• Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Indians of New Jersey  
  
  Bridgeton, Cumberland, New Jersey, "a State Recognized Tribe and have registered our intent to file for Federal Recognition."        
  Tribal Chairman, Mark Gould; Lew Pierce - Co-Chairman.
  
  
• Wicomico Woman's World - Millsboro, Sussex, Delaware. Contact: Wicomico Woman           

  A web site devoted to the study of Native Peoples and their decendant(s) who originated from Kuskarawoak Village which was split into the Broad Creek, Indian River and Chicone Indian Reservations in southern Delaware and Maryland, their families, adoptees and other tribes which occupied the area. The goal is to share information re: genealogy, re-develop family ties, etc.
  

• Lisa Clark's The Nanticoke People:
  
  Pre-history & Legend; First Contact; The Fight for Land; Reservations; A Divided People; Fight for Identity; Our People Today.              
  Schedule of upcoming Pow Wows
  

• Ila & Dave Miller's Family web site.   

  The descendants of Debrix & Sarah Miller have been traced to Duck Creek Hundred, Kent County, DE. Sarah Conselor and her family had strong ties to the Native American community in Duck Creek Hundred, and based on tax and census information Debrix was undoubtedly of Native American ancestry as well. In order to trace ones ancestry in Delaware in the 17th & 18th century, one must be willing to accept the varying "labels" placed on our ancestors of mixed-blood. This was a time when marriages between white men and indian and black women were commonplace. The distinction between being white or colored was pretty much left up to the person doing the looking, and if you weren't white then you were colored. In one record a person could be listed as white or not have a notation, and in another record or one a few years later, the label of mulatto, negro, black or colored could appear.

•  Lisa Perkin's Genealogy Research: Perkins & Durham -- Perkins and Durham Pages contain genealogy information and research data associated with the paternal family history of Floyd DeWitt Perkins (19xx-2002). Floyd was born in Wayne County Michigan and his Perkins and Durham ancestors have been traced to Delaware circa 1790. The earliest found ancestors were Warner Perkins and Elijah Durham, both from Delaware.
  
  

• Jae Jackson-Hutton's web site  
  
  "I was born to a lost nation of people. My family scattered into the marshland of Maryland in the area of Quindocqua, Marumsco, Pocomoke, Nanticoke, Dublin & Princess Anne, Maryland and Accomack Co, Virgina. We assimulated into the African American community and only whispered about our Indian Heritage. We disconnected from traditional ways and lived like our neighbors. However, some of us could not hide who we were just through appearance alone"
  
  Family Names: Gale, Mccready, Jackson, Milbourne, Steward, Williams, Jones, Brittingham, Bell, Lane, Fisher, Cottingham, Douglas, Rogers, Teagle, Fitchett, Selby, Waters, Handy, Rolley, Briscoe, Bates, Johnson, Green, Nutter, Barkley, Dehaven, Mumford
  
  

•  Gwndolyn Ridgeway Pritchett Wright-Morris's web site
  
  "I am wolfwalks_withher, a descendant of the Algonquian People, Kuskawaroak Band, once called Nantaquak. Today we are called Nanticoke, `PEOPLE of the TIDEWATERS`. I walk within two fires, this meaning I also have ties to the Great Nation of the Lenni Lenape, `THE PEOPLE`."
  
  

• The Delaware-to-Michigan/Ontario Migration of 1855-1875 by Donald W. Fisher

  "In Delaware, there was a closely-knit community of families who shared a common heritage. The connection was based on race, to be more exact, the presence of mixed blood, be it Indian, black, Moorish, or of other origins. The mix caused the term "mulatto" to be applied to these folks frequently, though other labels sometimes appear. Native Americans, regardless of blood line, were usually considered mulattos. ...From this community, over a dozen extended families migrated to the state of Michigan and province of Ontario in the years 1855 to 1875.

"I've including lots and lots of material about the branches of the family that stayed in the east up through 1930. As you well know, this data will never be complete and finished and error-free. So I've decided to post it now and correct it later."

Migrating before the Civil War

Bede Beckett d1787
Elijah Conselor 1762-1801
George W. Dean
James Dean
Abraham Farmer d bef 1837
Aminidab Handsor 1664-aft 1717
John Hughes Miller 1803-1876
Robert Munce b bef 1780
William Perkins bef 1775-aft 1820
John Sammons 1765-1815
William Sisco d 1829

Migrating after the Civil War

William Driggers b1803
George Durham bef 1795-1844
John Durham
William Durham 1833-1902
John b1807 and Benjamin b1810 Greenage
James Songo d bef 1850
Robert Wright ca 1834-aft 1891

Other related families

Thomas Grinnage 1801-1871
Emanuel Harmon b ca 1789
Benjamin Ephraim Mosley 1822-aft 1870
John D Mosley 1810-aft 1870
Wingate Mosley 1820-aft 1880
Isaac E. Richardson bef 1794-bef 1850
John Richardson b bef 1776
Wingate Street 1780s-aft 1860
Nicholas Wright bef 1776-aft 1830


 

Family Sites:



• Lynn Jackson's Moors & Nanticokes
  
  "This is my family and several years ago I began to explore the complex genealogical ties that bound them together. Along the way I have also become interested in the community itself: how it developed and how it has managed to survive for all these years."

Lynn is a member of the online Mitsawokett discussion group.

• John Carter's  Genealogy Home Page 
  
  "This is a brand new web page, ...created on 19 July 1999. Please be patient while I add new information."
  

John is a member of the online Mitsawokett discussion group.

GO TO JOHN CARTER'S   TABLE OF CONTENTS  TO VIEW THE FOLLOWING REPORTS:

Register Report of Richard Bailey
Register Report of Robert Carney, Sr.
Register Report of Thomas Carney
Register Report of (Father of Daniel & Moses) Coker
Register Report of James Colston, Sr.
Register Report of Elijah Concealler, Sr.
Register Report of John A. Cott
Register Report of James Dean
Register Report of John Downes, Sr.
Register Report of Daniel Durham, Sr.
Register Report of Elisha Durham, Sr.
Register Report of Deborah Handsor
Register Report of Marmaduke Hardcastle
Register Report of (Father of Sarah & John & Elizabeth) Hewes
Register Report of Eliza Jackson
Register Report of James McCarty/Carty(Carter), Sr.
Register Report of John Morgan
Register Report of John Morris, Sr.
Register Report of Robert Munce, Sr.
Register Report of Andrew Orem
Register Report of William Ridgway, Sr.
Register Report of (Father of Elizabeth, John & William) Wyatt

• The Family History of Donald W. Fisher Table of Contents
  Index of Individuals -- The index page with all Delaware-related reports
  

Don Fisher is a member of the online Mitsawokett discussion group.

Descendants of Bede BECKETT
Descendants of Elijah CONSELOR
Descendants of George W. DEAN
Descendants of James DEAN
Descendants of William DRIGGETT/DRIGGERS
Descendants of George DURHAM
Descendants of John DURHAM
Descendants of William DURHAM
Descendants of Abraham FARMER
Descendants of John and Benjamin GREENAGE
Descendants of Thomas GRINNAGE
Descendants of Aminadab HANDSOR
Descendants of John Hughes MILLER
Descendants of Wingate MOSELY
Descendants of Robert MUNCE
Descendants of William PERKINS
Descendants of Isaac E. RICHARDSON
Descendants of John RICHARDSON, Sr.
Descendants of John SAMMONS
Descendants of William SISCO
Descendants of James SONGO
Descendants of Nicholas WRIGHT
Descendants of Robert WRIGHT

 

Virtually every entry shows a reference source. Census citations are quoted in full, often adding who the neighbors were. Significant sections of some older probate administrations are quoted, in part or in full. The data has been put through privacy control, though I have overridden it with two types of data: 1) Anything that appears in the publicly-available censuses through 1930 (whether living or dead) and 2) death dates copied from the Mitsawokett files.

• Gail Kirsten Peterson-Masengale's Family Page
  
  ...Noble: (1720's) Eng>Md>NJ>In; Pierce/Pearce: (1720's) Eng>?Wi>NJ>USA; Murray/Murry: 1730's)?SCT>NJ>USA; LeCount/LeCompte: (1600's)Fra>Md>NJ>USA Peterson: (1750's) Swe>NY>NJ>USA

Gail is a member of the online Mitsawokett discussion group.

• Michelle Pierce's" From The Past: A Delaware Family Heritage"   
  
  A Genealogy of the Mysterious Delaware Moors & the Nanticoke Indians

Michelle is a member of the online Mitsawokett discussion group.

• Seaney, Seeney and Seney Homepage
  
  ...by Dave Seaney,Indianapolis,IN... "Seeneytown in Kent Co., Delaware--read about its early history on (Heite's) Mitsawoket website or e-mail me for a copy of the Weslager interview of its older citizens. Also visit Kent County History and Delaware History."

Dave is a member of the online Mitsawokett discussion group.

• Nanticoke Indian Ancestry
  
  ... This website is dedicated to our ancestors who are of Nanticoke Indian ancestry. ...seeking to find ancestor and descendant information. Our ancestors lived, and many still do reside, in Sussex Co., DE

Celeste is a member of the online Mitsawokett discussion group.

Joseph Romeo's The Moors of Delaware: Genealogical Records of the Descendants of a Colonial Delaware Isolate Community
Compiled by Joseph A Romeo, 420 River Road, Apt. C7, Chatham, NJ 07928

• Chris Wimmer's Photos of Paula Renee Johnson Wimmer's family
  

Chris is a member of the online Mitsawokett discussion group.

Laura Durham's Durhams of Central Indiana

 

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