This week's theme for 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks is "Origins."
Because my ancestors have been in this country (or on the North American continent) for at least a couple hundred years, it's unclear where all of my immigrant ancestors came from. I do know that many came from England, Scotland, Ireland, and a few came from the Netherlands.
However, my Loyalist ancestors who were in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, in the latter half of the 18th century didn't all arrive in Guysborough from the former British colonies, now the United States of America. Some may not necessarily have been Loyalist, just immigrating to Canada to make better lives for themselves and their families.
John Morgan "is said to have been a Welsh millwright, and one of the first mills in which he was interested is said to have been on the Hadley property, on a brook east of the old Stiles Hart place." [1]
This is a good clue that my 4th great-grandfather, John Morgan very possibly came to Nova Scotia from Wales, which is now a part of the United Kingdom, but is its own country and has a distinct culture.
Because DNA testing has improved analysis of ethnicity, some of the testing companies (23andMe, MyHeritage, and FamilyTreeDNA) are even suggesting that I have Welsh ancestry, though it's usually lumped in with British or Irish.
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| Screenshot of my 23andMe British Ethnicity |
However, I likely need to visit and research in Nova Scotia to find out more about the Morgan family and possibly figure out where exactly John came from.
I do know that John Morgan married Diana Hadley and had several children (John, Henry, (Charles?), Ruth, Joseph, Diana, Sarah), most of whose baptisms are found on FamilySearch.org.
I descend from John Morgan and Diana Hadley as follows:
John Morgan (unknown dates)
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Diana Morgan (1803-1861)
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Esther Abigail Whitman (1828-1921)
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James Tolman Pyle (1855-1912)
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Charles McAlpin Pyle (1893-1966)
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Charles McAlpin Pyle, Jr. (1924-1993)
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Me
[1] A. C. Jost, Guysborough Sketches and Essays, Revised Edition (Guysborough, Nova Scotia: Trafford Publishing, 2009), p. 155. [This book is essential for anyone researching Guysborough County.]
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