Emanuel Driggus - Ann Driggus need added as child

There’s updated notes.

Notes

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/vitals/KHP9-S62

CAUTION - PLEASE READ - EMANUEL'S FATHER IS UNKNOWN and EMMANUAL FILBERTO DE SAVOIE G7GG-P3B IS NOT HIS FATHER. This man has been repeatedly linked to Emanuel's profile, however, there is absolutely no evidence of a relationship between the two. Italian records show Emanuele Filberto did not have any children. Y-DNA tests of multiple descendants of Emanuel Driggers show a haplogroup of E-M96 or one of its subclades. This is an African haplogroup and its existence shows Emanuel didn't have a father of European descent (as was Emanuele Filberto). Finally, historians tell us Emanuel was an African captured in Ndongo and shipped to the Americas in 1619, which is consistent with the Y-Haplogroup of his descendants and inconsistent with the claim he was fathered by Emmanual Filberto.

Here is a good source of factual information about Emanuel Driggers' origins: https://www.eclectica.org/v5n3/hashaw.html

A must read, Unveiled by K.I. Knight. Lots of information about Emanuel, his wife, and their adopted and biological children.

Driggers Y-DNA testers, please join the FTDNA Driggers Y-DNA Project: https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/driggers/about

Note: In addition to the E-M96 Driggers testers, three different Driggers men have Y-DNA tested with haplogroup R-M269; all are descendants of Jonas Driggers 1755-1822 s/o William H Driggers 1729-1822. None of the E-M96 testers are descendants of Jonas, though both groups of testers appear to be descendants of Johnson Driggers Sr. I speculate either Jonas or his father are an NPE. However, more Y-DNA testing is necessary to determine the validity of this speculation. Thus, there are two separate Driggers lines that need further investigation - one with haplogroup E-M96 or one of its subclades and the other with haplogroup R-M269.

“ Emmanuel had eight children: Elizabeth, Frances, Jane, THOMAS, Ann, Edward, William, Mary, and Devorick. We think Frances was mother to most of his natural children, Elizabeth most certainly was mother to Devorick. Also, the younger Elizabeth may not have been their natural daughter, her indenture stated that she was “given to my negro (Emmanuel Driggers) by one who brought her up by ye space of 8 years.” As the reader can see, there is much information but many mysteries also. Perhaps better DNA testing, and finding more Driggers descendants to take the tests will tell us more in the future.”

Just added the rest of the family based on http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Driggers_Dutchfield.htm

There a “married a George” in there, don’t We have a FPOC George family in Northampton?

Here it is.

Mary George

http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Driggers_Dutchfield.htm

ix. ?Mary, born say 1658, bore an illegitimate child in 1674, and that year the parish paid her tax [Orders 1664-74, 254, 273-4]. She may have married Peter George.

Right, that’s where I just saw it. We should be able to find out more in Heinegg.

I’m reading this:

https://www.eclectica.org/v5n3/hashaw.html

” The family of the Angolan named Emmanuel Driggers, [Rodriggus] born in 1620, also has several families in common with the Gowen, Chavis, Evans and Gibson clans: namely Carter, Collins, Sweat, Gibson, and Mitchell. In addition, the Driggers intermarried with Beckett, Beavens, Bingham, Bruinton, Copes, Fernando, Francisco, George,Gussal, Harman, Hodgeskin, Jeffrey, Johnson, King, Kelly Lindsey, Landrum, Liverpool, Moore, Payne, Reed, and Sample.”

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/George-3697

believe that Mary George, is some how connected on some generation, to the same George family as Col John George. She married Johnston Driggers, whose Grandfather Manuel Driggus/Driggers, was owned by Francis Potts with whom lands were purchased. (mentioned in John George's information on his profile). Manuel was one of the "Odd and twenty negroes", the first to be brought to America, at Jamestown Colony. It is possible that Mary George was a slave of this George family, in some generation or branch, or the child of a slave owner of this family and a slave. More research is needed. Also, Robert Bennett is one if my GGrandfathers and I have a genetic match to the surnames Pardoe, Pennington, Powell, Lear, and Smith.[4]

Emmanuel might have had more kids, I just saw 10 (3 adopted). His wife Elizabeth was born free (white?) and so were her children.

Heinegg wrote “probably white” though.

http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Driggers_Dutchfield.htm

By 1 October 1661 he had married his second wife Elizabeth, with whom he made a deed of jointure in which he gave her a three-year-old mare and its increase [Orders 1664-74, fol.75, p.78]. Perhaps as the wife of a newly freed slave she was concerned about her property rights. She was probably white since she was not tithable.