[Corin Stormhands]

Ca 1650 Jamestown VA

I don't have anything verified prior to the late 1600s. That's the Huguenot line. But I suspect the "Stormhands" family was here prior to that. I have a will probated in 1733 from a landowner (also 8 slaves), that makes me think 1) He was obviously British and 2) He'd been here a while.

I gotta do some more digging.

[Wneighbor]

You're back! HI!!!

[Rose in RoseBear]

Corin, have you listed the enslaved in the will with Afrigeneas? If not, do! Afrigeneas is a website devoted to "black" genealogy; they maintain a list of enslaved data from wills and other papers.

Such a list is an enormous aid to black researchers who need that information; sometimes that's the only written record of an enslaved ancestor. The only way I was able to nail down my mother's ancestors was to contact the county they came from and ask the county clerk for all wills, testaments, bills of sale, and other filed papers that mentioned anyone enslaved. I found my mamma's people --- who later took the name BULLOCK(S) --- in a pre-Emancipation will of a RAGLAND widow.

They were from Virginia originally ...!

The link for sharing slave data is here. And thanks in advance ... it really does help!