I did DNA and Im a mixture from the middle east as well as west asian, English, Scottish, Irish and Welsh. Brunie Barthol Wood, 1872-1964, Illinois to Indianapolis. Her father (my grandmothers great grandfather) was from Kentucky and his grandfather, Calloway Bunch came from Bedford, VA according to Ancestry. Ethnically my immediate family is all some mix of Irish/ North African / Subsaharan African/ Eastern European/ Southern European/ Native American. I also have connections to various surnames on common Melungeon surname list and trace various branches back to the different areas moving E to SE in Virginia, NW NC and SE Kentucky (Hall surname in Floyd Co. KY). Also known as the "Lost People of Appalachia," these darker-skinned people were called "Melungeons," a word derived from the Arabic "Melun-Jinn" meaning one who has been abandoned by God - a cursed soul. Senator named John Sherman Cooper who was my mother-in-laws first cousin. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. My ancestors lived in Lee Co. and Scott Cos. VA then to Hawkins Co. TN. Did you find any info on the finger print info?? This is what my husband and I have done. Barker, Barnes, Bass, Beckler, Bedgood, Bell, Bennett, Berry, Beverly, Biggs. Log in or Sign up to hide all adverts. Look for an email from Nikki Matt Landerkin, Okay Thanks! He was definitely a minor in 1756 (deed of gift of Gilbert Gibson). but im very sure my father is of melungeon descent, he is a dark ivory skin with dark hair and blue eyes. I have that genealogy somewhere but trying to find it is a different thing. Coleman. Melungeons: The Last Lost Tribe in America. The following common Melungeon surnames occurring in North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, and West Virginia were noted by Dr. N. Brent Kennedy during his research for The Melungeons: The Resurrection of a Proud People An Untold Story of Ethnic Cleansing in America. If anyone can help us that would be amazing. There may also be "Native American features," as well as "a particular type of bump or ridge at the back of the head (usually just above the neck) known at the Melungeon bump." 18 Kathy Lyday, a professor at Elon University in North Carolina, has said that in older photos . Thank you for your time in reading this. linda mckee 12/16/08. Brown. It was an open secret that they were not white. Other Surnames in his line are Brewer, Davis, Seals, Phipps, Tagliaferro(toliver) and many more. Although I cannot find the connect yet. Since then, the Dutch started adopting surnames. My dad was always told we had Cherokee in us. It is part of Ancestry.com but the site is free. All around 1700-1800 time frame. I never realized that tri-racial folks as these even existed. Someone told me a while back I had the Melungeon background. Smith (40), Williams (27), Johnson (26), Brown (26), Davis (19), Jones (16), Martin (15), Moore (15), Clark (13), Taylor (13), Cox (11), Jackson (10), Hill (10). and we are talking and gathering info. So interesting! Hi, on my fathers side I have Davis, Spillman and Ramey as well as Berry all from south eastern kentucky. I know is name was simply Bill Hall and his father name was Earnest Hall. Surname is Goin. My maternal grandfather was Clarence Gibson from Wharn Cliff West Virginia. That is EXCELLENT, Thank you so much for sharing!! Can you give me access to your family tree? Thalassemia genes are widely distributed in the world but are found most often among people with ancestors from the Mediterranean, the Middle East, and southern Asia. Like Like. (LogOut/ Powell. They also married into the Goins, Ashe, Whitworth, Hunt, Hunter, Richardson, Gibbs, and other families. Thanks! I was led to this site through research and also as a result of our unexpected DNA results as well which have been a wonderful surprise and way to help me find our family lines and also some small medical answers. I am a Cooper. I dont have a Clarence, in my tree I have the following gibsons: There are many more on the list who are indirect ancestors surnames. Connie Crosby 4/27/02 . My ancestral lines take me to Muskogee (Creek) in Georgia/SouthCarolina ending in Oklahoma. Jordan-Son of Gilbert Gibson. They were originally from SC and settled in the Blue Ridge Mountains around Gaston/Lincoln Co, Rutherford Co and Cleveland Co. I have several names on your list who are in my direct line: Dalton/ Brown/ Clark/ Davis/ Evans/ Freeman/ Hill/ James/ Jones/ Martin/ Moore/ Osborn(e)/ Powell/ Pruitt/ Williams. My DNA has me 98% European and 2% Asian. I see you have the surname Quattlebaum in your files. Nash, Nelson, Newman, Niccans, Nichols, Noel, Norris. Louise Ralston Brown 4/23/02. Naturally there are many questions. So far this is all word of mouth and not confirmed. I have a light olive skin and can wear colors that a lot of other people in my family cannot wear. William HAll and Eliza Jane Thomas 2nd wife Rebecka Mahin. Stay tuned! Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Good afternoon, You have so much work put into this. 7. I have looked through the regular channels on Ancestry and also in records local to me but have yet to drive over to Lee County, Va or to Hancock county to look at physical records but it is in the plans at some point. Love recognizes no barriers. They also married into the Goins, Ashe, Whitworth and Wellman families. I am so saddened by your grandmothers story. Please contact me if you have any information you would like to share or questions. By the way we are a 9CM match on gedmatch, distant cousins. Ncestry.com i have them all uploaded my Denton family tree. LUCAS, MADDOX MAGGARD MAJOR MALE MALONE(Y) MARSH My last name is Carter from my fathers sur name. Thanks for posting. The surnames most associated with the Melungeons are the Irish name Collins, and the English name Gibson. My grandpaw was also a Pentecostal revival preacher who has been written about in several books about the Pentecostal snake handlers, I know one was by a fella named Jimmy morrow. And then there was Mama, the youngest. Hello! I really enjoyed reading your article, and hope to learn even more in the future. Hammon, Jones, Osborn, and Steele on my mothers side. Its Brent Stanley aka Peppy my Louisiana Redbone name. My name is Relaeh and this journey has been wild. That can be but does not have to be a Jewish Haplogroup. The Clarks were said to be Portuguese. All I know about her is that she was a female paster and could levitate things when she would get really caught up in preaching the Word. One set of my 7th great grandparents were Jane Bunch, Carolinas, 1740-1782 m. Hugh Smith, d. Wilkes Co. NC, 1738-1781. We just about cover all of those people. I grew up in upper east tn living in the tri cities (bristol/kingsport and Johnson city) area from 1964 until 1988 when I moved toive in Richmind,va. I have attached some pics to this email of my great great grandfather, my 4th great grandfather, and my 4th great grandmother. The Melungeons were dark-skinned and isolated, but the ethnicity of these olive and brown-skinned families has been in question since the early 1800s. This is my email: These families settled in Lincoln Co and are mentioned in the Indian Commission Affairs and in a report by Robert K. Thomas. Reply message to 540.529.2592. I am seeing several surnames from my sides. carol warren 2/21/11. Native American descendant. Our DNA came back though with european, african, NA . Any information would be great. Langston, Lasie, Lawson, Locklear, Lopes, Lowry, Lucas. If given the space, we could present complex scores of intermarriages of Melungeon and other mixed surnames beginning in the 1600s of colonial America. Hello my name is Melissa Blevins Nesbit. My Grandmaw Pearl Bass always told my father Jasper Stanley. They, along with associated families, migrated to western NC from the eastern/coastal NC and borderline SC/NC. Learn more. Family is from WVA named McCumbee but I now find he was from NC and it seems it was Cumby/Cumbo/. My family has web page on Facebook. She was very religious. My Grandfather was Cleo Berry Son of Lydia Price and Calvin Berry. It never went to my email. I have no idea but I am willing to work with you to find out! My maiden name is Barker. My grandma also removed warts, used scripture to stop bleeding, blew the fire out of a burn. I am looking for information on the Jones, Barker, and Smith lines specifically but I cross about 15 of these families in my tree several times. These were all Melungeon surnames. Thank you for writing, have you seen the other two pages concerning the histories of the Melungeon people? Hi Debby, Take a look at this website: https://the-melungeons.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-best-of-will-allen-dromgoole.html?fbclid=IwAR3n_jqz-VJhuT8WDjuQJxnQmGUhh5C6azEmc687FNvJurqMwFqraBlIPDs, Take a look at this blog: https://the-melungeons.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-best-of-will-allen-dromgoole.html?fbclid=IwAR3n_jqz-VJhuT8WDjuQJxnQmGUhh5C6azEmc687FNvJurqMwFqraBlIPDs. The thing I have been asking, but still dont know. The oldest two were blondish and blue eyed. Well hope you know and I hope you enjoy my DNA. He married Elizabeth Connor, born in Richmond, 1766 1818. The Clarks and Coopers were listed on the census in Malboro Co, Kershaw Co and Gafney, SC. I guess meaning that I have far far less matches in R1b as compared to the majority of testers. All I know is that his mother was likely named Polly, and I can find a Polly Cooper in the 1810 Virginia census with appropriately aged dependents; she is listed as a person of color. From DNA tests, I know I have both Iberian and Native American DNA. Surveyed 13 April 1761, deed 14 Oct 1761. . You present a hard nut to crack but not impossible. I am hoping to find out if there is any Melungeon history in from my past. They had L. Wyatt (Linder) Wood, 1833-1911. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. The family line I have been researching is Perkins. I had no idea what that meant. Sparks Morrison I just came across your blog this afternoon. So then we need to go to our trees Thank you for the informative blog. Cynthia Millican 2/06/01. The study found the truth to be somewhat less exotic: Genetic evidence shows that the families historically called Melungeons are the offspring of sub-Saharan African men and white women of northern or central European . Elizabeth Katherine Jones supposed DOB was February 27, 1901. My family grew up believing our Greatgrandma Skaggs was a Blackfoot Indian, My Fathers DNA shows otherwise. About Us; Staff; Camps; Scuba. I am a Denham..Been researching this info a great confirmation! F denton/watts fron jamestown/white/Sara Williams ( b1720s) married to samuel jobes (born 1720s) married in the 1750s lived in roqan,nc/woods marriedcinyo my froakie in 1800s in jobesborough,tn area. I realize my writing style is very erratic (like somebody said squirrel in front of a hound,lol) and I apologise for that, but thank you so much for your time Mrs Gray, sincerely Edward Davis (P.S. 18 of those being in the US all with my last name or variants and very distant matches. ROBERT DEGNEN 5/31/00. But I believe the melungeon is on my grammaws side. hello, my name is hannah Branham. But when I get to these relatives I can not find any birth dates. The mother of my grandfather, Harris Brown, her name is Eliza Ann Jenkins Richardson (Brown). Do you have a family tree I could vew that might help me help you? I was raised not knowing anything of my fathers family, he died when I was 18 months old. Hello, I looking for any information on the Collins, Campbell, Burford, Taylor so what I am looking for is any information on families that moved to Texas. Anyway if you are able to help me find more information about Betty and her Collins and the Colliers and Norris, I would really be grateful. Thank you. There is a Melungeon Historical group that meets annually. I was born and raised in Big Stone Gap Va I am of mulungeon descent. Can you help me determine if there are melungeon connections? My grandfathers was a Falin, Gilliam, Cox, Mickelborough, Mayo, Hylton, Burnett, Pettus, Strachey, Ogilvie, Graham, Wells Witt, Skaggs, Hatfield, McCoy, Mace, and so on. The college of UVA Wise, Va. held an event several years ago about Melungeon. North American Indian ancestors include people from the tribes of Powhatan, Mattaponi, Monie, Nansemond, Rappahanock, Pamunkey, Chickahominie, Cherokee (Buffalo Ridge) and Choctaw. Jack, a Melungeon descendant through several ancestors, expected that his Y paternal . A lady invited me to a revival at her church. I was always told my fathers maternal grandmother was Cherokee. Jones, Smith, Martin, Osborne (was in the Revolutionary War) Stallard, Sizemore, Brown, Cooper, Perkins. My grandmother is Bessie Zackery and her mother was Elizabeth Collier or Dicey Elizabeth Collier and her mother was a Mary Ann Norris. I have Iberian, Sardinian, Turkish, North African and Nigerian DNA. Melungeon origins Any new Ideas? Earlier they may have lived near the Atlantic coast but, preferring a more secluded setting . Melungeon Geography and Surnames. Researchers with ancestral roots in North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky and West Virginia may have Melungeon genes. Among the northern Europeans, the Melungeon ancestors include English, Scot, Irish, Welsh, Dutch, and German parents. Im having trouble finding record of who the father would be, as the only census I have is for 1860 Census (in Brier Creek, Hancock, Tennessee)and she is listed as head with no other male partner in the house and everyone is white. So too his wife, Nancy Stamper. They lived in Gilbert, West Virginia. the opinions in this page are strictly the author's, based upon I descend from the Brooks, Clarks and Cooper lines. So many questions, where to start,my maternal grammaw was a cogdill and married a Raines in cocke county Tennessee in a remote area known as the 15th (we still retain the property on the old 15th Rd, it lies between del Rio and grassy fork tn.) My grandmothers biological family is originally from Wise Virginia and Morristown, Tn areas. Im having a hard time finding any information abt the Browns in the Halifax, Sampson County, and Virginia borderline area. Lowry. We think she was born in Wythe County, Va in 1927 and was married to my great grandfather John Rufus Mink, Sr around 1913-1914 as she had their first child in 1915. I believe we could also match and I am eager to speak with you. The only line I think is Melungeon is this single Goins line, which became "fully black" when one racially ambiguous Goins man whose family had been "free born" for generations married an enslaved black woman in the generation before the Civil War. Although, he did not show any DNA connected to black people, he did show 1% of unknown. Home. I have added links to certain names that I have more information to share. Tally, Taylor, Thompson, Tolliver, Tuppance, Turner, Ware, Watts, Weaver, White, Whited, Wilkins, Williams, Williamson, Willis, Wisby, Wise, Wood, Wright, Wyatt, Wynn, Monacan surnames of Beverly, Branham, Johns, Pinn and Terry. Surname is Turner. Our grands are from Eastern KY our fathers were born there as well. , I am descended from Wood. Hello! When some names come up, push the button for tree. All the matches to me, thousands, had African blood. The name Melungeon derives from mlange, an appellation bestowed by early French settlers on the Clinch river. The names on the 23andme ancestry list, that are on your list are: I am a Johnson from Halifax county, VA. All of my paternal line are dark skinned, dark hair and blue eyes with a very specific nose. (LogOut/ I will research from one of my books and let you know. I just came upon this site. FORUM ARTICLES SEARCH. My great great grandfather and even his wife. If anyone knows anything concerning the melungeons from Grayson County, Virginia. Hi Brent, As the study's authorsRoberta J. Estes, Jack H. Goins, Penny Ferguson and Janet Lewis Crainnote: At one time isolated geographically and socially due to their dark countenance, they were known. Grandson of John Snow Creek Taliaferro and Sarah Smith, both from Virginia. Another tree said his daughter Lizzie was Cherokee so Im not sure how much can be believed from what Ancestry shows because of lack of documentation. Dalton, Dare, Davis, Denham, Dennis, Dial, Dorton, Doyle, Driggers, Dye, Dyess. BARKER BARNES BASS BECKLER BELCHER BEDGOOD BELL Sincerely Just Another Redbone Looking For Roots! Nancy I descend from the Brooks, Clarks and Cooper lines. This years meeting is in a couple of days! The pages wont let me open them . What are your Stallard Roberson and Mullins ancestors? My Reeves family always claimed Indian descent. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. CROSTON CROW CUMBA CUMBO CUMBOW CURRY CUSTALOW, DALTON DARE DAVIS DENHAM DENNIS DIAL DOOLEY Locklear. My grandfather was straight black hair, brown eyes, and really dark in the summer sun. He was buried in Arlington, Virginia. And I also did a dna test. About Us | Contact Us | Copyright | Report Inappropriate Material It was great to get your email, Ive been asked to speak in Charles Town and as soon as I finish up with that presentation Ill be back on my Melungeon research. Thank you for contacting me, how can I help? My ftdna family finder test revealed several matches within the Melungeon Families of Interst Group Page. I am seeing Miner, Smith, Bolling, Nichols.. Hello, Surnames: Allen. Physical Traits. Please email me when you are available. Would love to research this further. Carol Kaurish. Christy. my family comes from west virginia in the appalachian mountains and we are of native american descent through my grandma though i havent tracked down who yet. My grandmother Margaret Davis is dark and had coarse hair. This Thomas and Mary are believed to be the same Thomas and Mary found in Stoney Creek Church Records.Thomas and Mary Gibson along with Charles, Reubin and Henry are found in the early church records with Valentine Collins . Sammons, Sampson, Sawyer, Scott, Sexton, Shavis, Shepherd/Shephard, Short. We are Tacketts, Dial, Salyer/Sawyer, Green, Smith, Mullins, Coffey, and Sizemore. But alot of these surnames are in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana AKA No Mans Land. My grandmother Daviss mothers was kitts and I have that line complete. COLLINS COLLINSWORTH COLYER COOPER CORMAN COUNTS COX COXE CRIEL If I can help Id be glad to offer more suggestions once you begin your tree. We are cousins! At that time, their native Angolan fa- The ones that I do not have in my lineage, my husband probably has a large number of the other names plus my son-in-law has a lot more of those other names. Melungeon (pron. GOINGS GORVENS GOWAN GOWEN GRAHAM GREEN(E) GWINN, HALL HAMMON(D) HARMON HARRIS HARVIE HARVEY Thank you, Boone, Bowman, Badby, Branham, Braveboy, Briger/Bridger, Brogan, Brooks, Brown, Bunch, Butler, Butters, Bullion, Burton, Buxton, Byrd. Roanoke, Virginia 24015 Is Jones her maiden name? Just to note, a lot of Melungeon families are mixed with Roma. Thanks again and Ill keep a lookout for the mail. Where did they come from? I am researching my family.actually that of my husband and children. I have been doing some ansestry searching, combined with some hints that my great grandma spoke of often. HYATT, LANGSTON LASIE LAWSON LOCKLEAR LOPES LOWRY George Alvin Wood Sr., 1764-1802 from Yorkshire, through Richmond, settled in Scott Co. Kentucky. My 84 year old Aunt just did DNA it came back with Camaroin/Bantu/Congo. I learned about these colors when I was in Fashion for 28 years. where o you believe she was raised? All of familys descendants to this day have an olive or yellow cast to their complection. HI ,Ihave Halls in my line too! I descend from Reeves coming into Tennessee via Virginia. Im researching my Berry family from Hawkins /Tennesse and Virginia . I have photos, and a tree on family search org if anybodys intersted. Melungeons ( / mlndnz / m-LUN-jnz) are an ethnicity from the Southeastern United States who descend from Europeans, Native American, and sub-Saharan Africans brought to America as indentured servants and later as slaves. The family names from your list above are: Berry, Davis, Jones, Tolliver (Sara Isabelle Tagliferro is my ancestor via the Berry Line), Phipps, Osborne, Richardson and many more. Clarks, Coopers, Saunders and Pruitts. I can not find any information about Elizbeth Katherines birth, or her as a child, it is as if she just appears as an adult out of the blue. Most of my siblings and I have those chestnut color eyes like our mother and grandfather. my father's last name is King but that is not a Melungeon name but Brown is. My 4th G-Grandpaw was Jeremiah Bass Jr. b.1746 Bertie, N.Carolina d.1808 Addams Co, Mississippi. Japanese Last Names Meaning Dark. Hi! Revels, Sampson. The Short surname was my maiden name. If you have any information It would be extremely helpful. Her skin was so dark her lips looked blue and she had a line on the side of her hands where the pigment stopped and the skin of her palms began. Joyceann Gray passed your info to me because I have Bass matches. I, too, have no Native American or black ancestry showing up in my DNA results from ancestry.com, nor any Spanish, Portuguese, or Mediterranean ancestry. I am from these areas as well on both sides of my family, paternal and maternal, back 8 generations. (LogOut/ Cool, but it was more Portegues blood than Indian, I would be interested in this DNA I also have several of these sir names on my daughter dna. My husband is a Buford, Collins, Conner. Webster (1962, 1122) described the Melungeon as "a member of a dark-skinned people of mixed Caucasian, Negro, and Indian stock, inhabiting the Tennessee mountains."5 Davis (1963, 16) identified the Melungeons as "dark-skinned, reddish- brown complexioned people [who were] supposed to be of Moorish descent, neither Indian nor Negro, but . The following common Melungeon surnames Hey, his email came back to me as address not existing! I was thinking maybe someone would see my ost any maybe have some new ideas of where I can search for records or what to look under as the regular ones do not pan out. We were always told we had Indian blood. Yet my sons 23&me results showed Iberian Peninsula ancestry that is not showing up on mine, nor on my husbands, from ancestry. Richard Lister on the trail of a lost people. Haplogroup R1b. They came into Tennessee via Virginia. Right back to Newmans Ridge. Supposedly Calloways father was John Henry Jeremiah Bunch (again according to Ancestry family trees) who may have been Melungeon at least a tree has that in their comments. Oxendine, Paine. Im just so tired of not knowing a connection and many of extended family feel the same Suddenly thing are starting to make so much more sense. From the Little Peedee in S.C. too Hancock Cty.,TN. Additionally, Jack founded both the Y-DNA, mitochondrial (maternal) DNA and autosomal Families of Interest . She died in 1906 during childbirth with my grandmother. Martin. Robert K Thomas mentions an offshoot of Lumbees settling in Lincoln Co, Asheville and Macon Co NC in the link below. We are just looking to complete our family trees, our heritage, and to find medical information as well because we have several relatives that have odd illnesses that have no known origins. Bunch shows up as a Melungeon last name. I sent you that second email before I reread your origninal one, give me a bit of time and Ill see what I can find. Re: Are these names of Melungeon orgin? 185 thoughts on " Common Melungeon Surname List " Debbie Foresman says: February 22, 2020 at 10:04 am. If you go on Family Search, try to think of the oldest person you may know that is in your family and who lived in the 1800s and if you can come up with approximate birthdate and date of death, put those in and then after that push search. My family is from Tennessee and Northern Alabama. I was able to trace her lineage back to Captain Nathaniel Basse whose son, Reverend John Basse, married a Nansemond woman. I cannot find any info on early Portugeuse settlements in South Carolina or Virginia. 1999. Aakster Dutch. There are some Caudills from my line in the Letcher County, Kentucky, Lee and Wise County, Virginia -- I think most of those are by marriage. I am stuck on finding any census records or ethnic listings for these women. Knowing it could be a false positive or perhaps true, I have pursued that info. I asked my grandfather (1885-1973) what his familys origins were and he said Black Dutch. This is so confusing! Some say we were black dutch. My great great grandmother was a Callaway! Ramey, Rasnick, Reaves/Reeves, Revels, Richardson, Roberson/Robertson/Robinson, Russell. Please let me know if you are still researching these families. Growing up I was told tales that on my dads side we had a definitive blood line to the Monacan Nation out of Amhurst County VA. On my moms side I was always told her family was Melungeon and my Greatgrand father having the name Woodrow Baker. Im on Facebook as Corliss Blevins Wickline. Boone, Bowman, Badby, Branham, Braveboy, Briger/Bridger, Brogan, Brooks, Brown, Bunch, Butler, Butters, Bullion, Burton, Buxton, Byrd. All maternal lines tested have been European. My great grandfather is Harris Brown, a Melungeon, and also has Portuguese ancestry, however I don't have information past his father John Brown who married Eliza Ann Jenkins Richardson a . Upon reading message boards someone suggested that the father could be Mlungeon. My husbands mother has been dead way over 25 years and he has been dead for years. They came into Tennessee via Virginia. my mothers last name is Brown, my fathers last name is King but that is not a Melungeon name but Brown is. Does anyone know anything about Po (Napoleon) Brown from south east Kentucky? One of their kids, Wyatt Wert Wood, born in Illinois, 1913 1993, moved to Garland, Texas. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope. Maya Angelou. My fathers name is Harrison Brown, son of Harris Brown and Rosa Burt (Brown). North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky. Any help would be awesome. Hello. I have found a lot of information for her father and his people, but her mother is a big mystery. A new DNA study in the Journal of Genetic Genealogy found that the families historically called Melungeons are the offspring of sub-Saharan African men and white women of northern or central. In Callaway County and Randolph County Missouri, known Melungeon surnames in the community are listed on Census records, Minor, Gibson, Hicks, Hix, and more. Is there a place I can compare my family tree to yours? Thanks! They were considered black from then on out, right down to my grandma whose maiden name was Goins. Are we related?? Does anyone have any information to share? He is the Hawkins County, TN archivist, has written 2 books on Melungeons, "Melungeons and Other Pioneer Families," now out of print, and " Melungeons, Footprints from the Past .". My families are listed here, and we are known to be of Melungeon origin on certain lines. My grandmother, a Chapman, when young was always asked if she were Jewish, to which she simply replied, no. In the early 80s when I was a little girl, I remember Papaw Chapman (her father) always saying we were Dutch Indian and Black Dutch. I took a DNA test and we had Portuguese, as well as West African ancestry that we were unaware of, but unsurprised (my daughter took the test too). Dad claimed their was Cherokee on his side but I have found no proof. My mothers family tree, is as the old people used to say, eat up with Melungeons. The list of eligible Melungeon surnames is Bell, Bolton, Bowling, Bolin, Bowlin, Breedlove, Bunch, Collins, Denham, Gibson, Gipson, Goins, Goodman, Minor, Moore, Menley, Morning, Mullins, Nichols, Perkins, Riddle, Sizemore, Shumake, Sullivan, Trent and Williams. Thanks for adding me. sounds like youve done a lot of work already, do you have a family tree established? Match case Limit results 1 per page melungeon and melung eon-related s urnames (North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky) ADAMS - ADKINS- BARKER - BARNES - BECKLER - BELL - BENNETT - BERRY - BIGGS - BOLEN - BOWLIN - BOWLING - BOWMAN - BRANHAM - BROGAN - BULLION - BURTON - BYRD - CAMPBELL - CARRICO - CARTER - CASTEEL - CAUDILL - CHAVIS - CLARK - COAL - COFFEY - COLE - COLEMAN - COLES . Scott. Hall, Hammon, Harmon, Harris, Harvie/Harvey, Hawkes, Hendricks/Hendrix, Hill, Hillman, Hogge, Holmes, Hopkins, Howe, Hyatt. Here are some of the most common surnames that exist for Melungeons: Bowlin Bunch Collins Epps Denham Evans Fields Goins Gibson Mullins Reeves Williams While this is not an exhaustive list of surnames, this should give you an idea of how many names may be related to the Melungeon tribe of people. Best of luck and Merry Christmas! CHAVIS CLARK CLOUD COAL COFFEY COLE COLEMAN COLES COLLEY COLLIER I was looking to see if anyone that is connected to the Jones line. Im a 25 year old Graduate student and I just want to know more about where my family comes from. My email is msladyjae@gmail.com and I have a tree and DNA to see if we have a connection.- Joyceann. Bridger. His 7 th/gg/was Mary rock Smith whos dad was LT John Rock Smith from plymouth,ma colony. Thank you for your time and any help in advance. Any info on the Boone line would be appreciated, or sites with Boone dna projects. 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