This is an ongoing work in progress.
 The Origins of Our Family Surnames are;
 American  = CHEROKEE,CREE and or others
 Italian   = TALIAFERRO
 English   = MERIWETHER ,WOOTTEN and CROWELL 
 Scottish  = HASTEY
 Spanish   = DEL PINO
 German    = BUSSIAN
 Norwegian = ANDERSEN
 Portugese = Amarall
     
 The spelling of some surnames (if not all) may have changed after arrivals here. The native american lineage (to date is by fhe spoken word of my father James M.Hastey sr. and  grandmother Crowell V.taliaferro/lewis/meriwether/wooten/Hastey). The early TALIAFERRO”S & WOOTTEN'S did take Native American wives(they were known for this fact).  This I viewed in My Early Census Research of Maryland and as they moved South or West.  Unfortunately I failed to copy the Maryland documents at that time. My apologies for the lack of foresight.I am currently attempting to find our Wooten and Native  American connections. A large endeavor for sure with so many having passed away. Our Meriwether,Taliaferro's,Wooten's and Crowell's are the first "known" of the early immigrant  arrivals to land here about 1600 - 1650.Numerous of these had Indian wives. At first, only Native  women.As the daughters of marriages between Native mothers and trader fathers grew up, however,  the next generation of European traders would marry these Mixed-blood women. It was not  uncommon for the Mixed-blood girls to marry.There were no priests or ministers in the Northwest to  perform and record at weddings until 1818. Before then, most men married according to Native  American custom  (à la façon du pays).
 Recorded marriages began about 1808 and by 1821,it was 
 considered the custom to inter-marry.Pre -1821 policies being set by the two fur trading  companies.Hudson Bay Company in Montreal and the Northwest Trading Company,which would include our  early fur traders of pre-colony times and then later within the early colonist men. I have little doubt,as I use available sources,errors in the transfer of research data may  occur.They will be updated as they are discovered. I remain very impassioned in this historic  journey and all it shall reveal. :) !

         MAY YOUR VISIT BE A PLEASANT EXPERIENCE,WE THANK YOU....ENJOY       10/29/2010 jmH/t