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Description
The Sewells branched from at least two sources in the early history of what is now the USA. One was in the northeast, Massachusetts, and the other Virginia. Henry Sewell arrived in now modern-day Norfolk, Virginia in the early 1600's. That branch took brief turn northward to Maryland and Massachusetts, and then south to Virginia and beyond. Another line was a Thomas Sowell who came to Jamestown Virginia on April 29, 1619 on the Ship George (the same ship that Pocahontas died on two years earlier on the Thames River in England) who's descendants traveled from Sewell's Point Virginia, to North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri, Texas, and Florida. The goal of this website is to attempt to identify any genetic links between the various "Sewell lines" in North America and, where possible, determine paper links to England, Scotland, Wales, France, and Normandy. The intent is to allow access to any interested parties on our findings.
Requirements
A Surname Project traces members of a family that share a common surname. They are of the most interest in cultures where surnames are passed on from father to son like the Y-Chromosome. This project is for males taking a Y-Chromosome DNA (Y-DNA) test. Thus, the individual who tests must be a male who wants to check his direct paternal line (father's father's father's...) with a Y-DNA12, Y-DNA37, Y-DNA67, or Y-DNA111 test and who has one of the surnames listed for the project. Females do not carry their father's Y-DNA. Females who would like to check their father's direct paternal line can have a male relative with his surname order a Y-DNA test. Females can also order an mtDNA test for themselves such as the mtDNAPlus test or the mtFullSequence test and participate in an mtDNA project. Both men and women may take our autosomal Family Finder test to discover recent relationships across all family lines.
Surnames In This Project
De Soule, Seawall, Seawell, Sewall, Sewell, Sole, Soul, Soule, Sowell, Sowels