Division I
Progenitor: Cornelius Cursonwhit (c. 1660 - c. 1719)
Birthplace: unknown; living in New Hampshire, USA, as early as 1685
Possible origin: Netherlands, France, United Kingdom
Current Y-DNA terminal haplogroup: R-BY4068
Also known as: Corson families of New England
Descendant database: Descendants of Cornelius Cursonwhit (webtrees database)
Cornelius Cursonwhit may have migrated to New Hampshire from Boston, Massachusetts. He and his wife, Hannah Hobbs, had a son, Samuel, and at least one daughter, Abigail. Abigail was captured by Abenaki Indians around 1695 and taken to Québec, where she appears to have stayed and married a French colonist. Samuel was born and lived in Dover, New Hampshire, and his descendants spread throughout New England. At least three male-line descendants adopted the surname Colson during in the 18th century.
Variations: CORSON, COLSON, COSON, CORSEN, COURSIN, CURSONWHIT, COURSON
Maps:
- Birthplaces of Division I descendants born with the Corson/Colson surname:
- Hubbard Map of New England, 1677, just before Cornelius Cursonwhit is reported to have arrived (note the Piscataqua River near Dover)
Main Reference Works:
- "The New England Corson Families", Ch. XIV of Three Hundred Years with the Corson Families in America, by Orville Corson, 1939, Vol. II, pp. 279-284. (available to members)
- The Descendants of Cornelius Cursonwhit of Dover, New Hampshire, Vol. I, II, and III, by Douglas Colson, Stanton Colson and Kim Colson.
Notable Division I Descendants:
Division-specific Links:
- South Dakota's first state Supreme Court (includes Dighton Corson photos)