MISSION

(#1)The main mission of this FTDNA group is to help mixed-race Mulatto-Indians,  who were formerly known as "Wesorts", to know for sure, their true racial/ethnic origins, and to document that identity by way of a "paper trail" and/or dna-testing under the auspices of FTDNA, and the (Creole-American/Amerindian Genealogical Society, Inc.), founded in 1983.

Our Focus:

1) "Mulindians", (= Mulatto-Indians of Delaware, Maryland and Virginia.)

2) "Creole-Indians", (= the "Chesapeake-Creoles" = the original speakers of French, Spanish, Portuguese, German/Dutch in DMV (= Delaware, Maryland, Virginia), and/or the speakers of the corresponding, respective Creole, Criollo, Crioulo, or Papiamento languages.)

4) "Blindians", (= Black-Indians of Delaware, Maryland, Virginia.)

In addition to our main focus as a lineage society whose main purpose is to research, document, and archive the genealogies of the nine (9) historical Wesorts-Piscataway surnames of the biracial & tri-racial people of southeast Maryland and Virginia,...(= Butler, Gray, Harley, Newman, Proctor, Queen. Savoy, Swann, & Thompson), .....(#2), we also research the bona fide, Creole, mixed-race ancestries of the biracial/tri-racial descendants of the original European male-settlers of the southeastern-USA, the Gulf-states, especially Louisiana,...the Portuguese-Crioulo-CapeVerdean community of Massachusetts,...the Chesapeake-Creoles, and the original, historical British/Baymen-Creoles of Belize. 

(#3) The 3rd focus of this genealogical group, = ("Mulatto-Indian Nation"), also frequently called the "Mulindian Nation",...is to
extend research to include the lineages of all persons of any well-documented... (= with primary sources)... proof of Indian ancestry, whom are NON-ENROLLED and/or without tribal recognition, with our special focus being placed on the infamous Plecker "hit list", and those surnames compiled in the 1940s by the State of Virginia.

It is important to note that although our roots are in Maryland and Virginia, ...(which is PISCATAWAY TERRITORY)...many of us are, in fact,  also descended from various other tribes of the east coast, especially CHEROKEE, Lenni-Lenape/Nanticoke, Powhatan (Pamunkey, Mattaponi) & Catawba.

The "hit list", although quite extensive, is exclusive and limited to the counties and surnames which are listed here:
Albermarle:
MOON,  POWELL,  KIDD,  PUMPHREY.

King William County, New Kent, Henrico. Charles City, & Richmond City, Virginia:
COLLINS, DENNIS, BRADBY-COOK, HOWELL, LANGSTON, MILES, STEWART, WYNN, ADKINS, ADAMS, ALLMOND, CUSTALOW, DUNGOE, HOLMES, PAGE, HAWKES, SUPRLOCK, DOGGETT.

Amherst County, Allegheny and Campbell:
ADCOX, BEVERLY (BURCH/BIRCH), BRANHAM, DUFF, FLOYD, HAMILTON, HARTLESS, HICKS, JOHNS, LAWLESS, (K)NUCKLES, PAINTER, RAMSEY, REDCROSS, ROBERTS, SOUTHARDS =
(SUTHARDS, SOUTHERDS, SOUTHERS), SORRELLS, TERRY, TYREE, WOOD, JOHNS.

Bedford County:
McVEY, MAXEY, BRANHAM, BURLEY.

Rockbridge & Augusta):
CASH, CLARK, COLEMAN, DUFF, FLOYD, HARTLESS, HICKS, MASON, MAYSE (MAYS), PAINTERS, PULTZ, RAMSEY, SOUTHERDS, (SOUTHERS, SOUTHARDS, SUTHARDS), SORRELLS, TERRY TYREE, WOOD, JOHNS.

Caroline:
BYRD, FORTUNE, NELSON.

Essex, King, & Queen Counties:
NELSON, FORTUNE, BYRD, COOPER, TATE, HAMMOND, BROOKS, BOUGHTON, PRINCE, MITCHELL, ROBINSON.

Elizabeth City & Newport News:
Stewart (descendants of the Charles City families.)

Halifax:
EPPS, (Eppes), STEWART (STUART, COLEMAN, JOHNSON, MARTIN, TALLEY, SHEPPARD (SHEPARD), YOUNG.

Norfolk & Portsmouth Counties:
SAWYER, BASS, WEAVER, LOCKLEAR (LOCKLAIR0, KING, BRIGHT, PORTER, INGRAM.

Westmoreland:
SORRELLS, WORLDS (WORRELL), ATWELLS, GUTRIDGE, OLIFF.

Greene;
SHIFFLETT, SHIFLET.

Prince William:
TYSON, PHILLIPS, SEGAR (See Fauquier County.)

Fauquier:
HOFFMANN (Huffman), RILEY, SEGAR, COLVIN, PHILLIPS.

Lancaster:
DORSEY (Dawson).

WASHINGTON;
BEVERLY, BARLOW, THOMAS, HUGHES, LETHCOE, WORLEY.

Roanoke County:
BEVERLY.

Lee & Smyth:
COLLINS, GIBSON (GIPSON), MOORE, GOINS, RAMSEY, DELPH, BUNCH, FREEMAN, MISE, BARLOW, BOLDEN (BOLIN), MULLINS, HAWKINS. = (Chiefly Tennessee Melungeons.")

Scott:
DINGUS (See Lee County.)

Russell:
KEITH, CASTELL, STILLWELL, MEADE, PROFFITT.  (See Lee & Tazewell.)

Tazewell:
HAMMED, DUNCAN.  (See Russell.)

Wise:
Please see Lee, Smyth, Scott, and Russell Counties.


                                                            Our Manifest:

As members of this genealogy-study group, we hereby publicly declare that we are "NON-ENROLLED, NATIVE-AMERICAN-INDIANS" of the Chesapeake Bay areas of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia.

Our Mission:

As members of this genealogical group, we declare that we are unified, supportive, and loyal to each other as we individually go about the business of searching for recognition from a State-recognized and/or Federally-recognized Native American, Indian tribal group, which will be based on the findings of our individual "paper trail" genealogical researches, in conjunction with our individualized dna-test results done by FTDNA.

Our Legacy:

1)  "Mulindian", (mulatto-Indian) = a person with VERIFIABLE descent from an Indian, African &  European "blended lineage", born in the USA or the Caribbean.

2)  "Creole-Indian", = a person with VERIFIABLE Indian, African & European "blended lineage", descended from a Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, or Dutch  colonizer, conquistador, or settler of the original colonies in the USA and/or the Caribbean.

3)  "Blindian", (black-Indian) = a person with VERIFIABLE descent from an Indian & African "blended lineage", born in the USA or the Caribbean.
DISCLAIMER
By-laws:
1. The primary goal of this FTDNA Wesorts-Piscataway DNA Project is to prove consanguinity among persons with these CLAN surnames, Butler, Gray, Harley, Newman, Proctor, Queen,  Savoy, Swann, and Thompson of  Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia.

2. Our secondary goal is to use the results of the FTDNA tests
as proof of our genealogical claims.

3. And thirdly, we help to, but do NOT GUARANTEE, qualification of those same, certain, pre-qualified, deserving persons for the CDIB (Certificate of Degree of Indian Blood), issued by the BIA (Bureau of Indian Affairs) in Washington DC. 

4. We will assist a member in proving NA/Indian lineage to any Indian tribal group if he or she feels "deserving" but "un-recognized".

5. However, we do NOT guarantee admission to / or recognition of any person, by any Indian tribal groups, nor do we encourage application for membership to any Native American tribal groups. 

6. Application to any Native American/Indian tribal group is deemed as a separate entity which shall be taken by individuals ON THEIR OWN,

7. IF AN INDIVIDUAL PERSON DECIDES TO MAKE APPLICATION TO A CERTAIN Native American TRIBAL GROUP OF THEIR CHOOSING,....IT IS TO BE fully UNDERSTOOD THAT THIS GROUP, the Wesorts-Piscataway DNA Project,  WILL NOT BECOME DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THAT TYPE OF ACTIVITY, NOR WILL THIS GROUP GIVE ANY LEGAL SUPPORT TO THAT TYPE OF ACTIVITY.

8. Our ONLY CLAIM, AND OUR ONLY PROMISE IS THAT we will STAND BY and  give support as to the the scientific validity of the DNA results provided by FTDNA.

Group Administrator,
DBA (= "doing-business-as":
Carmen (Proctor*) Cook, Genealogist

*Please note: