Through looking at my paternal European American AncestryDNA matches in connection to my European segment on my paternal Chromosome 10, I found out that I am a descendant of John Hampton Jr (1683-1747) and Margaret Wade (1694-1773) who were Colonial English Virginians.
John Hampton Jr was the son of John Hampton Sr. and Mary Mann.
In 1712, his father gave him a land tract in New Kent County, Virginia. ,
He later owned land at Occupacia Creek in Essex County, Virginia.
As late as 1736 he and his wife lived in St.Anne's Parish,
By 1741, he resided in Prince William County, Virginia. His plantation was on the west side of Pohick Church in Overwhaton Parish.
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hampton-1118
John Hampton was the son of Thomas Hampton and Mary Wade.
He was referred to as Captain and served in Major Lawrence Smith's forces sent by Gov. Berkeley to put down Bacon's Rebellion in 1676.
Thomas Hampton was the son of William Hampton and Joan Hottens
He was born in Virginia but sent to England to be educated and ordained.
He was a minister in the Episcopalian Church in James City County for over forty years.
William Hampton was the son of Laurence Hampton Sr and Sarah Nelson
He was a wool merchant and immigrated to Jamestown, Virginia in 1620, at the age of 29 aboard the ship Bona Nova.
William later paid the passage on the Abigail for his wife, Joan and their three children, William, Jr., Grace and Elizabeth.
His first property was at Old Point Comfort in Hampton near Mobjack Bay in Gloucester County, He later lived in Isle of Wight County. After 1752 William built the Hampfield plantation on the Eastermont River in Gloucester County, Virginia.
He continued his career as a wool merchant, buying wool from other Virginians. He shipped it to his brother Laurence Hampton in London, who was also a merchant.
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hampton-299
John Hampton Jr and Margaret Wade were ancestors of Wade Hampton I (1750 - 1835) who was a military officer, planter and politician. He was a two-term U.S. congressman. He may have been the wealthiest planter and one of the largest slave holders in the United States at the time of his death.
from wikipedia:
Military career
Hampton served in the American Revolutionary War as a captain in the 2nd South Carolina Regiment (1777–1781) and as the lieutenant colonel of a South Carolina volunteer cavalry regiment. He was a Democratic-Republican member of Congress for South Carolina from 1795 to 1797 and from 1803 to 1805, and a presidential elector in 1800.
He was appointed to the U.S. Army as colonel of Regiment of Light Dragoons in October 1808, and was promoted to brigadier general in February 1809, appointed as the top military officer in the Territory of Orleans.[6]
He used the U.S. military presence in New Orleans to suppress the 1811 German Coast uprising, a slave rebellion which he believed was a Spanish plot. In the same year, he purchased The Houmas, a sugar plantation in Ascension Parish, Louisiana. This may have been a gift for his daughter and son-in-law, as the son-in-law was managing the plantation by 1825.
During the War of 1812, Hampton commanded American forces in the Battle of the Chateauguay in 1813, leading thousands of U.S. soldiers to defeat at the hands of a little over a thousand Canadian militiamen and 180 Mohawk warriors, then getting his army lost in the woods. On April 6, 1814, he resigned his commission and returned to South Carolina.
Later life
Thereafter, he acquired a large fortune through land speculation. Hampton had a mansion, now known as the Hampton-Preston House, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, in Columbia, South Carolina. At his death in the 1830s, it was said that he was the wealthiest planter in the U.S. and possessed some 3,000 slaves amongst his holdings.[7] In his anti-slavery compendium American Slavery As It Is, Theodore Weld cites a witness who heard him boasting that he killed some of his slaves for a nutritional experiment. The witness represents Hampton's words as: "[T]hey died like rotten sheep!!"[8]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wade_Hampton_I
Considering my paternal roots in Southern Louisiana, there is a strong possibility that Wade Hampton I was one of my paternal ancestors. I know that John Hampton Jr and Margaret Wade weren't the ancestors of my paternal grandmother Mary Alice Gaines' maternal grandfather James Cross' European American father, and so they have to be the ancestors of one of my African American 3rd great grandparents who were slaves in Southern Louisiana. My father's maternal half sister Aunt Carrie doesn't match me on my European segment on paternal Chromosome 10. She doesn't have any DNA relative matches that descend from John Hampton and Margaret Wade. Therefore, they seem to be the ancestors of my paternal grandfather Nolan Scott instead of my paternal grandmother Mary Alice Gaines.
My African American paternal 3rd great grandparents that were born outside of Louisiana:
Grandpa Nolan's paternal grandfather William Henry Daggs Jr's father William Henry Daggs Sr was born in Washington, District of Columbia (his parents were John W. Daggs and Rachel)
Grandpa Nolan's paternal grandfather William Henry Daggs Jr's mother Mary Smith was born in Maryland (her mother was Kitty and her father is unknown)
Grandpa Nolan's maternal grandfather Harvey Johnson's father Henry Johnson was born in Missouri (his parents are unknown)
Grandma Mary's paternal grandfather Ullyses Gaines' father Reuben Gaines was born in Virginia (his parents are unknown)
Grandma Mary's paternal grandfather Ulysses Gaines' mother Celecie Horton was born in Georgia (her parents are unknown)
Grandma Mary's paternal grandmother Jeanette Riley's father Edward Riley was born in South Carolina (his parents are unknown)
Grandma Mary's paternal grandmother Jeanette Riley's mother Dolly Jackson was born in Kentucky (her parents are unknown)
Grandma Mary's maternal grandfather James Cross' mother Laura Woods was born in Virginia (her parents are unknown)
My African American paternal 3rd great grandparents that were born in Louisiana:
Grandpa Nolan's paternal grandmother Maria Lilly's father Patrick Lilly was born in New Orleans, Louisiana (his parents are unknown and Louisiana was reported as the birthplace for both his parents in both 1870 Census and 1880 Census)
Grandpa Nolan's paternal grandmother Maria Lilly's mother Margaret Caldwell was born in Louisiana (her father was Robert Caldwell who was born in North Carolina, and her mother is unknown)
My African American paternal 3rd great grandparents with unknown birthplaces
Grandpa Nolan's maternal grandfather Harvey Johnson's mother is unknown
Grandpa Nolan's maternal grandmother Rosanna's father is unknown
Grandpa Nolan's maternal grandmother Rosanna's mother Lizzie Armstrong's birthplace is unknown
Grandma Mary's maternal grandmother Mary Thomas' father Bazel Thomas Sr's birthplace is unknown
Grandma Mary's maternal grandmother Mary Thomas' mother Susan Smeish's birthplace is unknown
In 1880 Census
Unknown was put down as the birthplace for Mary Thomas' father
Virginia was put down as the birthplace for Mary Thomas' mother
In 1900 Census
Kentucky was put down as the birthplace for both Harvey Johnson's parents
Virginia was put down as the birthplace for Rosanna's father
Georgia was put down as the birthplace for Rosanna's mother
Louisiana was put down as the birthplace for both Mary Thomas' parents
in 1910 Census
U.S. was put down as the birthplace for Rosanna's father
Virginia was put down as the birthplace for Rosanna's mother
Louisiana was put down as the birthplace for Mary Thomas' father
Virginia was put down as the birthplace for Mary Thomas' mother
in 1920 Census
Louisiana was put down as the birthplace for both Rosanna's parents
Louisiana was put down as the birthplace for both Mary Thomas' parents
in 1930 Census
Virginia was put down as the birthplace for both both Rosanna's parents
Virginia was put down as the birthplace for both Mary Thomas' parents
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