Causey Clan Blog Index

2 March 2024. So, Who is Our MRCA?

27 February 2024. Even more about our Y-DNA Lineages

27 January 2024. More about this newly named Y-DNA branch of the Causey Clan Y-DNA Family Tree.

3 January 2024. Attention Y-DNA Update Document (Interesting)

18 November 2023 Here is an Alternative History of Captain William Causey late of Amite County, Mississippi.

12 November 2023 NEW INFORMATION on Our Causey Line back to Thomas Causey Sr. 1683-1776

21 October 2023 NEW Y-DNA RESULTS – Narrowing in on our Common Ancestor

10 September 2023 FULL CIRCLE – From Colonial Virginia to Millennial Virginia

5 July 2023 Y-DNA Update

8 May 2023 As we continue tracking various lines of the Causey Clan in America, we now delve into the Causey lines of Stewart/Henry and Lawrence/Hardin Counties in Tennessee. Let me know if you have comments or corrections. wrc

22 April 2023: Extracts from Dorchester County Maryland Deed Abstracts

21 April 2023: Extracts from the Dorchester County Early Rent Rolls

21 April 2023: Thomas Causey-III from Caroline County, Maryland to Montgomery County, Tennessee

18 April 2023: Just Received. Causey Deeds from Montgomery County, Tennessee

18 April 2023: Tracing Our Tennessee Causey Cousins Through Deeds and Documents

16 April 2023: 1600-1700 A Timeline for the First Century of the Causey Clan in America

27 March 2023 CAUSEY CLAN PROGRESS UPDATE #5

25 February 2023 CAUSEY SURNAME Y-DNA Progress Update

7 February 2023 The Causey Clan of South Carolina – Part I

18 January 2023 Thomas Causey III b. 1749 of Caroline County, Maryland

15 January 2023 When Y-DNA doesn’t Support the Historical Research

12 January 2023 Finding the Real Nathaniel I wanted to share what I’ve been working on over the holidays. Many of us have been trying to find the connection back to the “old country”. Is it Ireland or England. Let me know what you think. wrc

26 Dec 2022 The Sons of Nehemiah-IV. Hope you all are having a blessed Christmas and New Years celebration. It is a difficult and multifaceted challenge to tie together the Causey migration from Colonial Maryland to the Southward and Westward movement. Initially the two paths south were the Chesapeake and Inter-Coastal waterways down to North and South Carolina and the Great Wagon Trail. Today I will focus in on one Causey line, Nehemiah Causey-IV and two of his sons Thomas and Robert. Much of this essay simply ties together a lot of old information. But it is part of an interesting story of the great Westward Movement. Pardon my clerical errors, email me with your comments and feel free to download the and challenge my “facts”.

18 Dec 2022. Documenting the Causey Decendancy Virginia to Maryland. This essay presents evidence that the original Causey families of Colonial Dorchester County, Maryland descended from Nathaniel Causey, Ancient Planter of the Jamestown Colony, Virginia.

15 Dec 2022. I’ve completed some work on our Heraldry… Causey and variations of the name historically. Here’s what I’ve completed so far:

10 October 2022

Our Cossey Familys of Upton Parish, Norfolk, England c.1475. I discovered an old book showing the history of Upton Parish where I found the Thomas Cossey family.

Please see the Guild of One-Name and the Causey surname Y-DNA Project at FTDNA. I invite all who are interested to check out those sites and add your Causey Y-DNA to the project. Windle Causey

10 October 2022 The Thomas Cossey Family of Norfolk England, c. 1475

28 September 2022 The Causey Coat of Arms

22 September 2022 Where do We Call Home?