Melungeon Communties

The Melungeon were of  mixed race ancestry that originated in colonial Virginia in the early 1600's and eventually in Carolina, Maryland and Delaware.  They were African, Northern Native Americans and White Northern European,  Indentured servants who intermarried each other and created communities known as Tidewater.  Descendants of the Melungeon's share the Black, White and Native American Ancestry. Its important to note that the Melungeon Ancestors were not a product of Chattel Slavery (a white slave owner and his black slave women) but Indentured servants who were freed after 7-10 years of servitude. The Melungeon Surnames  can be traced to many of your family lines.

Melungeons Surnames

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