Jeff, Thank you for your note. The RIN 19301 record you refer to is Johannes or John Cuntze, the father of John Counts of Glade Hollow, the founder of the Counts family in Russell Co., VA.. Many a Jessee and my wife, is also a Counts/Kuntze/Coons, etc. descendant. Your information below will be of interest to several folks on both the Jessee and Russell Co.l List so I will share this with them, and ask that they respond directly to you, as, I assume, you are not a subscriber to those lists. We are very interested in any and all Melungeon connections with our family, as we believe there to be many such intermarriages over 200 years or more in SW VA and environs. I have nothing to add to your thoughts, but hope others may pick up on this, too. _____ From: Jeffrey Gerber [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 1:20 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Surname Coons and Melungeon Regarding the following link: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET <http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jimjessee&id=I193 01> &db=jimjessee&id=I19301 What I am finding is my mtDNA matching people who know their maternal line to be Melungeon. I have a Mary Coons living with the Wolf family in 1850 in Pennsylvania, supposing this is the mother-in-law, this is my maternal tree Mary (?) Coons (b1791) Martha (Coons) Wolf (b1805) Anna Eliza (Wolf) Kennedy (b1824) Martha M (Kennedy) Eckard ... etc. Except for Kennedy, the surnames are German. All were born in PA according to census data. In fact if I look at 1800 I see the majority of Coons were in NY while two were in Huntingdon Co., PA. So far I see nothing that bridges the Cumberland Gap to Pennsylvania in my lineage though my mtDNA says different. Curious if you might have any thoughts or theories? -Jeff
I'd be interested in information about the mtdna - I have a line, paternal but my father's mother's, that I believe was Melungeon. They were not in Russell to my knowledge, but were in Pittsylvania and Montgomery: Velma Robison Juana Adkins Mary Miner Therese Thurman and, somewhere a Casteel, according to my grandmother. I've not found one yet. Any links or info appreciated. Laurie Morales Jim Jessee <[email protected]> wrote: Jeff, Thank you for your note. The RIN 19301 record you refer to is Johannes or John Cuntze, the father of John Counts of Glade Hollow, the founder of the Counts family in Russell Co., VA.. Many a Jessee and my wife, is also a Counts/Kuntze/Coons, etc. descendant. Your information below will be of interest to several folks on both the Jessee and Russell Co.l List so I will share this with them, and ask that they respond directly to you, as, I assume, you are not a subscriber to those lists. We are very interested in any and all Melungeon connections with our family, as we believe there to be many such intermarriages over 200 years or more in SW VA and environs. I have nothing to add to your thoughts, but hope others may pick up on this, too. _____ From: Jeffrey Gerber [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 1:20 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Surname Coons and Melungeon Regarding the following link: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET 01> &db=jimjessee&id=I19301 What I am finding is my mtDNA matching people who know their maternal line to be Melungeon. I have a Mary Coons living with the Wolf family in 1850 in Pennsylvania, supposing this is the mother-in-law, this is my maternal tree Mary (?) Coons (b1791) Martha (Coons) Wolf (b1805) Anna Eliza (Wolf) Kennedy (b1824) Martha M (Kennedy) Eckard ... etc. Except for Kennedy, the surnames are German. All were born in PA according to census data. In fact if I look at 1800 I see the majority of Coons were in NY while two were in Huntingdon Co., PA. So far I see nothing that bridges the Cumberland Gap to Pennsylvania in my lineage though my mtDNA says different. Curious if you might have any thoughts or theories? -Jeff ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected]web.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message