Weldon's Ancestral Lineage Founders

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: [unknown]

Ancestral Lineages (earliest grandparent bearing ancestral surname)

By The Numbers:

East Midlands (Five Burroughs - Angles, Danelaw)

• Lincolnshire 1
• Nottinghamshire 1

East Anglia (Angles, Danelaw)

• Norfolk 11

Mercia (Anglo- Saxon Tribal Confederacy - rulers trace descent from 5th century Continental rulers)

• Hertfordshire 3
• Essex 2
• Berkshire 1
• Oxfordshire 1

Wessex (Germany/Netherlands; Anglo-Saxon, Jute)

• Hampshire 18
• Devon 16
• Dorset 9
• Somerset 6

England

• Unknown (No path yet identified to USA; likely from England/Ireland) 7
• Unknown (From England; no specific path back to England/Middlesex) 10

Other European

• Ireland-Ulster 2
• Germany 2
• Finland 1

Earliest Grandparent By Surname:

• Smith, William; 1745, VA - father unknown, but has the uniquely Finnish Y-DNA SNP BY66988 according to testing of descendants on all-male lines. A candidate for grandfather is Jacob Hendricksson (aka Andersson, Smith) ~1680, Crane Hook, son of Old Finn Hendrick Andersson (aka Andriessen, Smith) of Crane Hook (blacksmith). Hendrick immigrated to New Sweden Colony along the Delaware River in 1654 on the Örnen from Göteborg.

• Conn, Thomas; 1680, Londonderry, Ulster
• Brush, Richard Archibald; 1710, Omagh, Ulster
• Kaltwasser, Balthasar; 1750, Wetzlar, Hesse, Germany (conscripted Hessian, changed name to John Coldwater and switched sides after escaping Spanish POW camp in New Orleans. Probable parents Martin Kaltwasser and Catherine Schäfer of Wetzlar.)
• Bauer, Johann; Bad Württemberg, Germany (uncurated tree and a cousin shared DNA match)

• Lovell, Jean; 1702, Barnstable, MA (possibly descends from Robert Lovell, 1595, England)
• Hunter, William; 1653, Barnstable, MA
• Woodward, Richard Sr.; 1760, Chester, PA
• Maddox, Rachel; 1680, Anne Arundel, MD
• Bray, Henry; 1704, Monocosle (Monocacy) Hundred, MD
• Harris, Capt Thomas West; 1650, Henrico, VA
• Duncan, Joseph; 1712, Fauquier, VA

• Poe, William; 1510, Hoveringham, Nottinghamshire
• Randall, William; 1609, Lincolnshire
• Adcock, Edmund; 1710, Norfolk
• Griese, Mary; 1711, Norfolk
• Vincent, Anna; 1680, Tasburgh, Norfolk,
• Cock, Joseph; 1620, Shelton, Norfolk
• Carver, Richard; 1577, Skratby, Norfolk
• Skurry, John; 1560, Filby, Norfolk
• Braye, Robert; 1567, Dicklesburgh, Norfolk
• Flatman, Dorothye; 1550, Dicklesburgh, Norfolk
• Cakermoll, Thomas; 1529, Dicklesburgh, Norfolk
• More, Thomas; 1540, Pullham Market, Norfolk
• Thirkettle, Thomasyn;1540, Pullham Market, Norfolk

• Cheney, Robert; 1490, Waltham Abbey, Essex
• Harrison, John; 1500, Waltham, Holy Cross, Essex
• Hayes, Aldrovane; 1550, Epwell, Oxfordshire
• Warren, Richard; 1583, Hertfordshire? (Mayflower, 1620, wife Eliz. Walker on the Anne, 1623)
• Walker, Augustine; 1545, Hertfordshire (died in Great Amwell)
• Heath, Edward; 1525, Little Amwell, Hertfordshire
• Passmore, William Jasper; 1703, Berkshire

• Hurford, Thomas; 1630, Upottery, Devon
• Stamp, Elianor; 1639, Upottery, Devon
• Dymond, Robert; 1712, Upottery, Devon
• Borrow, Samuel; 1738, Upottery, Devon
• Hurford, Grace; 1739, Upottery, Devon
• Lenthall, Hannah; 1712, Yarcombe, Devon
• Lentil, Robert; 1705, Yarcombe, Devon
• Newberry, Susanna; 1710, Yarcombe, Devon
• Matthews, Sarah; 1715, Yarcombe, Devon
• Bishop, Mary; 1739, Awliscombe, Devon
• Symons, Henry; 1692, Luppitt, Devon
• Davey, Elizabeth; 1694, Luppitt, Devon
• Shapton, Gawyn; 1715, Luppitt, Devon
• Godfrey, Sarah; 1716, Luppitt, Devon
• Bourne, Richard; 1610, Barnstable, Devon
• Bellett, Diana; 1713, Stockland, Devon
• Bawler, Philip; 1705, Curry Mallett, Somerset
• Hawker, Martha; 1705, St. James, Taunton, Somerset
• Ilett, George; 1745, Ilminster, Somerset
• Symonds, Edward; 1676, Dowlish Wake, Somerset
• Milbourne, William; 1631, Dowlish Wake, Somerset
• Hutchings, Thomas; 1645, Dowlish Wake, Somerset (Seavington St. Mary)
• Follett, John; 1665, Thorncombe, Dorset
• Frye, John; 1620, Thorncombe, Dorset
• Lombard, Thomas; 1582, Thorncombe, Dorset,
• Hallett, Thomas;1665, Bridport?, Dorset
• Hallett, William; 1521, Whitchurch Canonicorum, Dorset
• Long, Mathew; 1713, , Whitchurch Canonicorum, Dorset
• Rawlins, Thomas; 1593, Weymouth, Dorset
• Hallett, Andrew; 1590, Dorset
• Knote, Beatrice; 1557, Dorset

• Pink, Elizabeth; 1792, Alverstoke, Hampshire
• Payn, Edward; 1635, Portsmouth, Hampshire
• Tayler, Frances; 1640, Portsmouth, Hampshire
• Smith, Nicholas; 1655, Bighton, Hampshire
• Hunton, Anne; 1675, South Stoneham, Hamopshire
• Markes, James; 1670, South Stoneham, Hampshire
• Fox, Elizabeth; 1670, South Stoneham, Hampshire
• Long, Ann; 1650, South Stoneham, Hampshire
• Bayly, John; 1650, South Stoneham, Hampshire
• Thorngate, Ann; 1620; North Stoneham, Hampshire
• Dun, Dorothe; 1590, North Stoneham, Hampshire
• Orpwood, Richard; 1585, North Stoneham, Hampshire (Orpet last 4 generations)
• Emery, Andrew; 1660, Botley, Hampshire
• Carter, Charles; 1785, Hampshire
• Coliss, Betty; 1750, Bishops Waltham?, Hampshire
• Fowler, Rachel; 1715, Winchester?, Hampshire
• Booker, John; 1670, Alton, Hampshire
• Web, Mary; 1650, Romsey, Hampshire

• Bessey, Anthony; 1609, London
• Bumpas, Edward; 1605, London (Fortune 1621, Leiden to Plymouth, MA)
• Linnell, Robert; 1589, London

• Parker, William; 1614, England
• Mowry, Roger; 1610, England
• Rowley, Henry; 1605, England
• Bartlett, Robert; 1603, England (Anne 1623, with Richard Warren’s family, possibly from Dorset)
• Swift, William; 1599, England
• Hatch, Richard; 1596, England
• Johnson, John; 1588, England