Linda
08-29-2002, 09:27 AM
I was very excited last night to piece together a piece of the family puzzle. I believe I've confirmed relationship between some Maryland Hudsons, and put together some pretty good weight that they were mixed blooded.
A month ago I heard from a possible cousin who had information about a Maranda Hudson he believed was related to my John Hudson, who is listed as derived from Maryland. He sent me a picture of Maranda. Here's the letter I just wrote him.
http://www.saponitown.com/images/Maranda%20and%20Herman.jpg
I think Herman is the spitting image of what I believe must be his great aunt Maranda, or some other fairly close relative. Same jawline, same cheekbones, same forehead, same widow's peak, same ears, same nose, same sloping shoulders, and the same eyes.
He was born November 12, 1887 in Viroqua, WI to Francis Marion Harris and Elizabeth Malinda Hudson. He married Pluma Nelson August, 1914, d. May 31, 1937, all in Vernon County, WI.
Here's the circumstantials I now have on the Hudson's possible Native ancestry:
Both Maranda and Herman have an epicanthic fold above their eyes, meaning there is no crease in their upper eyelids. I wasn't sure about her because of her age, but that's a ten year old boy and he clearly has this trait. It's an Asian/Indian trait, not really found in Europeans.
I have Herman's grandfather, Ezra Hudson's, death certificate, which lists his race as "American." All the other entries on the page are in the same hand, but they are noted as "Caucasian."
I have heard from two distant cousins who suspect Native ancestry, and Ezra Hudson is the ancestor we share.
My grandmother, daughter of Malinda Hudson, told her daughters that we were Blackfoot. I have heard from you that Maranda (apparently Malinda's aunt) was born in Fredericks, MD. That's 90 or so miles west of Dagsbury, DE, which from 1723 till 1786 was called Blackfoot Town, MD. http://www.sussexcountyonline.com/towns/dagsboro/dagworthy.html
I believe our Hudsons were part of a community of Metís (the Canadian word for mixed bloods) who originated with the Siouan people of the VA/NC Piedmont and migrated into the midwest. One of the known paths used by these people in the early 18th century passed through Maryland. The Siouan word for Blackfoot sounds like "issi asepa," there was a large settlement the English called "Sissipaha" in the NC Piedmont.
It appears this Metís community held together, marrying within their own for perhaps 150 years, even though they appeared white and made excellent "pioneers" (interestingly retracing the steps of what some believe was the Siouan migration FROM the midwest, pre-contact).
A month ago I heard from a possible cousin who had information about a Maranda Hudson he believed was related to my John Hudson, who is listed as derived from Maryland. He sent me a picture of Maranda. Here's the letter I just wrote him.
http://www.saponitown.com/images/Maranda%20and%20Herman.jpg
I think Herman is the spitting image of what I believe must be his great aunt Maranda, or some other fairly close relative. Same jawline, same cheekbones, same forehead, same widow's peak, same ears, same nose, same sloping shoulders, and the same eyes.
He was born November 12, 1887 in Viroqua, WI to Francis Marion Harris and Elizabeth Malinda Hudson. He married Pluma Nelson August, 1914, d. May 31, 1937, all in Vernon County, WI.
Here's the circumstantials I now have on the Hudson's possible Native ancestry:
Both Maranda and Herman have an epicanthic fold above their eyes, meaning there is no crease in their upper eyelids. I wasn't sure about her because of her age, but that's a ten year old boy and he clearly has this trait. It's an Asian/Indian trait, not really found in Europeans.
I have Herman's grandfather, Ezra Hudson's, death certificate, which lists his race as "American." All the other entries on the page are in the same hand, but they are noted as "Caucasian."
I have heard from two distant cousins who suspect Native ancestry, and Ezra Hudson is the ancestor we share.
My grandmother, daughter of Malinda Hudson, told her daughters that we were Blackfoot. I have heard from you that Maranda (apparently Malinda's aunt) was born in Fredericks, MD. That's 90 or so miles west of Dagsbury, DE, which from 1723 till 1786 was called Blackfoot Town, MD. http://www.sussexcountyonline.com/towns/dagsboro/dagworthy.html
I believe our Hudsons were part of a community of Metís (the Canadian word for mixed bloods) who originated with the Siouan people of the VA/NC Piedmont and migrated into the midwest. One of the known paths used by these people in the early 18th century passed through Maryland. The Siouan word for Blackfoot sounds like "issi asepa," there was a large settlement the English called "Sissipaha" in the NC Piedmont.
It appears this Metís community held together, marrying within their own for perhaps 150 years, even though they appeared white and made excellent "pioneers" (interestingly retracing the steps of what some believe was the Siouan migration FROM the midwest, pre-contact).