Congrats on your Stewart family research, cousin Rick. I know you are proud to descend from Charles Stewart (1610). Not much to report on the Mullins name though ; I kinda believe it came from the herb 'Mullen,Mullin)' which grows wild, and has some nicotine in it. The old English were nuts about tobacco, and even founded a new country,America, to get the stuff. What do you think ? cuz Shelby

Hello Shelby - Those results came from my yDNA test and the men I matched. They had the information. I guess the Mullins line will remain a mystery any further back than Nathaniel Mullins born 1786. Some say Mullins was originally a French name and the spelling was changed in England. Some of my early Stewarts in Virginia were gamblers. I've seen some documents. One of them was a slave catcher around Henrico Co. and was feared by everyone per some old documents. They farmed tobacco as well. Cousin Rick On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 2:55 PM, <BurgessWV@aol.com> wrote: > Congrats on your Stewart family research, cousin Rick. I know you are proud > to descend from Charles Stewart (1610). Not much to report on the Mullins > name though ; I kinda believe it came from the herb 'Mullen,Mullin)' which > grows wild, and has some nicotine in it. The old English were nuts about > tobacco, and even founded a new country,America, to get the stuff. What do > you > think ? > > cuz > Shelby > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WVLOGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >