Woodland Indians Forum

Welcome Ray.

Thank you both for the warm welcome glad to be here.
Ray:D

Thank you for commenting.   We Kimballs had always know we were of a Native Heritage through oral tradition passed down. The woman that Marion married was of mikmaq lines going way back so that is what was always told to us. Although I vaguely remember someone mentioning Blackfoot as well which i have since come to understand means different things to different people.  My grandfather William Leonard kimball had pretty strong native traits in most folk opinion which kept me wondering if ther was ancestry close to him that was also controbuting.  The poblem was he did not know his birth father.

After cutting my genealogy teeth a bit more I made contact with some living relations up in Maine and thats when we got the story about Osceola being Marions birth father. My first hint that there may have been an native component to the paternal side was in a published genealogy book called the Edminster family in America.  You can find readable versions on line. That book says of Frances something to the effect of "She was1/2 Indian, her mother being Indian"  It is true most census show these folks as white.  Based on the tidbit in the book through I kept looking.  The one I found to corroborate that there was something to it was a birth record for Vaughnell Lancy Kimball in which Osceola is listed as "1/2 Indian " Vaghnell was the son of Osceola and Hattie Kimball who happens to be Dempseys younger sister.

I believe these ancestors were hidding their heritage for some reason,   Regarding the DNA yes the markers are there.  We are like many folks though mixed from a dna standpoint.   Please let me know what i can add.  Thanks to you all!

Thanks  Sschkaak,

I thought I would add a bit more about my Evans Lines.   Mary Jane Evans was born in Lewis or Greenup KY specifically area was called Crossing of Kinniconic. Her Father was Anthony Evans b. abt 1815 KY.  Her mother was Mary Jane McDowell who died and Anthony remarried to a Carver.

I believe Anthony's father was a James Evans born WV ca. 1791 in an area that later became Mason KY. James is found in 1850 census with Mary as his wife.  She was Mary Ann or "Poly" Unknown Born PA. She may have been a Riley as this name shows up in later generations as a middle name.  They lived next door to Anthony in 1850.  There have been others that suggest Mary was a Vaughn. I have not been able to document conclusively.

The Parentage of James Evans also is not conclusive he likely trace back to Richard Evans and Elizabeth Hall family in some way but not verified.

on the McDowell side surnames are McDowell, Shain ,Adams, Hart, Broughton, Chambers, Hardwick Ross, Rice Burris All seam to trace back to PA.

What were your biogeographical ancestry results?  What percentage Native American did they indicate?

That's a good percentage--well above statistical noise.  Which company did you use:  FTDNA, 23andMe or Ancestry?