Hamilton Hashman
I'm of German (mainly), English, Irish, Native American (Oneida, Blackfoot, Sioux, Kispoko, Mohawk, and Shawnee), Scottish, French, Welsh, Dutch, Swiss, Italian, Royal/Noble, Belgian, Danish, Austrian, Spanish, and Jewish ancestry. The royal/noble ancestry includes: Armenian, Austrian, Basque, Belarusian, Belgian, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Georgian, Greek, Hungarian, Iranian, Irish, Italian, Luxembourgian, Macedonian, Montenegrin, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Saudi Arabian, Scottish, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish, Swiss, Syrian, Turkish/Turkic, Ukrainian, and Welsh.
My immigrant ancestors came to America between 1620 and 1854 from England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Germany, the Netherlands, France, Belgium, Italy, Denmark, Spain, and Switzerland. First settling in Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. Before eventually settling in Southeastern Ohio and Northern West Virginia, including (but not limited to): Washington, Morgan, Monroe, Noble, Belmont, Tuscarawas, Guernsey, Muskingum, Perry, Athens, Hocking, Vinton, Meigs, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, and Scioto Counties in Ohio; and Wood, Wirt, Ritchie, Pleasants, Tyler, Wetzel, and Monongalia Counties in West Virginia.
My earliest immigrant ancestor is my paternal 11th Great Grandfather, Capt. John Thomas Clay, who arrived in Jamestown, Virginia from England in February 1613 on the ship Treasurer. My most recent immigrant ancestors are my paternal 5th Great Grandparents, Johann Peter and Katharina (Zimmer) Pfaff, who arrived in New York City, New York from Germany on 5 Jun 1854 on the ship Cumberland. In addition, my maternal 11th Great Grandfather, Pergerine White, was the first known non-hispanic white male to be born in America and the first child born to the Pilgrams. His birth (in 1620) comes after Martín de Argüelles, Jr. (born 1566 to Spanish parents) and Virginia Dare (born 1587 to English parents). His parents (and my maternal 12th Great Grandparents), William and Susanna (Fuller) White, immigrated to America on the Mayflower.
My ancestors have served in nearly every major war, including: the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, and World War II. In addition, I have aunts, uncles and cousins who have served in the aforementioned wars, and also served in World War I, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the War on Terror. My ancestors also fought in the Battle of Dunbar, the War of the Regulation, the Battle of Salamanca, and the Battle of Point Pleasant, among others.
My ancestors have come from various economic (from wealthy to poor) and religious backgrounds. My ancestors religious beliefs have included: Christianity (Episcopal, Presbyterian, Baptist, Quaker, Methodist, Moravian, Lutheran, Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Mennonite, Church of Christ, United Brethren, and Armenian Apostolic), Judaism, Islam, Paganism, Polytheism, and Zoroastrianism. In addition, I have a number of ancestors that were pastors, including my Maternal 10th Great Grandfather Rev. Anthony Jacob Henkel, who helped organize some of the first Lutheran Churches in America. Many of his descendants were also pastors.
My ancestors received various levels of education, from no education at all to extensive higher education. My Paternal 10th Great Grandfather, Dr. James Beall, held a PhD in Divinity from the University of Glasgow. My Paternal 10th Great Grandfather, Dr. Johann Spindler, was a Philologist and Professor at the Gymnasium Casimirianum in Coburg, Germany from 1626 to 1664. His main subject was Logic, but he also taught Physics, Mathematics, and Oriental Languages (including Hebrew).
My ancestors have held various public offices, including: Justice of the Peace, Sheriff, Township Trustee, Deputy Surveyor, Representative in the House of Burgesses, Member of General Assembly, Mayor, and Governor. In addition, my ancestors have held various political beliefs, including support for the Democratic, Republican, Whig, Democratic-Republican, and Federalist parties. My Paternal 6th Great Grandfather, Moses DeLancey, cast the first Whig vote that was ever cast in Jackson Township, Noble County, Ohio. My Paternal 6th Great Grandfather, Thomas Brookover, voted for Thomas Jefferson in the 1796 Presidential Election.
Through my maternal 22nd Great Grandparents, Joan of Acre, daughter of Edward I of England and Eleanor of Castile, and Gilbert de Clare, son of Richard de Clare and Maud de Lacy; and my maternal 18th Great Grandparents, John Beaufort, son of John of Gaunt and Katherine Roet, and Margaret Holland, daughter of Thomas Holland and Alice FitzAlan, I descend from large number of royal and noble families of Europe and the Middle East, including: the House of Wessex, the House of Plantagenet, the House of Normandy, the House of Capet, the House of Poitiers, the House of Árpád, the House of Piast, the Rurik Dynasty, the House of Dunkeld, and the House of Munsö.
My paternal ancestors surnames include: Hamilton, Padgitt, Spindler, McMahon, Hayes, Miller, Smith/Schmidt, McCurdy, Bowers, Greathouse, Close, Young, Phillis, Remmele, Butler, McCann, Spicer, Parrish, Marlow, Hanes, Love, McPeek, Forshey, Weaver, Williams, Chapman, Wilcox, Little, Barkhimer, Pasquier, Molter, Pfaff, Schramm, Zimmer, Barth, Long, Schmidt, Goedel, Zimmermann, Hinkelmann, Brookover, Wine, Marker, Blackledge, Doyle, Sooy, Gernand, Rappold, Carpenter, Bradley, McCann, Lantz, Cochran, Burns, Roach, Keith, Spicer, and DeLancey.
My maternal ancestors surnames include: Hashman, Stallings, Henry, Haught, Brady, McKenzie, Bryant, McCall, Gee, Crites, Antis, Caldwell, Ruark, Mason, Eddy, Beegle, Nixon, Hicks, Perry, Stephenson, Arthur, Anthony, Lemmons, Ware, Jackson, Simmons, Gillett, Cowger, Keaton, Heston, Smith, Morgan, Brumfield, Stroud, Mattingly, Long, Apshire, Saxton, McMullin, Stigler, Cochran, Haught, Hensel, Haught, Jenkins, Thompson, Dawson, Potts, and Smith.
Ancestry Overview
| Ancestry | Most Recent Ancestor | Relationship | Century |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armenian | Morphia of Melitene | 29th Great Grandmother | 12th |
| Austrian | Johann Georg Luttman | 10th Great Grandfather | 17th |
| Basque (Spain, France) | Toda of Navarre | 37th Great Grandmother | 9th |
| Belarusian | Rogneda of Polotsk | 35th Great Grandmother | 10th |
| Belgian | George Brewer | 10th Great Grandfather | 17th |
| Bulgarian | Maria of Bulgaria | 30th Great Grandmother | 11th |
| Czech | Judith of Bohemia | 31st Great Grandmother | 11th |
| Danish | Siward, Earl of Northumbria | 33rd Great Grandfather | 11th |
| Danish | Claes Bordingh | 10th Great Grandfather | 17th |
| Dutch | Cornelis Van Tienhoven | 10th Great Grandfather | 17th |
| Dutch | Peter Grottenclauß (GroßClos) | 11th Great Grandfather | 17th |
| English | Thomas Richards | 8th Great Grandfather | 18th |
| French | Phillip DeLancey | 7th Great Grandfather | 18th |
| Georgian | Daughter of Amazasp III of Iberia | 60th Great Grandmother | 3rd |
| German | Jacob Spindler | 4th Great Grandfather | 19th |
| Greek | Maria Laskarina | 25th Great Grandfather | 13th |
| Hungarian | Mary of Hungary | 23rd Great Grandmother | 13th |
| Hungarian | Elizabeth the Cuman [Cuman] | 24th Great Grandmother | 13th |
| Iranian | Ashkhen | 60th Great Grandmother | 3rd |
| Irish | William Love | 6th Great Grandfather | 18th |
| Italian | Adelaide of Susa | 31st Great Grandmother | 11th |
| Italian | Isabelah Sivelo | 8th Great Grandmother | 18th |
| Jewish (Switzerland, Italy) | Ursula Wyss | 14th Great Grandmother | 16th |
| Luxembourgian | Michael Lis | 10th Great Grandfather | 17th |
| Luxembourgian | Ogive of Luxembourg | 31st Great Grandmother | 11th |
| Macedonian | Demetrius I of Macedon | 80th Great Grandfather | 3rd BC |
| Montenegrin | Petrislav of Rascia | 31st Great Grandmother | 11th |
| Native American (United States) | Mary Levina McMullin | 4th Great Grandmother | 19th |
| Norwegian | Wulfhild of Norway | 31st Great Grandmother | 11th |
| Polish | Richeza of Poland, Queen of Castile | 28th Great Grandmother | 12th |
| Portuguese | Urraca of Portugal | 26th Great Grandmother | 12th |
| Russian | Euphrosyne of Kiev | 27th Great Grandmother | 12th |
| Saudi Arabian | Umm Bint Marwan [Arab] | 47th Great Grandmother | 7th |
| Scottish | Richard Tennant | 8th Great Grandfather | 18th |
| Serbian | Helena of Serbia, Queen of Hungary | 28th Great Grandfather | 12th |
| Spanish | Donna Sancha de Ayála | 18th Great Grandmother | 14th |
| Spanish | Domingo Gambra | 11th Great Grandmother | 17th |
| Swedish | Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden | 34th Great Grandmother | 11th |
| Swiss | Benedict Lehman | 10th Great Grandfather | 17th |
| Syrian | Aisha bint Fortún Abd-al-Aziz [Arab] | 45th Great Grandmother | 8th |
| Turkish | Taksony of Hungary's Wife | 36th Great Grandmother | 10th |
| Ukrainian | Euphrosyne of Kiev | 27th Great Grandmother | 12th |
| Welsh | Jonas Potts | 8th Great Grandfather | 17th |
| Unconfirmed | |||
| Afghani | Ifra-Hormizd | 61st Great Grandmother | 4th |
| Algerian | Juba II of Numidia [Greek, Berber] | 71st Great Grandfather | 1st |
| Bengali (India, Bangladesh) | Sri Gupta | 63rd Great Grandfather | 3rd |
| Cypriot | Theodora | 52nd Great Grandmother | 6th |
| Egyptian | Princess Tryphaena of Egypt | 76th Great Grandmother | 2nd BC |
| Indian | Sapinud | 57th Great Grandfather | 5th |
| Iraqi | Khosrow II | 48th Great Grandfather | 7th |
| Israeli | Shushandukht [Jewish] | 58th Great Grandmother | 5th |
| Jordanian | Zabbai of Arabia [Arab] | 62nd Great Grandmother | 3rd |
| Libyan | Fabia Eudokia [Greek] | 51st Great Grandfather | 7th |
| Macedonian | Justinian I | 52nd Great Grandfather | 6th |
| Moroccan | Drusilla of Mauretania the Younger [Berber] | 69th Great Grandmother | 1st |
| Nepali | Kumaradevi | 61st Great Grandmother | 4th |
| Pakistani | Kanishka | 69th Great Grandfather | 2nd |
| Syrian | Sohaemus of Emesa [Assyrian, Armenian, Greek and Median] | 67th Great Grandfather | 1st |
| Turkmen | Kayen of Tetalatsik | 50th Great Grandmother | 6th |
| Tunisian | Juba II of Numidia [Greek, Berber] | 71st Great Grandfather | 1st |
| Yemeni | Fatimah bint Sa'd [Arab] | 55th Great Grandmother | 4th |
| Notes: Danish: It is probable that Claes Bording was Danish. Italian: There is debate over Isabelah Sivelo. Family stories claim that she immigrated from Germany and was of Italian ancestry. It possible that Sivelo is her middle name. There is a record which confirms that Sivelo is in her name somewhere. The name Sivelo is found in Italy and Spain. Turkish: An ancestor, likely from the 16th, 17th or 18th Century, on the Stallings side was of Turkish ancestry. | |||
Distance
| Century | Ancestry |
|---|---|
| 19th | German, Native American |
| 18th | English, French, Irish, Italian*, Scottish, Turkish* |
| 17th | Austrian, Belgian, Danish, Dutch, Luxembourgian, Spanish, Swiss, Welsh |
| 16th | Jewish |
| 13th | Greek, Hungarian |
| 12th | Armenian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Ukrainian |
| 11th | Bulgarian, Czech, Italian*, Montenegrin*, Norwegian, Swedish |
| 10th | Belarusian, Turkish* |
| 9th | Basque |
| 8th | Syrian |
| 7th | Saudi Arabian, Libyan [Greek], Iraqi |
| 6th | Cypriot, Macedonian*, Turkmen |
| 5th | Indian, Israeli [Jewish] |
| 4th | Afghani, Nepali, Yemeni |
| 3rd | Bengali, Georgian, Iranian, Jordanian |
| 2nd | Pakistani |
| 1st | Algerian [Berber], Moroccan [Berber], Tunisian [Berber] |
| 2nd BC | Egyptian [Greek] |
| 3rd BC | Macedonian |
DNA Testing
Royal Ancestry
Kingdoms/Empires
| Empire/Kingdom | Area | Years | Ancestors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bagratid Kingdom of Armenia | Armenia | 884–1045 | Bagratuni Dynasty |
| Parthian/Arsacid Empire | Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates | 247 BC–224 AD | Mamikonian Dynasty |
| First Bulgarian Empire | Bulgaria, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine | 681–1018 | Cometopuli Dynasty, Krum Dynasty |
| Holy Roman Empire | Germany, Austria, Poland, Czech Republic, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Croatia, Monaco, Italy, Slovenia, Switzerland, Liechtenstein | 962–1806 | Carolingian Dynasty |
| Frankish Empire | Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Vatican City | 481–843 | Carolingian Dynasty |
| Principality of Hungary | Hungary, Romania, Slovakia | 895–1000 | House of Árpád |
| Kingdom of Hungary | Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine | 1000–1918 | House of Árpád |
| Kievan Rus' | Russia, Finland, Ukraine, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Moldova, Romania, Slovakia, Poland | 882–1240 | House of Rurik |
| Umayyad Caliphate | Afghanistan, Algeria, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Chad, Cyprus, Egypt, Eritrea, France, Georgia, Gibraltar (UK), Greece, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Portugal, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Spain, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Yemen, Western Sahara | 661–750 | Banu Umayya Tribe, Umayyad Dynasty |
| Kingdom of Iberia | Georgia, Turkey, Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan | 302 BC–580 AD | Chosroid Dynasty |
| Bosporan Kingdom | Russia, Ukraine | 438 BC–370 AD | Bosporan Dynasty |
| Gupta Empire | India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal | 320 AD–550 AD | Gupta Dynasty |
| Kushan Empire | Afghanistan, China, Kyrgyzstan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan | 30–375 | Kushan Family |
| Sasanian Empire | Abkhazia (de facto),Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Egypt, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, India, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Libya, Nagorno-Karabakh (de facto), Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Ossetia (de facto), Syria, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, UAE, Uzbekistan, Yemen | 224–651 | House of Sasan |
| Achaemenid Empire | Abkhazia (de facto), Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Egypt, Eritrea, Georgia, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Libya, Macedonia, Oman, Nagorno-Karabakh (de facto), Northern Cyprus (de facto), Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Ossetia (de facto),Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Yemen | 550–330 BC | Sogdian Family, Pharnacid Dynasty, Achaemenid Dynasty |
| Byzantine Empire | Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Georgia, Cyprus, Greece, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Albania, Montenegro, Serbia, Romania, Ukraine, Italy | 330 – 1204, 1261 – 1453 | Heraclian Dynasty |