine to the Shenandoah: eighteenth century Swiss & German pioneer families in the centralShenandoah Valley of Virginia and their European origins ; Baker, Bly, Brubeck, Dosh, Funk, Funkhouser, Keller, Orndorff, Pitman, Rosenberger, Snapp, Spiggle, Supinger, Windle
• Bly, Daniel. From the Rhine to the Shenandoah: Eighteenth Century Swiss & German Pioneer Families in the Central Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and Their European Origins, Volume 1, 1993
• Much thanks to Daniel Bly for his help with my Pitman History, Supinger/Stover/Pifer histories, Snapp History, Stephens History, Strickler History and more.

Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers, p. 225 (also on Ancestry) - Mathew Skeen

Borchers, Dennis Mott. Thomas Lamar, the immigrant : 300 years of descendants - Lamar Ancestry

Bowers, Jack - 5th cousin twice removed, cousin back to Christopher Stophel Eye and Catharine Zorn Eye - (Pendleton Co., WV, ancestry, namely Eye, Eckard, Smith and Waggy)

Boggs, Charles H., Jr. (July 4, 1923 - October 8, 2017. Obituaries: Roanoke Times | Kimble Funeral Home | Daily News Record [also - scanned copy]) -- Son of Beulah Mae Eckard Boggs (sister to Hazel Eckard Fisher) - Eckard History

Borcherding, Sarah Loflin , daughter of Paul Loflin whom I match on FTDNA - Loflin ancestry

Borden. Tombstone Inscriptions, Shenandoah & Page Counties, Virginia

Brandow, James C. (compiler). Genealogies of Barbados Families: From Caribbeana and The Journal of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society, pp. 567-569 - Maggs-Mayo ancestry

Brashear, Mrs. G.M., contributor. "Matthew Skene I" (Matthew Skene Bio): p. 1, p. 2

Brenner, Morgan G. Our Strickler Heritage - Strickler ancestry

Britain and Ireland SNP and Surname Mapper - Early Johnson ancestry and Y-DNA research

Britroyals: Royal Family Tree (849-present) - ancestral lines from my ancestor St. Margaret, Queen of Scots back to Alfred the Great

Brobst, Bill. Johann Michael WHO? - Propst ancstry

Brobst, Bill. Propsts in America (PDF or DOCX), 2000 - Propst Ancestry

Brown, John (Johannes Braun); translated and annotated by Wust, Klaus; edited in cooperation with Meyerhoeffer, Joseph H. Shenandoah Valley family data, 1799-1813, from the memorandum book of Pastor Johannes Braun, published by Edinburg, VA, 1978

Brumbaugh, Gaius Marcus , M.D., M.S., LITT.D. Virginia Army and Navy Forces with Bounty Land Warrants for Virginia Military District of Ohio, and Virginia Military Scrip; from Federal and State Archives - Henry Grogg (Heinrich Gruck)

Bruty, David M., Sr. -- Huffman ancestry, Mallow ancestry

Bundy Posts (A1 - 51) - use with caution! (Link not working?) - Information on various Quaker families, which are cousins to my Morris and Nicholson and Mayo ancestors

Bundy Posts (B1 - E-4) - use with caution! (Link not working?) - Morris, Nicholson and Atwood ancestries

Burgner, Walter Courtney, Jr. and Shumaker, Linda. Schnepp-Snapp Family -- ARCHIVE of site - Schnepp/Schnepff/Snapp History

Burke, John (1787-1848) and Burke, Bernard (1814-1892). The Royal Families of England, Scotland, and Wales: with Their Descendants, Sovereigns and Subjects, Volume I, and The Royal Families of England, Scotland, and Wales: with Their Descendants, Sovereigns and Subjects, Volume II - line from James Forbes, 2nd Lord Forbes, back to Robert the Bruce

Byrd, Deborah W. (a Mayo, Byrd and Sutton descendant) - Sarah Culpepper Pritchard and Sarah Mayo Culpepper.

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Cabarrus County Heritage Book Committee. Heritage of Cabarrus County, North Carolina (1998) - my ancestor John Johnson

Cameron, Thom, fellow descendant of Thomas Kearns (Kearns ancestry, Titus Winbourne Johnson 1880 Census information, Loflin Ancestry)

Carolana - North Carolina History - see ancestries of William "Bill" Herman Johnson

Carr, Jeff (descendant of Philip Eckard, Sr., and researcher of Pendleton Co., WV, genealogy)

• Research of the Stone, Ruleman, Eckard and Zorn families, 13 January 2019) - Eckard ancestry, Simmons ancestry, Smith ancestry, Zorn ancestry
• "Barbara Propst wife of George Frederick Propst" - Propst ancestry

Chalkley, Lyman. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia Volume III, Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County 1745-1800; also: Militia Roster, Augusta County, VA, 1742 - Skeen Ancestry

Chapman, Blanche Adams. Wills and administrations of Southampton County, Virginia, 1749-1800, Volume I, p. 93 (excerpted here, both volumes available) - verification of my 6x great grandmother Mary (Thorpe) Reese

The Charlotte Observer, 6 October 1905, page 1 (local copy) - obituary for my great-great-great grandfather Allen "Harris" Johnson

The Civil War in the East - Various ancestors who were Civil War veterans

Clan Donnachaidh - Origins - Clan Donnachaidh/Duncan/Robertson in my Scottish ancestry, parent clan to Clan Skene according to legend

Clark, Edward Stephens, M.D. The American Genealogical Record, Vol. 1: The Stephens Family, with Collateral Branches (1892) -- Peter Stephens

Coffman, Tanya Lynn (to whom I am a 5th cousin, once removed) for loaning me Notes on the Kauffman-Coffman families, addressed to her grandfather Mr. G. Bernard Coffman

Coffman, Jake (to whom I am a 5th cousin, once removed) for providing me with pictures of Joseph and Abigal (Lincoln) Coffman, Joseph being a brother to my ancestor Catherine (Coffman) Funkhouser.

Committee on Heraldry's (of the New England Historic Genealogy Society) Index to the Roll of Arms -- Nathaniel Tilden

Conlin, Jeremy (9th cousin with common ancestor Robert Lassiter) who shared the our mutual genealogical relationship to Larcena Pennington Page via the Lassiter ancestry.

Crane, Lori. Author of the books of the Culpepper Saga -- Culpeper ancestry (though there are errors regarding the parentage of Sarah Culpeper Pritchard)

Cranford, Bud. Bud Cranford's Genealogy Page (archived site) - Cranford ancestry

Cranford, Cathy. Cathy Cranford's Genealogy Site: The Cranford Page - Cranford ancestry and Silas K. Kearns (father of Margaret Jane Kearns Cranford) documentation.

Crummett, Warren Berlin (son of Elmer Pinckney Crummett and Virginia Maude Smith Crummett, daughter of David R. Smith and sister to my great-grandmother Lillie Lou Smith Eckard; Smith/Waggy/Kiser History), Michigan - photo (back of photo)
• Ancestors of Lillie Lieu Smith by Warren Berlin Crummett
• 50th Anniversary of Warren Berlin Crummett and Elizabeth Ann Stathers
• Salient Points of my Beloved Parents: Roles as Servitors: Warren Berlin and Elizabeth Ann Stathers Crummett by Allan W. Crummett
• Obituary

The Culpeper Family (Archived Version) - and related pages on the site - Culpeper ancestry

Culpepper Connections by Warren Culpepper and Lew Griffin. http://www.culpepperconnections.com/ss/p10529.htm - and related pages on the site - used with scrutiny - Culpeper

Custer, Linda (Descendant of Johann Caspar Eckhardt, specifically granddaughter of Jesse Eckard, son of Noah W. Eckard; Eckard history), co-author of Noah & Phebe Jane (Simmons) Eckard Family

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D., S.P., fellow descendant of Charles Florence Fisher - Charles Florence Fisher and Mary Elizabeth Pifer Fisher

Data Wales: Mysterious names from Wales/Mysterious Welsh surnames (archived site) - Morris origins

Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR)

Davis, Dan. The Greatest Knight That Ever Lived: William Marshal - William Marshal

Davis, Richard Warren. Emigrants, Refugees and Prisoners - Strickler ancestry

Davis, Richard Warren. Emigrants, Refugees and Prisoners, Volume 2 - Strickler ancestry

Davis, Richard Warren. The Stauffer Families of Switzerland, Germany, and America (including Stover and Stauffer) - Stauffer history

Davis, Walter Goodwin. Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis (1885-1996): A reprinting (Alphabetical by Surname), of the Sixteen Multi-Ancestor Compendia (Plus Thomas Haley...), Vol. II Gen. Pub. Co. Inc., Baltimore, 1996 - Nathaniel Tilden

DeGidio, Wanda Ware. WeRelate: Morris Family History of Bertie Co., NC

Denny, Zeb R., editor; Hammond, Leah and Cranford, Charles Lester (researchers and complilers). FARMER Yesterday and Today -- Published by Wooten Printing Co., Inc. Welcome, NC.(c) 1981 (Johnson and Kearns and Cranford History)

Donahues, Winslows, McCullochs, McCormicks Genealogy: Micajah Lassiter - Lassiter Ancestry

Drummond, the Honourable William, afterwards First Viscount of Strathallan, M.DC.LXXXI. The Genealogy of the Most Noble and Ancient House of Drummond - Drummond ancestry, Bruce and Stewart ancestries

Dyvig, Anne Waggy - fellow Waggy descendant - Adam "Add" and Susan (Kiser) Waggy

Duff, Frank W. "Abraham Strickler Story" (local copy) - Strickler ancestry

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Eckard Family Bible (Arthur Eckard Family Bible)

Eckard, Ron (descendant of Philip Eckard, Sr.), Fuquay-Varina, NC - Eckard History

Egle, William Henry, M.D., editor. Oath of Allegiance to the Province and State of Pennsylvania 1727-1775 With the Foreign Arrivals, 1786-1808 -- Heinrich Wilhelm Gruck

Electric Scotland: The Scottish Nation: Drummond - Drummond ancestry and Queen Annabella of Scotland

English Monarchs - History of the Kings and Queens of England - Waltheof, last Earl of Northumberland, William the Conqueror and his parents and grandparents, Baldwin V and family

English Origins of New England Families, Vol. III, p. 718 - (Trouble viewing? Local copy | with reference) - Maggs-Mayo ancestry

English Settlers in Barbados, 1637-1800, p. 230 - (Trouble viewing? Local copy | with reference) - Maggs-Mayo ancestry

Eye, Walter L.

• A compilation of Simmons descendants of Pendleton County, Va. (W. Va.) by Walter L. Eye - Simmons History
• A Handbook of Highland County.
• A History of the Descendants of Christopher Crummett of Pendleton County, VA, (W.VA.) as compiled by Walter L. Eye - Crummett ancestry
• A History of the Descendants of Christopher S. Eye of Pendleton County, Va. (W. Va.) by Walter L. Eye - Eye and Propst Ancestries
• A History of the Descendants of John Michael Propst of Pendleton County, Va. (W. Va.) by Walter L. Eye - Propst Ancestry
• A History of the Eckard Family of Pendleton Co., WV (VA) by Walter L. Eye, July 1996 - Eckard History
• A History of the Descendants of Zachariah Rexrode of Pendleton County, Va., (W. Va.) by Walter L. Eye -- Rexrode ancestry and Rexrode Coat of Arms

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Family of Bruce International, Inc. - Information regarding Robert The Bruce

FamilyCentral Family History Services

FamilySearch's Revolutionary War records

"Farmer" book - see Denny, Zeb R.

Find A Grave Memorial (Find-A-Grave, findagrave.com, FindAGrave)

Finisdore, Theresa -- Waggy/Wagy Family History (archived site) - Waggy ancestry

Fisher, Carl. ARCHIVE OF http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fisherpages/d0003/g0000025.html#I02258 - Fisher Ancestry)

Fisher, Hazel "Ma-Ma" Jane Eckard (My Grandmother, September 24, 1911 - July 3, 2008; In Memoriam), Harrisonburg, VA - maternal grandmother ancestry and pages thereof

Fisher, Jeff, Harrisonburg, VA

Fiske, John. Old Virginia and Her Neighbors, Volume II, pp. 282-285 [PDF pages 312-315] - Culpeper's ursurpation (Rebellion)

Fold3.com

Fosnocht, Bruce. Research notes for WikiTree: Hans Stockli (abt. 1601) and Christen Stockly (1641) in my Strickler/Stöckli/Stickley ancestry

Ford, S. (contributor). RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: Ford-Wortman Tree - Baughman - Funkhouser/Baughman Ancestry

Ford, S. (contributor). RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: Ford-Wortman Tree - Layman/Lehman - Funkhouser Ancestry

Ford, Susan. Family Tree of Susan Ford on FamilyTreeDNA as we match via DNA and I am her 5th cousin once removed through the Funkhousers. Susan Ford is daughter of [Private], child of Lora Ella Hottel Wortman, daughter of Craven Lynn Hottel, son of Peter Hottel, son of Barbara Funkhouser Hottel, daughter of Christian and Barbara (Layman) Funkhouser, her 4th great grandparents). I am James "Jamie" Arthur Johnson, son of Carolyn Fisher Johnson, daughter of Otto Woodrow Fisher, son of Otto Keiter Fisher, son of Charles Florence Fisher, son of Susan Pitman Fisher, daughter of Esther Funkhouser Pitman, daughter of Christian and Barbara (Layman) Funkhouser (My 5th great grandparents) - Funkhouser Ancestry

Foundation for Medieval Genealogy - Drummond Ancestry and as seen below, - Stewart Ancestry

Fox, Paul A. The Archbishops of Dol and the origin of the Stewarts by Paul A. Fox from Foundation for Medieval Genealogy - Stewart Ancestry

Freer, Alan G., Society of Genealogists, London, England The Descendants of William the Conqueror - connecting my ancestral line King Robert III (John Stewart) to King Robert II (Stewart) to Marjorie (Bruce) Stewart to King Robert I "The Bruce" to Robert De Brus to Isabel De Clare to Gilbert De Clare, Earl of Gloucester to Amica FitzRobert De Clare to William (Mafonache) FitzRobert to Robert "The King's Son" Fitzroy de Caen to King Henry I of England to William the Conqueror

Funkhouser, Jacob. A Historical Sketch of the Funkhouser Family (1902) - Funkhouser and Fisher ancestries.

Futhey, J. Smith.. History of Chester County, Pennsylvania : with genealogical and biographical sketches. Philadelphia: Louis H. Everts, 1881, p. 576 - Hadley Ancestry.

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Garber, Ellen Ritchie (great-granddaughter of Mary Frances Miller Nash)

The Genealogical Journal by the Randolph County Genealogical Society (Asheboro, Randolph County, NC)

Genealogical Publishing Com. Abstracts from Norfolk City Marriage Bonds (1797-1850) and Other Genealogical Data. 2001 -- marriage of John R. Harwood and Susanna H. Gilbert

Genealogics and sources referenced thereof

Genealogy.com when well researched

Geni.com when well researched (use judiciously!)

Gettysburg Discussion Group: Order of Battle, Pickett's Charge, July 3, 1863 -- Godfrey Bischerer

Gettysburg National Military Park Museum & Visitor Center -- Godfrey Bischerer and Wadsworth "Wads" Nash

Gilreath, Amelia C. (Nokesville, VA). Shenandoah County, Virginia, Deed Book Series, Volume 5, Deed Books O, P, Q, 1804-1809, Abstracted, 1991, p. 59 - D. Bk O:456 - Funkhouser Ancestry

Gladden, Sanford. The Durst and Darst Families of America, Vol I - Henry Grogg (Heinrich Gruck)

Gladwell, Jay. Archive of Gladwell and McClung Family (Simmons/Schmidt/Smith)

Godfrey, Bryan Scott, a descendant of Miriam (Newby) Lamb, sister of my (5x) great-great-great-great-great grandmother Mary (Newby) Morris (Sutton/Tilden Ancestry)

Goins, Lisa, my half third cousin who shares Titus Winbourne Johnson as our great-great grandfather. She is descended from William Dockery Poole, born via a relationship between Winbourne and Ocia Pool.

Gransberg, Gwen --fellow descendant of William Symons - Symons and Quaker ancestry

Green, Judith A. (The Queen's University of Belfast)"The Descent of Belvoir", Prosopon Newsletter, 1999 - d'Aubigny ancestry

Grogg, Chuck, Harrisonburg, Virginia (Stony Run School 1925 picture).

Grosart, Alexander B. Biography: Alexander B. Grosart on Francis Quarles from Introduction in Complete Works in Prose and Verse of Francis Quarles (1880) 1:ix-xxiv - Quarles line (alleged ancestry)

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Hadley Family Tree - Hadley Ancestry.

Hadley, Art (Kansas University). Hadley Genealogy - Hadley Ancestry

Hadley Society. Irish Reports - Simon and Catherine (Talbot) Hadley and Jane Hadley Keerans/Kearns

Hale, Lyford - provided in July 2009 the following: Maggs-Mayo-Henley Families - Culpeper/Culpepper Ancestry

Hall, David Michael Hall, descendant of J. Milton and Nancy Louisa (Surratt) Hill as well as Richard and Mary "Polley" (Tolson) Loflin - provided unverified maiden surnames for both the Loflin and Hill ancestries.

Hall, Ruth. Descendants of Hans Peter Steffen - Steffen/Stephens ancestry (Problems viewing?)

Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society - The Heritage Museum of the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society - various sources including Revolutionary War Soldiers Rockingham Co., Va. (extracted from 1976 with same title) thanks to Rocktown History

Hawes, Paul - Antecedents of Paul Hawes (Problems viewing?) - Küchler/Abiß/Löw Ancestry and Rexroad/Rexrode/Rexroth/Recksrodt Ancestry

Hearn, Lerma E. The Hearn/Hearne Coat of Arms - Hearne Coat of Arms

Hearne, David T. "Hearne Ancestry Traced to 1066" shown in Willie Hearne in the Alabama, U.S., Surname Files Expanded, 1702-1981 - Hearne Ancestry

Hearne, WIlliam T. "Brief History and Genealogy of the Hearne Family", 1907 (Also available at Ancestry.com and archive.org) -- Hearne ancestry

Hedrick, Eric. Eric Hedrick Research - Gruck/Grogg connection and other Pendleton County, (W)VA, ancestors

Henderson, Archibald. North Carolina: The Old North State and the New, Volume 3, © 1941, Lewis Publishing Company, North Carolina -- Kearns progenitor -- Excerpt seen at Ancestry.com (local excerpt)

The Heritage Museum of the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society: The Virginia Pioneers -- Funkhouser ancestry, Snapp ancestry, Coffman ancestry and the alleged paternal ancestry of my wife

Hess, Nancy B. The Heartland: Rockingham County by Nancy B. Hess (1976) -- Catherine Coffman Funkhouser

Hevener, Randy (Haeffner, Havenor, Hevener History)

Hillerman, Lisa - fellow descendant of Sarah (Culpeper) Pritchard - her parentage

Hines, Rich. Benjamin and Sarah Morris - Morris ancestry

Hinshaw, William Wade. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, (Volume I also available here) - Pritchard/Culpeper Ancestry, Newby-Albertson-Nicholson-Hayward-De Cam Ancestry, Shattuck/Page/Symons/Morris Ancestry & Quaker Ancestry, Sutton/Tilden Ancestry, Culpeper Ancestry
Use this resource with caution per Linda Starr's research.

Historical Miscellany - Dutch Church Record, Staten Island, p. 74- Matthew and Jannetje Skeen

The Historical Society of Delaware. Papers of the Historical Society of Delaware IX. The Records of Holy Trinity Old Swedes Church, Wilmington, Del., from 1697 to 1773, p. 719, published 1890 -- Ancestry of Hannah Miller Kearns

Howell, Ray. Genealogical Society of Davidson County, North Carolina. The Heritage of Davidson County (Google Books)

Howton, Erica Isabel, curator at Geni.com - Shattuck ancestry

Glenn Huffman (fellow Pendleton County, West Virginia, researcher):

• Facebook discussion for Grogg/Gragg debate
• Simmons ancestry
• Propst ancestry, specifically email from Jeff Carr to Glenn Huffman mentioning John Michael Propst
• Margaret Rexrode (Hevener or Cowger)

Hunt, Roger D. The History of the Hunt Family (2011) - Quaker Ancestry: Shattuck, Page, Morris and Newby, Albertson, Nicholson.

Huntington, NY. Huntington Town records, including Babylon, Long Island, N.Y. -- Sutton Ancestry.

Hylton, Dan, compiler. Funkhouser Notes from WikiTree sources - Funkhouser Ancestry.

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Ireland "Court of Exchequer Bills Book 1627-1884" - document dated May 20, 1712 (Sources: 1, 2 via FindMyPast). Also on Ancestry -- Kearns and Hadley ancestries.

Ivey, George Franks. The Ivey Family in the United States. The Southern Publishing Co., Hickory, NC. Available at Ancestry.com -- Ivey Coat of Arms.

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James, Homer Beers (made accessible online by Paul B. McBride). http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~pmcbride/genweb.html#james - The Paternal Ancestry of Homer Beers James (Problems viewing?) - information regarding de Braiose history

Jamestowne Society. A List of the Livinge - Morris ancestry

Jenkins, Robert "Bob" Preston. The Jenkins Family of Virginia: Information about Peter Smith (Smith Ancestry)

Johnson, Beth - my second cousin and daughter of Wayne Johnson, granddaughter of Joseph "Joe" Wheeler Johnson, great-granddaughter of Norman and Julia (Morris) Johnson (my great grandprents, too!), High Point, NC - Johnson/Bisher history

Johnson, Bill Guill. William Johnson, Sr., 1750-1830 : the Johnsons of Warren County, Georgia (page 6; also available at Geni.com) - Mary Thorpe and her ancestry

Johnson, Billy C. Johnson / Johnston / Johnstone

Johnson, Carolyn "Mom" June Fisher (Thanks, Mom!), Harrisonburg, VA - maternal ancestry and pages thereof

Johnson, James "Jamie" Arthur - Me of course! :) This is my website after all. Starting this journey in 1986, I've talked to relatives, looked through books and documents, and dug through both boxes and the Internet and been involved in DNA testing and research. This site is the culmination of my genealogical research work. I've written every piece of code on this site, which launched in 1996 (on a different domain http://home.aol.com/jamejohnso/family and later http://members.aol.com/jamejohnso/family/ prior to its move to http://family.beacondeacon.com).

Johnson, Samuel "Sam" Houston, Jr. (b. 21 January 1920) of Tucson, AZ, and formerly of Longview, TX, who researched information from Rowan and Davidson Counties, NC - Johnson line

Johnson, William "Dad" Herman (Thanks, Dad! August 17, 1929 - May 11, 2010 - In Memoriam), Harrisonburg, VA - paternal ancestry and pages thereof

Johnson, William Perry, compiler. Bailey Genealogy from Journal of North Carolina Genealogy Spring 1967 - Charles and Bailey ancestries

Jones Genealogy: Thomas Nash b. 1728 d. 1794 - Lt. Col. Thomas Nash

Jones, Martha Baker of Toms Brook, Virginia (Fisher History). Remembering Martha.

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Kauffman, Charles F. (compiler). A Genealogy and History of the Kauffman-Coffman Families of North America 1584 to 1937 - Coffman/Kauffman ancestry

Kearns, Charley -- Kearns history

Kearns, Doug of Raleigh, North Carolina. Personal correspondence and his John & Hannah Miller Keeran (Kearns): Parents of Isaac, Silas and Thomas Keeran (Kearns) document (Kearns History)

Kearns, Douglas (see above) and Peggy Gaddy Kearns: The Kearns Heritage: Ireland to Randolph County, NC book (Kearns History)

Kearns, Jr., Eugene "Gene" of Shallote, North Carolina - various documentation helpful with researching Kearns ancestry and Hadley ancestry

Kearns, Gene - Kearns Ancestry and Hadley Ancestry and Mary Thorpe Reese and her parents

Keeran, Edra. The Keeran Story (Part 1 and Part 2) - Kearns ancestry

Keerans, Nettie Pritchard. notes on Randolph County, North Carolina, Kearns from Randolph County (NC) Library (Incomplete) - Kearns/Ivey ancestry and Kearns/Webb ancestry (NOTE: p. 13 make the wrong assumption that Benjamin Ivey's father was Adam Ivey of Edgecombe).

Keffer, James Michael (compiler). Jeremias Keffer(ly) of Shenandoah County, Virginia (archived site) - Simmons/Schmidt/Smith

Keirns, Sue. 4th great granddaughter of Jonathan Keirns, and founder of the Irish Keeran Kearns Genealogy Research and DNA Group on Facebook and compiler of the document RIP WILLIAM KEARNS AND MARY KING (local copy) -- Kearns ancestry who determined via Y-DNA study that the Keeran-Kearns-Kerns folks (Pa to NC) are NOT related to Keirns-Kearns-Kerns folks (Pa to Ohio), not through their paternal line anyway. They all seem to have the occasional autosomal DNA match that is through some maternal lines.

Keister, Elmo Earl. Strasburg, Virginia, and the Keister Family (1972) - David Fisher

Kendall, Sarah "Joyce" - Milton and Nancy (Surratt) Hill, Loflin and Luther ancestries

Kercheval, Samuel and Faulkner, Charles James. History of the Valley of Virginia (1833) -- Peter Stephens and Jacob Stover

Kiner, Sylvia "Sally" "Great Nan-Nan" (nee Stonesifer, m. 1st Muza) - Ancestry of Louise Mae Johnson, wife of James "Jamie" Arthur Johnson

King, Edwin. Lionheart: Living in History, England 1190AD (1987) - William the Conqueror, Bayeux Tapestry, Robert the Magnificent (Robert the Devil), King Henry I of England, Malcolm Canmore, King David "The Saint" of Scotland, Robert de Beaumont, Gilbert de Clare, Bigod and Bohun families.

Kiser, James Van Lieu. Valentin and Michael Kayser: Pennsylvania Pioneers and their Descendants in Virginia (2002) -- Kiser Ancestry

Kiser, Karl - great-great-great grandson of Christian and Mary (Smith) Stone (parents of Jacob Stone who married Hannah Trumbo who were in turn parents of Louisa Stone, great grandmother of Karl Kiser) - Smith history

Knell, Elizabeth Johnson (sister Liz, her descendants)

Kudla, Pamela, fellow descendant of Isack and Damaris (Shattuck) Page - Shattuck/Page Ancestry

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LaPlante, Patty - her research and sources at Hicks/Hix Ancestry and Hicks Origins

Lassiter, Janet, 9th cousin and fellow descendant of Robert Lassiter - Lassiter ancestry

Laster, Lynn and Jacobs, Brian. Laster Family Genealogy - Lassiter ancestry

Laymon, Steve (contributor). Layman Family Genealogy Forum: Post 263 and Post 409 - Funkhouser Ancestry

LeMar, Harold Dihel. History of the Lamar or Lemar family in America (also at History of the Lamar or Lemar family in America [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: LeMar, Harold Dihel,. History of the Lamar or Lemar family in America. Omaha: Cockle, 1941) - Lamar Ancestry

Library of Virginia. Will Book - various volumes.

Lomax, Geraldine "Aunt Jerrie" Hill Johnson (My Aunt), Denton, NC - paternal ancestry and pages thereof

Luray Valley Museum - provides details about my ancestors Jacob Stover and Abraham Strickler

Luther, Joseph, The Luthers in the Revolutionary War (Ancestry.com post) as referenced on my page J. Michael Luther, Sr., Revolutionary War Patriot

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MacDow, Stephen, fellow descendant of Alfred Spencer Surratt, Sr. MacDow Family Site - Surratt ancestry

Magin, Irvin D. Shenandoah County Gazetteer & Historical Geography, p. 40 - Fisher ancestry (David Fisher)

Manarin, Louis H. Manarin & Jordan, Weymouth T. (Jr.); Brown, Matthew (Editor). N.C. Troops 1861-1865, A Roster, Vol. IV. Infantry. State Division of Archives and History, 1988
(48^th Regiment NC Troops - Titus Winbourne Johnson details)

McMahon, Barbara. Descendant of Thomas Nash IV - Nash ancestry

Marble, Martha Mewborn (preparer). Descendants of GEORGE AND SARAH TILDEN SUTTON (10 Jul 2016) (Sutton/Tilden Ancestry)

McCall, Mrs. Howard H., compiler. Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia, Volume III, pp. 275-276 - James Lamar, Revolutionary War veteran

McAllister, J.T. Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War McAllister's Data - McAlister Publishing Co., Hot Springs, VA. © 1913 by J.T. McAllister - Revolutionary War data regarding my ancestors Philip Eckard, Sr., Christopher Eye, and brothers George (Sr.) and John Simmons, Sr. as well as a possible reference to Thomas Nance.

Meredith, H. Clarkson, BA. Some Old Norfolk Families and others - Nash Ancestry

Miller, Phyllis J. "A New Hypothesis on the Ancestry of Mathew Skeen of Augusta County, Virginia." The Virginia Genealogist (Oct - Dec 2001), pp. 305-309 (Also on Ancestry: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Moncreiffe, Sir Iain (of that Ilk) and Hicks, David. The Highland Clans (1967) - Drummond ancestry

Morgan, Myrtle Ann. Ancestors of Myrtle Ann Morgan (Archived version) - Cranford, Skeen, Lamar and Hearne ancestries

Morris, Lewis E. of Earlliam, Iowa (Morris History)

Morris, Lewis Ecroyd. Along the way with Benjamin Morris, (1757-1808) and his wife, Sarah, of North Carolina: his forebearers and descendents from before 1680 to 1996 (Also available at Internet Archive) - Morris ancestry

Morris, S.L. (D.D., LL.D.). The Records of the Morris Family (also available at Library of Congress and archive of the Morris Family Home Page) - Morris origins

Morris, S.R. The First Morris Family in America - Morris origins

Morrison, Sarah Parke. Among Ourselves: Out of North Carolina (Volume I) - Morris origins and Morris ancestry

Morton, Oren F.

• A History of Highland County, Virginia by Oren F. Morton, B.L., © 1911 The Stone Printing and Manufacturing. Note there are some apparent errors in this book of which I note in this tree where applicable.
• The History of Pendleton County -- Morton (c) 1910 (Eckard, Waggy, Smith, Propst, Kiser, Simmons History) -- Note there are some apparent errors in this book.

Mulero, Sue Keirns - See Keirns, Sue.

Mulkin, Clarence - photo (back of photo) (letter to Arthur and Lillie Lou Eckard, 1950: page 1, page 2) - Waggy and Kiser History)

Myers, Albet Cook. Immigration of the Irish Quakers into Pennsylvania 1682-1750 with their early history in Ireland, p. 327 -- Ancestry of Hannah Miller Kearns

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Names of Foreigners Who Took the Oath of Allegiance to the Province and State of Pennsylvania, 1727-1775, p. 81 - oath of allegiance for Johannes Snapp and Lawrence Snapp

The Nance DNA Project: Patriarchs This line needs verification. Still researching.

Nance Genealogy Clearinghouse: "A FAREWELL TO ILLOGAN" - Are we actually descended from the St. Clement Nances? (An alternative to the "Nance of Cornwall" theory) - Nance ancestry

Nance, George Washington. The Nance Memorial: A History of the Nance Family in General, But More Particularly of Clement Nance, of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, and Descendants, Containing Historical and Biographical Records with Family Lineage. This line needs verification. Still researching.

Nance in North Carolina Census - John C. and Anna "Annie" (Nance) Kearns

NANCE (surname) From Around the World - Nance Ancestry

Nance surname on Genealogy.com This line needs verification. Still researching.

New Castle County Delaware Genealogy and History - marriage of William Miller and Rebecca McMullen

The New England Genealogical Society. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume LXV, (1911) -- Tilden ancestry

The New England Genealogical Society. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume LXX, (1916) -- Huckstep/Hatch/Pope ancestries

New Garden, Pennsylvania, Monthly Meeting Minutes, 1763, pp. 290-291 regarding the discipline of Hannah Miller Kearns

The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society (publisher). The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record (quarterly), 1875, selected extracts, p. 33 - Nyssen/De Nyse ancestry

The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society (publisher). The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. Volume XXXIX, 1908. (also linked here). - Syrachs-Titus ancestry in my Skeen ancestry

New Town History Center, Stephens City, VA - Beginnings 1732-1783 - Stephens ancestry

North Carolina Land Grant Images and Data - Johnson Land grant details

North, S.N.D. (Simon Newton Dexter), Director, Department of Commmerce and Labor, United States Bureau of the Census. Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790 North Carolina

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O'Dell, Cecil. Pioneers of Old Frederick County, Virginia, Walsworth Publishing Company, 1995 - Frederick County (Va.), pp.401-402 - Funkhouser Ancestry

Ohio Harn Boys Ancestry. Eastern Shore Hearnes (local copy) - William Hearne and Hearne Ancestry

O'Laughlin, Michael C. The Book of Irish Families, p. 164 - Kearns Ancestry

Olive Tree Genealogy. Palatine Ships Passenger Lists in Pennsylvania German Pioneers from Germany to Pennsylvania 1727 to 1808

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Parker, Mattie Erma E. - NCpedia article "Bird, Valentine" - parentage of Sarah Elizabeth (Culpeper/Culpepper) Pritchard in the Culpeper Ancestry

Parker, Tiffany - Hill and Surratt ancestries

Paul, Sir James Balfour, Lord Lyon King of Arms (editor). The Scots Peerage, Volume I, founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland - containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom - Comyn Ancestry

Paul, Sir James Balfour, Lord Lyon King of Arms (editor). The Scots Peerage, Volume II, founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland - containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom - Comyn Ancestry

Paul, Sir James Balfour, Lord Lyon King of Arms (editor). The Scots Peerage, Volume VI, founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland - containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom - De Skene Ancestry, Royal Scottish Ancestry

Paul, Sir James Balfour. The Scots peerage: Founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom (vol. 8) - Drummond Ancestry

The Peerage - Drummond ancestry, Isabel Marshal and her ancestry

Pendleton County Historical Society (WV)

Pennsylvania German Society. Pennsylvania German Pioneers, Volume I, p. 395 (1934) - Johannes Zarariah Rexroad

The People Profiles - William Marshal - The Perfect Knight Documentary - William Marshal

PeopleLegacy: Salem United Methodist Church Cemetery, Randolph County, North Carolina - burial place for various ancestors

Pitman, Levi. Diaries of Levi Pitman, Alderman Library, University of Virginia

Poff, Jan-Michael Poff, Editor. Upheaval in Albemarle: The Story of Culpeper's Rebellion: Appendix (Archived version) - parentage of Sarah Elizabeth (Culpeper/Culpepper) Pritchard in the Culpeper Ancestry

Potts, Thomas Maxwell. Our Family Ancestors - Hannah Miller Kearns ancestry

Prichard, Vincent. Two Welshmen Named Thomas Prichard (23 November 2018) - Pritchard/Prichard ancestry

Pritchard DNA Project - Pritchard ancestry

Propst, Sandra "Sandy". Fellow Propst, Eye and Rexrode descendant -- Propst ancestry and possible connection to Martin Luther (the Reformer). Also provided Propst Family Genealogy - page 1, page 2, page 3 though this resource still needs verification

Public Archives Commission, Delaware Public Archives; Dover, Delaware; Marriage Records, 1744-1912; Record Group: RG1325.003.004) - McMullen - Miller marriage in my Fisher ancestry

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Quarles, Stephen. Quarles Family Tree - Quarles line (alleged ancestry)

Quick Gen: Genealogy Blog focusing on American and European Ancestry - d'Aubigny ancestry

Quick, Robin. Robin's Family Research - Morris Ancestry

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Rader, Judy (Descendant of Noah W. Eckard; Eckard history), co-author of Noah & Phebe Jane (Simmons) Eckard Family

Randolph County North Carolina Cemeteries: Salem United Methodist Church (Salem Community Church) - Johnson, Johnson-Kearns and Kearns-Nance/Kearns-Lassiter ancestors

Randolph County, NC Geological Society: Concord Township Cemeteries

Randolph County, North Carolina, Marriage Bonds, Early - 1868

Randoloph Co. (NC) Record of Wills, 1829-1848

The Randolph Room - 1897 Johnson Reunion and 1936 Johnson Reunion

Rankin, Hugh F., Ph.D., Associate Professor of History, Tulane University (1962). Upheaval in Albemarle: The Story of Culpeper's Rebellion 1675-1689 - Culpeper Ancestry

Ratcliffe, Clyde - professional genealogist - Nash, Harwood - White Stone, VA

Reid, William "Bill" - Johnson Y-DNA Research

Rexrode, John Daniel. Rexrode history

Rexroad, Michael Lee. Archive of Rexroad Family History (copyright 1996) - Rexrode/Rexroad history

Richey, Curt, resident on the property in Randolph Co., NC, likely where Allen Harris Johnson and Titus Winbourne Johnson farmed and ran the grist mill

Rigdon, John C. Historical Sketch and Roster of the North Carolina 34th Infantry Regiment - source shows rank advancement for Winburn Cranford on p. 158

Ritter, Philip. The Bachman/Baughman D.N.A. Project by J. Ross Baughman - Funkhouser/Baughman Ancestry

Roberson, Nancy Simmons:

• Ancestor - Elisabetha Lautenschläger (1650-1721) - additional details for Elsbeth Lautenschläger
• Newsworthy - Johann Zachariah Rexroad - additional details for Johannes Zacharias Rexroth/Rexroad/Rexrode
• Her research has further helped with the Rexroad ancestry, Simmons ancestry and Huffman ancestry.

Robin's Family Research by Robin Quick - Morris Ancestry

Rocktown History - cemetery locations and Revolutionary War veteran

Rogers, AnnaBelle Stone and Bullock, Vivian King. Thomas King and Susan Ann Sharp Family History: Immigrant Ancestors from 1607-1969, p. 663 (1970) - Nance/Tinsley ancestry

Ronczyk, Allison. Letter from Alison Ronczyk to Carolyn Fisher Johnson RE: Eckard Genealogy (Envelope)

Rowan County, North Carolina, Tax List

The Royal Family: Alfred 'The Great' (r. 871-899) -- Alfred the Great

Royer, Mary Williams (compiler).Database, WorldConnect: dbldfun ("Willliams/Snider/Sewell/Royer/McDaniel Families"). Publication: Online. Text: ABSTRACT OF WILL: My wife, Catharine; my daughter, Elizabeth Sherman; my sons Joseph, John and Benjamin; my daughters Mary Boughman, Barbara Funkhouser, Catharine Wilkins, Ann, Susannah, Christena, Rosanah, and Sarah, My son, Isaac. Godfrey Wilkin and Frederick Woolford, Exe., Written: January 9, 1787, Probated: February 28, 1788 - Funkhouser Ancestry

Runyon, Billie Jo Heater - Crummett ancestry

Rupp. Thirty Thousand Names of Immigrants in Pennsylvania

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Sarratt, Laura and Norman H. Some Surratt/Sarratt Families in the United States 1715-1980 - Surratt Ancestry

Saunders, William L., Secretary of State, collector and editor. The Colonial Records of North Carolina, Vol. I. - 1662 to 1712 - Culpeper Ancestry

Schneider, Dalles: Schneider Family Site - Family Tree at MyHeritage.com - Lautenschlager (Lautenschläger) Ancestry

Scottish Monarchs: Scotland's Hero King Robert the Bruce - Robert the Bruce

Scotland Untitled Nobility: Drummond on Foundation for Medieval Genealogy - Drummond Ancestry

The Scotsman: Robert the Bruce: myths busted - Robert The Bruce

SearchTrees.com: Ancestors of Godfrey Bescher (Godfrey Bescher, details, family), which cites the following:

• Find-A-Grave memorials for Godfrey and Lucinda (Loflin) Bescher
• Godfrey Bisher by Jamie Bisher, Bowie, Maryland, United States, great-great grandson of Conrad Bescherer
• "The Dispatch (Lexington, NC)" (Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina), 8 Sep 1897, page 2. Death of Godfrey Bescherer
• "Salisbury Post" archive article from September 7, 2003

Sexton, Buddy -- articles about Mack Cranford and John Lomax in The Denton Orator.

Sexton, Ms. D.M. (Aunt Nannie Bell Hill Sexton who married Daniel Moses Sexton; she was the late sister of Gertrude Leona Hill Johnson) - Hill ancestry

Seyffert, M. Gordon - Waggy Genealogy, previously of Kansas City, MO, subsequently President of the Immigrant Genealogical Society in Burbank, CA

Shaddock, Philip on our shared Shattuck ancestry

Shanholtz, Tom. Paul Smith Bio PDF version | DOCX version, edited by James "Jamie" Arthur Johnson - Note: Paul went MIA in WWII and was the nephew of my great grandmother Lillie Lou (Smith) Eckard.

Shank, Thomas Lee. Schenck, Shenk, Shank: History of the Descendants of Andreas Schenck in America, 1732-1984 : Including Chapters on the Related Families of Biehlmajer, Hertzog, Weis, May, Seitz, Seip, Hicks, Hart, Bandy, and Notes on Many Others (FamilySearch, Google Books) - Wise ancestry

Shaw, Jessie Owen. The Johnsons and Their Kin of Randolph - ironically, not my Johnson ancestry, but support for my Kearns ancestry and casting doubt on Mendenhall involvement in my Hill ancestry and further distinguishes a different John Johnson/Johnston from my ancestor of the same name

Shaw, Virginia A. "Gin" (researcher and compiler, http://www.ginealogy.com/). Descendants of Richard Loflin, 2007, Atlanta, GA - Loflin ancestry

Sheets, Henry. A History of the Liberty Baptist Association (1907, Notes from ZSR Library, Wake Forest University, local copy) - Riley Ancestry

Shenandoah County GenWeb Project: Abraham Funkhouser Cemetery - Catherine (Coffman) Funkhouser, Abraham Funkhouser, Sr.

Shenandoah County GenWeb Project: The Abraham Funkhouser Home - Funkhouser - Pifer ancestry

Shenandoah County Marriage Records - Fisher-Fravel - marriage dates of my maternal grandfather's parents and his paternal ancestry

Shenandoah Herald, Volume 90, No. 6, Friday, February 8, 1907, Woodstock, VA - the obituary of Rebecca (Funkhouser) Pifer

Skeen, A.T. (Tom). Clan Skeen - Skeen Ancestry

Skelton, Joanne. Joanne's Genealogy Research - Abigail Nicholson and her ancestry

Skene, William Forbes, 1809-1892, ed. Memorials of Family of Skene of Skene, from the family papers, with other illustrative documents. Published 1887 by Aberdeen - De Skene history

Smith Collection -- Handley Library, Winchester, Virginia

Smith, Cheri Dunaway - distant cousin, genealogy researcher and enthusiast - Mary Addie Cranford ancestry, particularly Wenborn W. Cranford and Margaret Jane Kearns, and her tireless work on a partial recreation of my tree on ancestry.com

Smith, George M. (who translated and transcribed, 1966). The Parish Register, St. Michael's (Wildfang's Church, Pendleton County, West Virginia, Volume I, 1807-1881.

Smith, Kevin T. -- great-great-great grandson of William L. Smith (Smith History)

Smith, Mildred (compiler). Marriage Records (1730-1779) of Rev. John Casper Stoever, Pennsylvania/Maryland (Archive Version) - John Casper Eckhardt marriage to Maria Catarina Ruhlmann

Smith, William S., Jr. Culpeper's Rebellion: New Data and Old Problems, a paper submitted to the Faculty of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences in Candidacy for the Degree of Master of Arts in Liberal Studies, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1990 - Culpeper Ancestry

Snyder, Paul of Washington, D.C., Noah W. Eckard Genealogy

Sonner, Calvin "Cal" - History and Genealogy Information Related to Northern Shenandoah County, Virginia - includes the following sources with information related to the following ancestries: Fisher, Coffman, Funkhouser and Pifer:

• Strasburg, Virginia, Store Ledger 1852-1853
• Ledger #3 Dated 1898 - Strasburg, Virginia
• 1803-1806 Journal Names
• 1867 Strasburg Journal Names
• Pifer Cemetery
• Pifer Cemetery (2)

Sons of the American Revolution Patriot Research System

South Branch DAR document (Source: My Bennett and Lambert Family Facebook Group) - Revolutionary War Veteran ancestors from what is now West Virginia: George Rexrode, Philip Eckard/Eckert, Sr., Frederick Propst, Christopher Eye, George Simmons and John Simmons and possible ancestor Jacob Heavenor

Southern Campaigns Revolutionary War Pension Statements & Rosters - Revolutionary War Veteran ancestors

Speight, John F. Speight Family Research (archived site) - Cranford Ancestry

St. Michael's Lutheran-Reformed Church, Pendleton County, West Virginia, Church register/baptismal book.

St. Michael's Parish, Barbados, records: Sarah Bird baptism

Stanford III, Herbert W. BROWN and LUTHER FAMILIES of RANDOLPH COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, pp. 57-62 - Luther ancestry

Starr, Linda. Problems with Hinshaw - Pritchard/Culpeper Ancestry, Newby-Albertson-Nicholson-Hayward-De Cam Ancestry, Shattuck/Page/Symons/Morris Ancestry & Quaker Ancestry, Sutton/Tilden Ancestry, Culpeper Ancestry

Stephens, Dan V. (Editor). Peter Stephens and Some of his Descendants 1690-1935 - Peter Stephens and family

Stewart, John, and Smith, Elmer L. The Survival of German Dialects and Customs in the Shenandoah Valley (A Preliminary Survey) (local copy) - Jacob Stover

Stewart, William H. History of Norfolk County, Virginia, and Representative Citizens - Lt. Col. Thomas Nash and his family

Stickley, Gloria. Strasburg, Virginia: Our History in Post Cards - - Fisher/Snapp ancestry

Stirnet.com - De Skene, Forbes, Kinnaird ancestries, Drummond ancestry, d'Aubigny ancestry

Stewart, Col. William H. (editor and compiler). History of Norfolk County, Virginia and Representative Citizens - Wadsworth "Wads" H. Nash

Stonecipher, E.T., compiler of Stonesifer Genealogy, Fairfax, Virginia - my wife's Stonesifer ancestry

Strassburger, LI.D., Ralph Beaver; edited by William John Hinke, Ph.D., D.D., of the Pennsylvania-German Society. Pennsylvania German Pioneers, Volume I, 1727-1775. Also see Pennsylvania German Pioneers Passenger Lists: Palatine German Immigrant Ships to Philadelphia 1727-1739.

The Strickler Family: Biographies (archived site) - Strickler ancestry

Surratt Family Tree (Ancestry.com) - Surratt ancestry

Surratt, Harold Allen "Hal" III, second cousin, once removed through my Johnson line as he is son of (Harold) Allen Surratt II, son of Harold Allen Surratt I, son of Vatura Gertrude Johnson Surratt, wife of (Franklin) Gurney Surratt and daughter of Norman Harris Johnson and Julia Pricilla Morris Johnson (my great grandparents); and likely fifth cousin through the Surratt line as he is son of (Harold) Allen Surratt II, son of Harold Allen Surratt I, son of (Franklin) Gurney Surratt, son of Samuel Lewis Surratt, son of James L. Surratt, son of Beverly and "Laney" Surratt - Surratt ancestry

Sutton, John. Sutton Origins - Sutton ancestry

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Thomas' Legion: Lane's Brigade | 7th North Carolina Infantry Regiment -- Godfrey Bischerer

Trees of Blue: British Royal Family Trees: King Alfred the Great Family Tree (849-899) -- Alfred the Great

Trotter, Henry John. Descent of the Family of Skene (also available at FamilySearch) - De Skene and Skene ancestries

Tyler, M.A., LL., D., Lyon G. (editor).

• Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol. VII (v. 7) - Webb Ancestry
• Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol. VIII (v. 8) (smaller document version) - Webb Ancestry

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UB Denomination. The Religious Telescope, publication of UB Denomination 21 Dec. 1853

United States Federal Census

U.S. National Park Service: Soldier Details: The Civil War

USGenWeb Archives. Marriages PENDLETON CO. WV (Partial) - Eckard Ancestry, Waggy/Kiser Ancestry, Smith Ancestry

USGenWeb Archives. Births various PENDLETON CO. WV (Partial) - Heavener, Waggy/Kiser Ancestry, Smith Ancestry

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VA. Historic Marriage Register, Shenandoah Co.

VaGenWeb. Highland County, Virginia: VaGenWeb Page: Highland Soldiers in the Revolutionary War

Valley Forge Muster Roll

"Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989." Database with images. FamilySearch. https://FamilySearch.org : 18 July 2022. Circuit court clerk offices, Virginia. - Abraham and Catherine (Coffman) Funkhouser marriage

Vitasek, Lynn. My JOHNSON Family Home Page!

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Waggy, John R. From West Virginia to Alaska Via Europe and Asia, © 2004 by John R. Waggy. Revised 2005. Printed in the United States of America by Dehart's Media Services Incorporated. - Waggy ancestry, Propst ancestry, alleged Hoover ancestry and the region that served as home for a time for these ancestors at Sugar Grove, WV

Wagy, Milton - Waggy ancestry

Walter, Alice Granbery. The Thomas Nash Family of Lower Norfolk County, Virginia, 1638 - 1900s (1983) - Nash Family Chart on Ancestry (local copy) - Nash ancestry

Walters, John (1997). Norfolk Blues: the Civil War diary of the Norfolk Light Artillery Blues, pp. 241, 289, 290. Source for Pvt. Wadsworth "Wads" Nash's services in the American Civil War.

Wardell, Pat (compiler). Early Bergen County Families.

Waters, Henry Fitz-Gilbert. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, p. 365 (1913) - Maggs-Mayo ancestry

Watford, Christopher M. The Civil War Roster of Davidson County, NC

John Walter Wayland, B.A., Ph.D. The German element of the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia (Also available here and here) - Mary (Campbell) Funkhouser, Jacob Stover, Abraham Strickler and Peter Stephens

Wayland, John. History of Shenandoah Co., VA - Bittmann/Pitman history, Waggy and Kiser families

Wayland, John. The Lincolns in Virginia - Coffman ancestry (Abigail Lincoln Coffman)

Weeks, Lyman Horace. Book of Bruce: Ancestors and Descendants of King Robert of Scotland (1907)

Wendland-Alaspa, Diane. Pendleton Pals post - Henry Grogg (Henry Grock/Heinrich Gruck)

WeRelate.org when well researched (use judiciously!)

WikiTree when well researched

Wilderson, Doyle. History of Stonesifer Family -- excerpt: Biography of John Daniel Stonesifer -- my wife's Stonesifer ancestry

Wilfong, Norm (descendant of Noah Webster Eckard), Sugar Grove, WV - Eckard ancestry

Wikipedia: Peter Stephens (pioneer) - Steffen/Stephens ancestry

WikiTree: Category: Clan Skene - De Skene/Skene ancestry

Will of Emanuel Pitman, Woodstock, Virginia

the will of James Miller -- Ancestry of Hannah Miller Kearns

Will of Patrick Henley, copied from the Records of Administrations in Record of WIll office, Book A, Page 258, Philadelphia, Pa.

Williams, Margo Lee. Family historian and author of Miles Lassiter (circa 1777-1850): An Early African-American Quaker from Lassiter Mill, Randolph County, North Carolina: My Research Journey to Home (Sample from Google Books) and the article "Miles Lassiter, An Early African American Quaker: Slave or Free?" - Lassiter ancestry and Cranford ancestry

Wills of [Shenandoah] Co. VA, p. #117: Indicates from Page 427, Will of Benjamin Layman - Funkhouser ancestry

Worth, Carly Bisher. The Bishir Scrapbook - Bisher ancestry

The WVGenWeb Project -- Propst ancestry

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Yarsinske, Amy Waters. The Elizabeth River - Nash ancestry

And others listed within pages of the tree.

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Last Names in this Genealogy:

(Question mark or otherwise as noted denotes that the surname is unverified)

NOTE: These are only of direct ancestors of James Arthur Johnson.

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^* Surname found in St. Michael's Lutheran-Reformed Church, Pendleton County, West Virginia, Church register/baptismal book.

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James Arthur Johnson - DNA Information from 23andMe.com and elsewhere.

For general DNA information, refer to DNA Links. Note: According to Family Tree Webinars: Solving a Brick Wall with DNA - A Case Study, autosomal DNA (auDNA -- the DNA typically used in a DNA test) is good for about 6 generations, Y-DNA is good for about 25 generations and mtDNA good for about 52 generations.

In 2014 I was estimated to be 99.9% European. Similarly, but with a different breakdown, from 2015-2020, I was estimated to be 99.9% European, but as of 2021, I am estimated to be 100% European according to 23andMe. Here is the breakdown:

Population	2014 Estimate	2015-2020 Estimate	2021 Estimate
Northwestern European	94.9%	95%	98.5%
British & Irish	36.1%	36.6%	53.8%
French & German	28%	29.3%	41.4%
Scandinavian	3%	3%	See Broadly Northwestern European
Finnish	0%	0%	0.1%
Broadly Northwestern European	27.8%	26.1%	3.2%
Southern European	2.2%	2.3%	1.5%
Italian	1.1%	1.2%	0%
Iberian (Spanish/Portuguese)	0%	0%	1.5%
Broadly Southern European	1.1%	1.2%	0%
Eastern European	0.9%	0.9%	0%
Broadly European	1.9%	1.7%	0%
Unassigned	0.1% (Thought to be from my mother's DNA estimation as having 0.6% Sub-Saharan/West African)		0%

Below paternal and maternal estimates based on 2015-2020 estimates.

According to Gencove, I am 88% Northern and Central European, 10% Eastern Mediterranean and 2% Finnish.

According to FTDNA my-origins:

• Europe 100%
  • Western Europe 93%
    • Central Europe 50%
    • England, Wales, and Scotland 42%
    • Ireland <2%
  • Southern Europe 7%
    • Iberian Peninsula 6%
    • Malta <2%

More specifically, according to myFTDNA Chromosome Painting, I am 100% European, with 92.6% being Western Europe (Central Europe; England, Wales, and Scotland; Ireland) and 7.4% Southern Europe (Iberian Peninsula and Malta). Yet, there is a filter offering Western Europe, Southern Europe and Middle East Jewish as available populations showing for my ethnicity. On the chromosomal graph, I see l have a trace amount of Middle East Jewish on Chromosome 6. And my guess is that it is maternal since that side of my family has mentioned traces of Sub-Saharan West African or Middle Eastern or Ashkenazi Jewish in other DNA sites (seen below and above). Looking at the centiMorgans where this trace amount of Middle East Jewish falls, I predict that this DNA comes to me through my Propst Ancestry. The total is 1.03 cM and according to DNA Painter Shared cM Project, this would be an 8th great grandparent or 20 or more generations back. So, the MRCAs (most recent common ancestors) on my Propst line would be Hans Michael Propst b. 1679 and Barbli/Barbara (maiden name unknown) Propst b. 1680, though it could be through any line marrying into the Propst line as well.

MyHeritage suggests that I am 100% European with 86.5% North and West Europe (50.4% North and West European, 34.3% English and 1.8% Finnish), 7.6% South Europe (Iberian), 5.9% Ashkenazi Jewish and 0% Eastern Europe.

According to Ancestry, here are my ethnicity estimates (Paternal, Maternal, if specified):

Population	Pre-April 2022	April 2022	July 2022	Sept. 2023	Oct. 2024
England & Northwestern Europe	43%	45% (22%, 23%)	59% (36%, 23%)	55%	54% (31%, 23%)
Germanic Europe	8%	25%	18%	19%	20%
Scotland	26%	15%	2%	6%	17%
Wales	13%	8%	6%
Ireland	2%	5%	3% (1%, 2%)	3%	2%
Portugal	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%
Norway	4%		5% (3%, 2%)	3%
Sweden & Denmark	2%		5% (2%, 3%)	12%	5% (Denmark)

See my heritage through the ethnicities of migrants to America from Europe: Heritage Shields.

See how my DNA lines up with ancient samples (thanks to MyTrueAncestry; hint: I am quite Celtic):

• August 2022
• February 2024

MyOrigins according to FamilyTreeDNA.

GEDmatch and other DNA users: Generations list to help with MRCA (most recent common ancestor with lists for paternal line from my father and maternal line from my mother)

Time frame based on genetic distance for Y-DNA 67 test results. Also see my Y67 Tool!

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Research last updated October 12, 2024.

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