Darryl Janice Henry Denison took a DNA test in 2019 and found that her ethnicity estimate is as follows:
Much of the history I found about the family supports this information.
Lille Ann Lloyd
Carl D. Henry
Carl Max Henry
son of
Lillie Ann Lloyd and Carl D. Henry.
Paul Marie McDavid
daughter of
Marie Yvolette Johnson and William Paul McDavid.
Marie Yvolette Johnson
William Paul McDavid
This project will trace the maternal and paternal lines of Carl Max Henry and Paul Marie McDavid as well as the paternal line of Marie’s mother. Dorsey Lacey. This is because Marie never knew her biological father, he died when she was 12 days old, and I wasn’t sure how much I would be able to find about him. We already knew quite a bit about the Lacey’s so I chose to include it. I did however, find out more about the Johnson branch than I expected, and am still working on breaking through more walls.
Henry & McDavid
Carl Max & Paul Marie’s surnames
The Irish name Henry is derived from an adjective meaning easily roused early. I don’t know about you, but I think that just ruled me out as a Henry. The name was first found in County Tyrone, the birthplace of William Henry, the first Henry of record in our family. Patrick McDavid was also from Northern Ireland, County Donegal, where the MacDades, a Scottish clan, had immigrated. Both counties are in the province of Ulster, an area mostly made up of immigrants from the Scottish Lowlands and Northern England, and unlike the rest of Ireland, were predominately Presbyterians. (foreshadowing!)
Lloyd
Carl Max’s mother’s surname
The Lloyd name can be traced back as far as 6th century Wales, but the family that established the Lloyd surname (c. 1542) came from Dolobran, Mongomeryshire in Wales. They were a prominent family of Quakers and in the late 1600’s brothers Charles and Sampson Lloyd moved to Birmingham, England, expanding the family and establishing a succesful iron forge and the Lloyds Bank of Birmingham, now the larget retail bank in Britain.
There are some great stories about the early Llywelyns/Lloyds online: illegitimate sons and daughters, intercedence of kings and popes, false imprisonment, and falling to one’s death trying to escape the famous tower of London using bedsheet knotted together. Google Lloyds of Dolobran or Llywelyn the Great and check it out.
Johnson
Paul Marie’s mother’s maiden name
Johnson is believed to have come from the barony of John’s Town (Johnston) in Annandale, Dumfriesshire. The Johnson clan gained a reputation as one of the most ferocious border clans and had great feuds with many other clans in the area. Their raiding way of life was the stuff of Scottish legend. They commanded such respect that they traditionally held the title of Warden of the Wetern Marches. Johnsons also migrated to Northern Ireland. In 1890, a census of Scots living in Ireland showed that 82% of the Johnston families were in the province of Ulster.
Lacey
Paul Marie’s grandmother’s maiden name
The name Lacey (originally deLacey) originated from an old Norman family from Lassy, Calvados (northwestern France). It is believed that the Normans were of Viking origin and landed in the Orkneys and Northern Scotland in 870 A.D. The family took part in the Norman conquest of England and the later Norman invasion of Ireland. (Our ancestors really liked that part of the world.) A census of England in 1086, known as the Domesday book, showed a strong Lacey presence in Yorkshire and Cornwall.
All of these families, unsatisfied with life in their own countries, took the journey to America aboard the “White Sails”, known to some as the “coffin ships”. Only 60-70% of passengers survived the 2-month journey.
