@Re: Wiggins family. To Alex Moes, David White, etc.
My name is Richard A. Colbert and I am related to the Wiggins family. My family has gone by the surnames Calvert, Colvard, and Colbert + variations since my ancestors arrived in America in 1635.
My 7th GG Christopher Calvert was transported from England to Accomack Co, VA in 1635 by William Bibby. The Bibby's and my family have been together for over 385 years. First in Accomack and Chesterfield Cos, VA, and finally in Bute/Franklin Co, NC. They arrived there in 1768.
I have taken y-DNA-111, haplogroup R-Z16502, atDNA, and mtDNA from Family Tree DNA. I have also taken atDNA from Ancestry.com and Living DNA. In Ancestry.com, tests show I have multiple matches with the Wiggins family.
Because of the DNA tests I have taken, I can categorically state that I am NOT a descendant of Lord Baltimore, or the Calvert's that lived in Stafford, Prince William, or Prince George Cos., VA.
Christopher Calvert married Elinor Odait in 1650 and had five children: 4 boys and 1 girl. 1) Mary Calvert b. abt 1656 married Garrett Sipple; 2) Charles Calvert b. abt 1658. Moved to Middlesex Co, VA; 3) Christopher Jr. b. abt 1660, d. Richmond Co, VA; 4) George Calvert, b. abt. 1662. Apprenticed to become a shipbuilder/carpenter by Thomas Hooks of Maryland. No further information; 5) John Calvert, b. abt 1662. (My 6th GG).
A "Widgeon" family also lived in Accomack Co, VA. Have no information if they ever went by the name Wiggins. "Virginia's Eastern Shore," by Ralph Whitman.
My 5th GG William Calvert married the widow Temperance Robins in 1728 in York Co, VA. [I believe her maiden name was Bashford.] They had four sons: Benjamin b. abt 1730; 2) William Jr. b. abt. 1732; 3) my 4th GG Thomas b. ca. 1736; and 4) John Butterworth b. abt 1740. My family moved from York Co. to Henrico Co and when Henrico split, they ended up in Goochland/Chesterfield/Albemarle Cos, VA. Three of the brothers -- Benjamin, William Jr. and John Butterworth Colvard -- were still living in Chesterfield Cos, VA in the early 1750's.
Both John Butterworth Colvard and William Colvard Jr. and their families moved to Surry/Wilkes Cos, NC in the early 1770's. Benjamin and his family remained in Albemarle Co. He died in 1786. [His son, Benjamin Colvard Jr was hired as an apprentice carpenter at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello plantation. Between 1782 and 1800, Ben Colvard Jr. and Betty Brown -- daughter of Betty Hemings and sister of Sally Hemings -- had six children, all born slaves. Burwell Colbert, their oldest, became a butler, valet, and personal servant of Thomas Jefferson. In his last will and testament, Jefferson freed Burwell, gave him $300 in cash, a log cabin on an acre of land, and a job at the University of Virginia. atDNA shows that I have the same atDNA as descendants of Eston Hemings -- son of Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson. I am a member of the Hemings-Jefferson-Wayles-Eppes DNA Project. It's co-administrators are CeCe Moore, also consultant to PBS's "Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Shannon Christmas. Shannon Christmas and I are distant cousins. Our families lived in both Albemarle Co, VA and in Franklin Co, N.C.]
My 4th GG Thomas moved to what is now the town of Halifax, Halifax Co, NC in 1750's and in 1768 moved to Bute/Franklin Co, NC. Colbert descendants still live there. Pete Colbert's atDNA also shows he is related to Wiggins family.
Sources: 1) "The History of William Colvard, John Wheat, John McCampbell and their Descendants in America," Margaret Colvard Simpson and Margaret Lee Lindsey; 2) "Descendants of Virginia Calvert's, Book IV, Christopher Calvert of Accomac County, VA, Book IX, Miscellaneous Calvert Records, "Philip Calvert of Middlesex County, and Book XVII William of Chesterfield County, VA. and 3) "Virginia's Eastern Shore," by Ralph T. Whitelaw, pp. 114, 696, 903, 907, 911, 926, 932-934.
