James Booker Mullins - Parents and Wives

Started by Debbie Gambrell on Saturday, April 3, 2021
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I just finished reading a book by descendant N. Brent Kennedy: "The Melungeons, The Resurrection of a Proud People" and he included his genealogy in the book. He has the parents of the James Booker Mullins who was married to Judith / Nancy Stanley as William Mullins and Elizabeth Varner, as do every tree I checked on Ancestry.

Also, I didn't see where he mentioned any other wife other than commenting that perhaps the reason it's uncertain whether his wife's name was Judith or Nancy was he may have been married twice, but he doesn't mention the multiple wives connected to this profile.

Melungeon ancestry is wonderful, and the author of this 1994 book may certainly have it on his other family lines, but DNA and yDNA testing of descendants of James Booker Mullins has confirmed no Mulungeon ancestry on this line.

His father was an Adkins (also verified by yDNA testing).

The Mullins yDNA project in Virginia confirms these facts as well along with a descendant who is a former President of the Kentucky Genealogical Society.

Much as come forth since 1994. Additionally, DNA testing of this nature wasn’t available then either.

My post wasn't about whether James Booker Mullins is Mulugeon or not. I only mentioned the book because it has the genealogy in it. My post was about whether he's connected to the correct parents or not. According to the book and Ancestry trees, the currently connected parents are incorrect. And there's also the issue of the several wives.

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