Participants:
60
Results:
58
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Welcome! This project is sponsored by the Corson/Colson
Family History Association.
Purpose and Goals
This project aims to supplement standard genealogical
research of individuals with the CORSON surname (and variants such as
COLSON, COURSON, COURSEN, CORSEN, CORSSEN, CORSA, CORSAW, DECOURSEY, VROOM,
and RACER) in the following
manner:
- To determine relatedness among descendants of known
family progenitors, as well as relatedness, if any, among the progenitors themselves (see Known Lines).
- To ascertain as specifically as possible the geocultural origins of
these progenitors.
- To connect individuals unsure of their ancestry to a particular family.
- To deduce whether brick-walled ancestors are
related to each other or to known progenitors. Examples
include:
Jacob Corson (b. ca. 1740), Hunterdon Co., New Jersey (haplotype R1b
established)James Courson (ca. 1762-1834), Lancaster Co., South Carolina (haplotype
J2 established)Daniel Corson (1763-1849), Sussex Co., NJ to Ontario, Canada (family
line identified: Division III)William Corson, Sr. (b. 1765-aft. 1823), Maurice River Twp., Cumberland Co.,
New Jersey (family line identified:
Division IV)-
Benjamin Courson, Sr., lived in Georges Twp., Fayette Co., Pennsylvania
in 1800 (family
line identified: Division II)
- Peter Coursin (1765-1866), Elizabeth, Pennsylvania
- Joshua Corson, Sr. (1770-bef. 1824), Maurice River Twp., Cumberland Co.,
New Jersey
- William DeCoursey (ca. 1708-1788), Bensalem Twp., Bucks Co., Pennsylvania
As a DNA surname study, the project focuses on the Y-chromosome (carried by
male-line descendants), whose characteristics identify only family lines,
not individuals.
We are looking for more participants to submit DNA samples
for testing or to help fund the cost of tests for their family members. If
the project interests you, please
read about how to participate.
Partial reimbursement of test
costs for individuals from certain family lines is available!
If you have any questions about this project, please contact
the project coordinator, Michael Corson: 
Project
brochure
 Most Recent News
10 February 2012 -
Additional (67) marker results for participant #49 arrived
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