Documenting the Mason - Culpepper - Butterworth - Bohannon - Marler Clusters
For several years I've been dealing with an unknown paternal line. I discovered this line when I did my DNA at Ancestry.com a few years ago. I started noticing close relationships (not parent or aunt, but 2nd and 3rd cousin close) that I had no clue where they belonged. They all had the following surnames in common: Bohannon - Butterworth - Culpepper - Marler - Mason Who are these people? Why are they in my matches? How am I related to them? This week I have been working on just these questions. Before we get to the DNA we need to document the families that keep coming up. This week I will start with Henry Mason and his wife Elizabeth Culpepper: Henry Mason (c. 1801 - bef 1866) Henry Mason was born about 1801 in Georgia, according to his ages in the 1850 and 1860 U.S. censuses. No contemporary records provide a specific birth date or birthplace, and the often-repeated claim that he was born "14 January 1801 in Wrightsville, Johnson County" is not possible. Johnson County...