In this episode, we spoke with researcher Althea Sumpter, who comes from the Gullah community in South Carolina about some of the basics when it comes to researching Gullah Geechee ancestry.
We spend some time discussing Gullah culture and history. We also touch on Gullah African admixtures – something to look out for in your DNA results.
We also chat about names in your family tree that might indicate Gulla Geechee ancestry:
Male Names
Assey
Balipho
Banjoe
Beay
Beoy
Bram ‘Barbary born’
Cockcoose
Crack
Cudjoe ‘Angola’
Cuff ‘Coromantee’
Cuffee
Culley ‘Kishee’
Cumin
Dago
Dembow
Dibbe ‘new … has his teeth filed’
Donas
Easom
Fodee ‘Gold Coast’
Gamone
Gunnah ‘country born’
Homady
Hughky ‘Coromantee’
Jobny
Ketch
Mallay
Mambee ‘Gold Coast’
Mamena
Manso ‘Gambia’
Marmillo
Mingo
Mobe
Mollock
Musco Jack
Okree
Pherco
Pouta
Quacoe
Quammano
Quaow
Quash ‘Coromantee’
Quaw
Rente ‘Ebo’
Saffran
Sambo
Sandico ‘new’
Sango
Saundy
Sawney
Serrah ‘Mandingo’
Shampee
Sirrah ‘Guiney’
Sogo
Stepney
Tokey ‘Angola’
Tomboe ‘new’
Wabee ‘Mandingo’
Whan
Wolly ‘Gambia’
Yanke
Yanki
Zick
Zocky
Zoun
Female Names
Aba
Abey
Affey
Agua
Arrah
Banaba
Binah ‘country born’
Body
Camba
Dye
Eley
Embro
Fantame
Fortimer
Juba
Juda
Mabia
Mamado
Mawdlong
Minda
Nea
Rino
Rynah
Sack
Sibby
Tinah
Teina
Windy
Research Resources
Althea Sumpter:
http://altheasumpter.com/index.html
Afrigeneas:
http://www.afrigeneas.com
Glynn County Genealogy (for Weeping Time research):
http://www.glynngen.com/enslavement/butler.htm
Lowcountry Africana:
http://www.lowcountryafricana.com
Lowcountry Digital Library:
http://lowcountrydigital.library.cofc.edu
The Weeping Time Descendants facebook Research Group:
(A closed research group. This is strictly a group for people who are actively researching this community of enslaved people)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/460217554789067
They Had Names:
https://theyhadnames.net
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