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Author: EdKillian40
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The earliest Causey in the colonies was in 1607 at Jamestown; that fact implies a large
number of Causey descendants should be found in the eastern U. S. At that time, the name
was recorded as Causey, Cossey, and Coursey. I say 'recorded' because the
variation in spelling was probably more due to the court clerks' phonetic spelling
than the individual Causeys' spelling of their name. I have never seen records of a
probable Causey being referred to, or recorded as, a 'Saussey.'
Migration patterns of Causeys from the DelMarVa area after settlement in Jamestown show
they moved to northeastern Virginia, then eastern North Carolina. Eventually some moved to
South Carolina during the Revolutionary War and west into Tennessee afterwards. Census of
South Carolina record several Causey or Cossey individuals after the Revolutionary War.
William Causey 1744-1828, of Amite County, MS is known to have lived in South Carolina.
Over a dozen children from his two marriages are known and elder children cited
birthplaces as Maryland, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Eventually William and
several of his elder children moved from South Carolina to Amite County, Mississippi in
1804-1805.
The family legends relate his birth in Ireland and his joining the Revolutionary War army
in Maryland; but none of these legends have been proven. There was certainly a William
Causey who enlisted in the Maryland militia, but it is not proven that this is the same
William Causey 1744-1828. Indeed there were several different William Causeys in Maryland,
Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina who were contemporaries. William Causey
1744-1828 did serve in the South Carolina militia and received compensation for his
service; he was also later referred to as 'Captain Causey.'
William's descendants have been studied extensively, having settled primarily in
Mississippi and Louisiana. Later Causeys also moved into North Louisiana, South Arkansas
and East Texas after the Civil War. Over 3677 Causey marriages and 10,000 individuals
descended from William Causey 1744-1828 have been documented from these areas. To my
knowledge, with the exception of the nascent FTDNA project, no definitive Causey DNA study
has been made.
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