A PAUSE TO SUM THINGS
UP AT THIS POINT
Remember that so far we
have only covered CE South’s paternal lines, folks whose descendants married
into the South line. The DNA matches our group of Souths (Lee South, Michael
Wilson-South, Elaine Lee, Bob South, and me, Dana South Pope) have been
motivational and as you know, I think they tend to validate what our paper and
online research has shown.
Where
have they come from (so far)?
Twenty-three immigrant ancestors were born in England. Two were born in Wales.
Tradition would place Nicholas Bonham as French, but it’s unsure. We have one
possible Scot, John Gibson, and one Scottish POW transported as a prisoner and
sold to the ironworks in Lynn, MA.
Not all came to New
England; some were Tidewater colonists and Marylanders. But the majority in the
South line for CE South were New England families.
So far, I have one
possible Revolutionary War soldier, Jacob Wilson. A couple of the others were
involved in the various Indian wars that preceded the Revolution.
There have been a few
resources that claim royal lineage for some of our folks, the type of claims
that seem not to fit with anything else about the person, but in general, once in the colonies, the
immigrant, regardless of his birth, spent most of his time and energy in hard
labor, eking out a way to feed, clothe, and house his family.
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