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I belong to a very large family group, That we thought, all came from Culpeper Va. There has always been disagreements as to our heritage. We were invited to take part in a Y-DNA study, which is the gene passed from Father to Son only. Two of the five of us received our Y-DNA study back, and to our surprise we had a 100% match also we were informed that we had Q-3 positive origin which is the only DNA study strickly for Native American Indian we were also informed this was 100 % no other line could be found (i.e. English, Irish German…). There is a member of the Tapp family who has been researching our family for a long time and has stated several times that some of us decend from the Wiccomoco Indians and that my ancestor, William Tapp, was in fact William Tappico not William Tapp was the last heritary Chief of the tribe. It is also said that Christian Tappico changed the last name of the family to Tapp. I decend from William’s son Vincent, We are looking for more information on this truely lost tribe of Va. know that we know that our heritage is what it is I would like to know more about my heritage. If anyone can be of help I would really appreciate any help you could be.
Welcome. At the ricsk of leaving you with the impression that I know more about this than I do 🙂 , are you referring to the Vincent Tapp, b.abt. 1714, m. Elizabeth Bourne?… or the Vincent, b.abt. 1729, m. Mary Jett?
The only William Tappico’s I found was one born abt. 1650 Northumberland Co., Va, who had a son William, b.abt. 1668, m. Elizabeth Berwick and William & Elizabeth had the William b.abt. 1714. Bill
William I married Elinor Jones, William II m. Elizabeth Berrick, William III m. Cristine Bourne? There is some doubt that Chistines last name is Bourne but for the moment that is what we have, I have a very large family tree based on the information, anyone is welcomed to check out the family tree just let me know and I will send an invite. Prior to William I is all conjecture. We were going on the assumption that we were of English decent, Which since has been disproven with the DNA test, I still have all the information that I have gather with the help of a lot of people from William I down I am confident that the information on my family tree is accurate
I asked Chuck to sign on, this is such an interesting twist. What usually happens is people know they have Indian blood along certain family lines, but when they look, the records show them as white or black. This is the first time I’ve heard of when someone assumed their line was English, only to have it proven to be Native. The difference being that for once we’re able to deal with biological reality, and not socially/politically imposed definitions, which tend to be as phony as can be.
Welcome Chuck, thanks for signing on. If you’d like to connect with some real live kin, I’d suggest attending next year’s Pamunkey pow wow. They survived remarkably well, given the times they lived through. I believe they have one of the only, if not the only, reservation that’s still located on their original land. The Wiccomoco would have been fairly close, and culturally would have been much the same, if not the same. Weren’t they just different villages in the same nation? They have a wonderful museum there on the reservation, and there’s been a great deal of anthropological study done, so, all told, you are in a good deal better shape researching your heritage than most VA descendants. It’s really quite enviable.
Bill, I am sorry if my last note to you came off to strong, I did not mean to write it the way I did. I just wanted to say if you know any one who might need some information about my line I am fairly sure that the later information I have is pretty accurate. I have been thinking that My ancestors were very good at fitting in. Based on the information I have been putting togather I have two possiblities, one My ancestors came from Maryland and moved to Va. Or they were from Va orginally and some moved to Maryland. That is something I have to find out. I have some information that I received from Maryland State Historical sociaty, but it is not very clear as to the migration. well if you should know anything that might help it would be appreciated.
I didn’t categorize it as anything but additional information. Sorry I don’t have anything to add to your search, but it’s in my “multiple look” file in case I had “searchers block”. 🙂
chucktapp said:
There is a member of the Tapp family who has been researching our family for a long time and has stated several times that some of us decend from the Wiccomoco Indians and that my ancestor, William Tapp, was in fact William Tappico not William Tapp was the last heritary Chief of the tribe. It is also said that Christian Tappico changed the last name of the family to Tapp. I decend from William’s son Vincent,
I descend from the Jett line, which produced Mollie Jett (b. abt 1740 in Culpeper Co, VA), wife of Vincent Tapp, a descendant of William Tapp/Tapptico, last chieftain of the Wicococomico tribe. I descend through Mollie Jett’s brother Stephen, who married Elizabeth Read. Stephen and Mollie were the children of John Jett (1695-1771) and Elizabeth Wells of the Richmond and Culpeper areas.
-Courtney
I decend from Vincents son James, through his son Baylor, so I guess that would make us very distant cousins.
Becky and I finally found our Moore family cemetery this afternoon. This was our third attempt…… success…… This one is the one that makes Becky and me “cousins” as her Rozilla Moore and my David Moore both go back to the Abraham Moore buried here…….
So ……. we did some more research on this line and discovered the Tapp / Va NDN lineage. This Moore family is closely intertwined with the Tapps that came to Person co in early 1700s.
The other families that make up this cluster are Townsend, Norris, Lunsford, Briggs, Lyon, Lunsford, Satterfield, Whitefield, Clayton, Jay, Lea, Minchew, Jones, Veasley(Beasley), Bumpass,
We also discovered online that there is quite a controversy between the opposing factions of Tapp descendents.
Linda? Bill? Anybody? Can you shed some light on what’s going on with this family. Just to stir the pot and make my position clear with any other Tapps who may read this forum, I have no doubt that the Tapps who came to Person Co NC were indians…… just knowing what I already know about the families they settled with and married with.
Chuck,
From Sams’ “The Conquest of Virginia”, 1916, quoting Beverley’s 1705 work:
“In Northumberland. Wic-co-com-o-co has but three men living, which yet keep up their kingdom and retain their fashion; they live by themselves, separate from all other Indians, and from the English.”
Maybe most of them had moved across the bay……
Directly opposite Northumberland Co., Va., across Chesapeake Bay, is Somerset Co., Md. On Sams’ map, there is a Wiccocomoco town in both locations.
Bill
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