Miscellaneous Scott Tree Lines
Following are lines in my family tree that I don't have a large enough story about to make
a separate document for.
Burrells of Montgomery County Arkansas
Viny Burrell was my great-great-grandmother. She was born in South Carolina and wed
William Thomas Meredith. Viny's father was Paschal, born 1825 in South Carolina. He was
in the household of Amos Lee in 1850 Union County South Carolina as a laborer. When I
first built my family tree, Paschal was a brick wall. But by analyzing South Carolina
Burrells (transcription of the name in records can vary dramatically and confound search
engines), it became clear that all Burrells in South Carolina descended from a Walter.
By a process of elimination I determined that Paschal was the great-great-grandson of
Walter, through his son Walter Jr, his grandson Hezekiah, and an unknown great-grandson.
ThruLines confirms Walter Jr and Hezekiah as our ancestors, and supports William as
Paschal's father through one of Paschal's siblings. It's clear that a son of Hezekiah is
in our line, if it's not William. I've seen a Lewis born in the 1780s, in Union County in
1820 and 1840. He had sons of Paschal's age. Possibly Lewis was the correct name.
Though our Burrells were in South Carolina for a long time, they were not slaveholders.
They immigrated not to the plantations but to the frontier, outside organized territory.
Walter Sr may have come as a mercenary to defend the eastern plantations against Native
raids. He came from Fife Scotland, which is just north of Edinburgh. My understanding of
the year of immigration was 1740. If it had been 1745, I've read that "permanent"
indentured servants were sent to South Carolina after the Jacobite rebellion then.
Walter doesn't appear to have been one of them, but if he was he served his indent as a
mercenary and was relatively free. I'm not sure what exactly a permanent indentured
servant meant. Maybe instead of a specific number of years service, the man "transported"
was to be indentured for the duration of his life.
Others have found prospective parents and grandparents for Walter Sr, which might indicate
that he went to Scotland from England. The Burrell surname is curious because I've
found two etymologies for it that are at odds. One has it being from the French bourelle
which means a maker of coarse woolen cloth. That suggests a post-Norman adoption of the
name. Another has Burrell being from Old English for a hill with a fort. Our Burrells
are of the Celtic haplogroup R-M269, and Celts are
associated with hill forts as much as anything, so it's an interesting potential connection.
The name was first attested in 1086 in Yorkshire England.
Before moving on from Burrell, a potential Native American line connects to it. Viny's
grandmother was Nancy Lancaster. Her grandmother was Agnes Langston, born 1751 in Virginia.
Agnes's grandmother may have been Ann Vann, born 1684 in Virginia. Ann's mother is claimed
to have been Sukie Occaneechi, daughter of the Chief of the Occaneechi, who were a Siouxan
tribe related to the Missouria.
Youngbloods of Tate County Mississippi
Beulah Youngblood was my great-great-grandmother. She was born in Lafayette County Mississippi and wed Samuel David Howell. Buelah's father was Calvin "Cadda" Youngblood, born 1824 in Tennessee. Cadda was 35 years old when he wed Beulah's mother, and it was his second marriage. He fought in the 29th regiment of the Mississippi Infantry in the Civil War. Cadda's father was Amos, who was born in 1785. I'm not entirely sure where Amos was born, but his father had been in North Carolina. Amos was in Edgefield South Carolina in 1810, where Youngbloods of varying origins crossed paths. It's possible he was born there. But he was in Tennessee by 1824. Though South Carolina was a hotbed of cotton plantations, our Youngbloods never appear to have owned slaves.
Calvin Youngblood
Amos's father was John Miles Youngblood Jr, who was born in 1734 in Baltimore Maryland. Of course, John Jr's father was John Miles Youngblood Sr, who was born in 1708 in Baltimore. The shared names make it difficult to determine when they were apart, but they both evidently left Baltimore for Johnston County North Carolina in 1745. As our Amos ended up in South Carolina, it seems that John Jr didn't join his father, who is known to have moved to Georgia in 1767. Hence, Amos was born either in North or South Carolina. It's possible that he was born in Georgia, but it would've been an unusual path in the 18th century to then move east. Both John Sr and Jr are said to have been Revolutionary War patriots. I'm not sure what Sr could've done at the age of 68 in 1776, but evidently it was something as the claims about his service aren't ambiguous.
ThruLines confirms this line through John Miles Sr. His father was Thomas, who is also claimed to have been born in Baltimore in 1679. But the continuity of records ends there. Y-DNA has shown that the Youngbloods in America came from multiple sources. Our line is R-M269. This haplogroup typically indicates an origin in western Britain, but the Youngblood name most likely comes from Holland. While R-M269 is rarer there, it's not uncommon. The word itself is German for the heather leaf. I've been to Holland and I saw many fields of heather there.
I've heard of Youngbloods from Germany in America, but the only suggestion I've seen for Thomas's father came from Holland. Unfortunately, that path has several problems. The father is claimed to be Abraham Jongbloet who was born in Manhattan in 1635, and died there in 1681. During this time Manhattan changed hands from Dutch to English, and names from New Amsterdam to New York. It would be cool to have a family connection to New Amsterdam, but how was Abraham supposed to have had a child in Baltimore? The only way it's possible is if Abraham actually died in Baltimore, or Thomas was born in New York. It may be that Abraham has been conflated with his claimed father, who was born in Holland around 1600 and died in New Amsterdam before the English took over. There definitely is a record of an Abraham Jongbloet living in Manhattan in 1662, but that could be the Sr. Complicating things, there's a record of an Andries Jonckbloet immigrating to Manhattan in 1654, who was born in 1633. Some claim both Abrahams to be called Abraham Andries Jongbloedt, combining the two names into father and son. That might make sense if both immigrated at the same time, but it's usually not valid to combine two people and insist they "went by their middle name" in a document. Nonetheless, this is the only potential origin for our Youngblood line that I know of.
Carliles of Tate County Mississippi
Ada Carlile was my great-great-grandmother. She was born in Fayette County Alabama and
wed John James Morris. Her father was George Washington Carlile, born 1836
in Jasper County Georgia. He got married in Pike County Alabama (where other Carlile
cousins lived) and raised his family in Fayette County. He served in the Alabama 2nd
Batallion Light Artillery in the Civil War. His father was also called George Washington
Carlile, who went by Washington, born in Edgecombe County North Carolina in 1812. The
timing of his birth ruled out military service for his father in the War of 1812.
I'm not sure what Washington's father's name was. It may have been John, but regardless the grandfather's
name was William. ThruLines supports our line to William, who was born about 1740 in
Charles City County Virginia. Our Carliles were in Charles City County for a century.
William was of age to fight in the Revolutionary War, but I've found no record of it. The
family moved to North Carolina about 1760, so I wonder if this was related to service in the
French and Indian War, which ended in 1763. William's father was also called William, born
1697. William's father was Robert Henry, born 1674. Robert's father was Richard, who
landed in Virginia in 1657 and settled in Charles City County, 23 years after it had been
established as one of the original Shires of Virginia. Our Carliles lived on the James
River upstream from Williamsburg and Jamestown.
Richard was born in Kent England, which is near London. Our line is traced back with
confidence through his forefathers William and Jonathan to Christopher Carlile born 1530
in Kent. Christoper was a famous scholar of Cambridge. But no one seems to know what
Carliles he came from. I'll note at this point that I've used the spelling Carlile in
tribute to Christopher, because that seems to be the spelling he used. It was also common
for our line in America.
The surname Carlile comes from the city Carlisle (standard spelling) which is in far
northwestern England near the border with Scotland. Carlisle Castle was built 900 years
ago over the site of a Roman fort near Hadrian's Wall. From that time, Carlisle has been
solidly English, and our line migrated from there to reside eventually around London.
Before the arrival of the Normans, Carlisle was in an area that was fought over by the
English kingdom of Northumbria and the Scottish kingdom of Strathclyde.
Our line probably identified as Scottish while the Strathclyde kingdom existed, which is
evidenced by their origin. Our Carliles are R-M269, the Celtic haplogroup, which means
they entered Britain about 3000 BC. They brought farming technology and are associated
with the construction of Stonehenge and other similar monuments around Britain. Ours
evidently lived in the area of Carlisle by the time the Romans arrived. A settlement
existed there, of the Carvetii tribe. They were likely associated with the Brigantes
Celtic Britons. Rome conquered the Carvetii and destroyed their settlement and built the
town of Luguvalium at the site, which later became the site of Carlisle. As stated
previously, this was the western end of Hadrian's Wall. By the 5th century our Romanized
Britons were part of the Kingdom of Rheged until the Kingdom of Strathclyde arose about
700 AD.
Burgesses of Tate County Mississippi
Nancy Burgess was my third great-grandmother. She was born in Georgia and wed Calvin
Youngblood. Our Burgess line came from England through Colonel William Burgess of 17th
century Maryland. Our Burgesses come from a relatively unique Y-DNA of R-U106. That
haplogroup is a Celtic branch off R-M269 that's specifically associated with the Frisians
who settled Britain along with the Anglo-Saxons. Burgess comes from the French burgeis,
or bourgeois, a caste between gentry and serf in the old feudal system.
It's possible that our Burgess line came to Britain through the Romans, because a Frisian
cavalry was stationed at Binchester Fort. But migration of Frisians to Britain is known
to have occurred in relatively significant numbers after the Romans departed, so it's not
nearly as clear cut a case as for other Roman-origin lines in our family tree as to which
was the most likely source. But I still lean toward the Binchester horseman.
Whisenhunts of Montgomery County Arkansas
Elizabeth Whisenhunt was my fourth great-grandmother. She was born in North Carolina and
wed John Meredith. Our Whisenhunts trace back to Visinand of Switzerland. ThruLines
supports our path back to George M Whisenhunt. Our Whisenhunts are of the I-M253
haplogroup, which came from hunter-gatherers who were in Scandinavia 30,000 years ago.
They migrated down into what would become Germany and Switzerland.
Barbery "Bell"
Barbery (Barbara) was my fifth great-grandmother. She was born in North Carolina and wed Adam
Whisenhunt there. She's been a curiousity to me because she's my earliest ancestor whom I
have a photo of. I've also wondered if she was Jewish, based on her photo and the fact
that my father's original DNA ethnicity estimate had a measureable amount of "European
Jewish". Some have claimed she was "Cherokee". But when the ethnicity estimates were
updated, the European Jewish was a claim that disappeared. Also, ThruLines suggests that
Barbery's maiden name was actually Eaker. It looks like Bell was a nickname,
i.e. Belle. Regardless, her line came from Germany.
Polly Crews and James Meredith, Cherokee?
Polly was James Meredith Jr's wife, and my sixth great grandmother. She's notable as a
daughter of Phoebe Ajosta, who's said to have been legitimate full-blooded Cherokee.
Descendants of Phoebe's other daughter filed to be part of the Cherokee Nation and were
denied, not because Phoebe wasn't Cherokee, but because all of her descendants married
into European-American families. It looks like this is the legitimate source of the
tradition on our Scott side of being part Cherokee. The name I found for her in the
Ancestry.com database is Ajosta Gooche, born 1740 in North Carolina. It has parents for
her as Anakwaanki Skayagustueywo and Tame Doe Attakulkulla, and grandparents Taminad
Fivekiller, Que Disi Tellico, Amatoya Amadohiyi Moytoy, and Quatsi Tellico.
On top of this, James Meredith's grandfather was Thomas Lassiter, whose mother is said to
have been of the Nottoway tribe in Virginia, called Prudence Cheroenhaka. The Nottoway
were similar to the Powhatan, yet they never merged with them and remained in one location.
It appears that their survival, though they were never large in numbers, was aided by their
location being swampland that European settlers avoided.
Additional Surnames in our Tree
Here are more ancestors whose lines I haven't fully analyzed.
Third great-grandmother maiden names:
McBurnett (Scottish), Newcomb (English), Nance (English), Ellis (English),
Benson (English), Rigby (English)
Fourth great-grandmother maiden names:
Callahan (Irish), Adams (English), Markham (English), Lee (English), Lancaster (English),
Brown (Scottish), Cadwallader (Welsh), Wyatt (English), White (English),
Henderson (Scottish), Grizzle (French)
Fifth great-grandmother maiden names:
Creighton (Scottish), Anthony (Italian), Brennan (Irish), Hammond (English),
Heard (English), Pate (English), Knight (English), Tennison (English), Brakefield (Swiss),
West (English), Williams (English), Wilson (Scottish), McNeil (Irish), Daniel (English),
Heath (English), Needham (English), Ross (Scottish), Gillespie (Scottish),
Brummell (English), Keeter (English), Kellum (English), Mahafferty (Scottish),
Felts (Dutch), Harrison (English)
Other notables:
Ann DeSigney was the great-grandmother of Isaac F Morris. DeSigney is French and is the
origin of Disney in the US.
Mary Ann Coale was the mother of John Miles Youngblood Jr. The Coale line has been traced
back to the Old North Briton Old King Cole. I don't know if it's accurate.
There are many more surnames beyond fifth great-grandparents that I've not listed.
last edited 25 Nov 2020