NORMAN Surname DNA Project

History

Early Norman Families in Virginia

• Thomas and his four sons in Stafford and Prince William County, Virginia
• Isaac in Culpeper County, Virginia
• Clement in Fauquier County, Virginia
• George Norman in Loudoun County, Virginia

The Normans first appeared in Virginia in the 1640s. There appear to be at least four families that came to America at that time: Thomas, and perhaps his father, Henry, who were in Lancaster County as early as 1647; Isaac, who appeared in Orange and Spotsylvania Counties in the 1700s, but was born about 1682, perhaps in Virginia; Clement is believed to have come to Virginia from New England about 1730; and George was probably born in Maryland.

We have been unable to connect these early families to the Normans who proliferated in Virginia during the 1700s and spread to the Carolinas and Tennessee. In this study, we hope to sort these Norman families and organize them into different family lines.