As the Oliphants spread in Colonial times, there were clusters of them in various parts of the country. Discuss your Oliphants from the Texas and panhandle regions here.
William J Oliphant was the son of William Oliphant who came from Dunfermline in Fife in Scotland. The family moved around the States before ending up in Austen, TX. We know a lot about the genealogy of this family but not DNA yet. A great many of the other Oliphants in TX originated in SC but not necessarily from the same parents. We suspect that most of the original Oliphants who came out of SC to TN,TX MS etc were brothers. DNA is the only way that we will find out now.
I just discovered from Sorenson DNA (female) that I am connected to the Oliphant and Buckley lines. Marshall Evander Buckley b. 1848 MS md Maria Elizabeth Oliphant b. 1864 in Tennessee. This would be my mothers line I suppose. She was Jessie Mae Price (married my father Charles Burton Byars Sr) her mother was Mary Ellen Elkins, her mother was Emma Drucilla Wood.
Question: Would the females in my ffather's side be included when a woman does the myDna test? I know nothing about DNA.
Eric Brandon Oliphant
b. 15 May 1972 Washington, D.C., USA
d. -
Willis F Oliphant
b.2 Jan 1935 MS, USA
d. -
Resides Leake Co, MS, USA
Jefferson Davis Oliphant
b. 6 Oct. 1901 Leake Co, MS, USA
d. Oct 1978
Resided Leake Co, MS, USA
Willis Perry Oliphant
b. 1878 in Leake Co, MS, USA
d. ?
Married Emit T. Oliphant b. 1878
Resided Leake Co, MS, USA
Wilford Oliphant
b. Mar 1842 Sabine Co, TX, USA
d. 1918 Meridian, Lauderdale Co, MS, USA
Married Melvina Oliphant b. 1847 GA, USA
Resided MS/TX
Willford David Oliphant
b. 11 Nov 1801 SC, USA
d. 8 Sept 1853 Sabine Co, TX, USA
Married Martha Davenport b. 13 Nov 1805
Resided SC/TX
Robert Oliphant
b. 19 Feb 1771 Rowan Co, NC, USA
d. 17 Aug 1841 San Augustine, San Augustine Co, TX, USA
Married Abigail Davenport b. 1 Jul 1783 d. 12 Jul 1841
John Oliphant
b. 1740 Amwell, Huterdon Co, NJ, USA
d. 12 Feb 1783 Rowan Co, NC, USA
Married Elizabeth Allison b. 23 Jan 1746 Lancaster PA, USA d. 12 Feb 1783 Rowan Co, NC, USA
John Oliphant
b. 1715 Statten Island, Richmond Co, NY, USA
d. 1784 Rowan Co, NC
Married Jean b. 1719 Amwell, Huterdon Co, NJ, USA d. 1765 Rowan Co, NC, USA
Duncan Oliphant
b. 1682 Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
d. 7 Aug 1734 Amwell, Heterdon Co, NJ, USA