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Corson Surname DNA Project

In Search Of

We are especially interested in having male-line descendants of the following ancestors participate in the project.  (Even if you do not descend from one of these ancestors, please consider participating anyway.)   Hyperlinked names indicate ancestors whose male-line descendants can receive reimbursement from the Subsidy Fund to pay for all or a portion of the test cost.  See Known Lines for more information about the Divisions.

Division I (primarily New England, USA)

• Samuel Corson (1719-1810), Dover, New Hampshire and Berwick and Cherryfield, Maine
• Ichabod Corson (ca. 1725 - 1801), Dover and Rochester, New Hampshire

Division II (primarily Sussex County, NJ, USA)

• Teunis Corsa (1680-1703), son of Jan Corszen, Sussex County, New Jersey
• Benjamin Racer (1752-1823), Ohio
• William DeCoursey (born 1756)
• Abraham Corsaw (born 1762)
• Benjamin Fletcher Corsse/Corsa (1692-1770), son of Jan Corszen, Sussex County, New Jersey

Division III (primarily Staten Island, NY, and Bucks County, PA, USA)

• Cors Vroom (born 1676), son of Hendrick Corssen Vroom, New Jersey
• Hendrick Vroom (born 1683), son of Hendrick Corssen Vroom, New Jersey
• Jacob Corssen (1681-1742), Somerset and Hunterdon Counties, New Jersey
• Christian Corssen (1676-aft. 1764)

Division IV (primarily Cape May County, NJ, USA)

• Peter Corson (1656- ca. 1731), Cape May County, New Jersey
• John Corson (1660-1728), Cape May County, New Jersey
• William Corson, Sr. (bef. 1765-aft. 1823), Maurice River Township, Cumberland County, New Jersey

Division V, VI, or IX (Europe)

• Corson, Courson, de Courson, de Courson de Kerleau, de Courson de Kertanguy, de Courson de la Villehélio, or de Courson de la Villeneuve born in France
• Curzon of Croxall, Derby County, England
• male Corson/Corsan/Courson/Curzon/Korson/Korsen born in Scotland, England, Germany, or Russia

Division VII (primarily Hunterdon County, NJ, USA)

• Jacob Corson (born ca. 1740), Hunterdon County, New Jersey

Division XIII (Canada)

• Daniel Corson (1719-1810), Sussex County, NJ to Ontario, Canada

Division X (unconnected)

• Joshua Corson, Sr. (1770-bef. 1824), Maurice River Township, Cumberland County, New Jersey
• Isaac Corson (b. ca. 1790/1800), Maurice River Township, Cumberland County, New Jersey (may have moved to IL, IN, or OH)
• William DeCoursey, (b. bef. 1720 - 1788), Bensalem Twp., Bucks County, Pennsylvania
• Peter Coursin (1765-1866), Elizabeth, Pennsylvania

Division XV (primarily southern USA)

• James Courson, (b. ca. 1762), lived in South Carolina
• William T. Courson, (b. ca. 1760), lived in South Carolina