Known Lines
Many Divisions trace their ancestry to a specific progenitor. The remaining Divisions exist as general categories.
More information about these Divisions is available at the Corson/Colson Family History Association website
Division |
Origin / Ancestry | Progenitor, if known | Lived | Descendants found most in | Haplogroup |
I | Netherlands? / England? | Cornelius Cursonwhit | c. 1660 - c. 1719 | New Hampshire / Maine, USA | R-BY4068 |
II | Netherlands? / France? | Jan Corszen | c. 1649 - 1703 | Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA | I-FT9302 |
IIIa | Netherlands | Cors Pieterszen | 1612 - 1655 | Staten Island, New York, and Bucks Co., Pennsylvania, USA | I-BY13712 |
IIIb | Netherlands? / Scotland or Northern Ireland? (descent from Boyd surname) | Hendrick Corssen Vroom | 1683 - 1769 | eastern USA | R-FT231063 |
IV | Scandinavia? (specifically, Sweden?) | Carsten Jansen | 1634 - c. 1697 | Cape May Co., New Jersey, USA | R-BY119911 |
IVb | Ireland? (descent from Lee surname) | possibly Daniel Corson | 1828-1918 | Cumberland Co., New Jersey, USA | possibly R-BY31431 |
V | British Isles | Corsane, Corsani, Curzon | c. 1296 | Scotland, England | |
VI | Germanic countries | Korson / Korsen | |||
VII | Unknown / England? | Jacob Corson | c. 1740 - bef. 1822 | Hunterdon Co., New Jersey, USA | R-S1729 |
VIII | Anywhere | Colson not in Div. I | Massachusetts, Georgia, New York, USA | ||
IX | Other European countries | (de) Courson | France | ||
X | Unknown | ||||
XI | African American | c. 1820 | |||
XII | American Indian | ||||
XIII | Canada and the Americas | Ontario, Canada | |||
XIV | Oceana/Asia | ||||
XV | Unknown / France? | unidentified Courson | c. 1750s | Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, Arkansas, Texas, USA | J-BY130000 |