DOES ERNEST LLOYD LUZADDER HAVE BARUCH LOUSASDA ANCESTRY VIA HIS MOTHER?

Ernest Lloyd Luzadder (ELL) and hence all the male Midwest Luzadders descending from Aaron #1226, are linked to the USA Lousadas via a common Y-ancestor with Bob Leuzarder. This Y-ancestor is not a male-line Lousada, but the possibility remains that ELL has Baruch Lousada ancestry via his mother. ELL does not show matches readily (see note 1 below) but our autosomal DNA studies in fact showed ELL matched E (a Barrow) and Je (a Luzarder).

We suggest that Aaron #53 rather than being the father of Aaron #1226 as has been widely assumed, was a grandfather. By this means Jewish naming rules are satisfied, and without this it was difficult to explain what sort of mutually supportive relationship would have existed between Aaron #53 and Aaron #1226's mother (and grandmother) to have justified her naming Aaron #1226 after Aaron #53. Thus we dismissed the possibility that she was a widowed Michael in-law (see note 3 below). But now, if she was in fact Aaron #53's daughter, her role seems much more natural if poignant. Being 5 or so years older than Blume Michael (the very young wife of Aaron #53), Aaron's daughter would indeed have been useful to her younger mother-in-law, who was probably only 12 or 13 when she married Aaron #53 in 1736 then giving birth to Jacob #2570 in 1737 (this correctly-named 1st son died in boyhood).

For Aaron #53 to have become a grandfather around the age of 36, his daughter would have given birth to Aaron #1226 in 1731 also at a young age - say 14 - suggesting her own birth around 1717 about the time when Jacob #740, Aaron #53 and Moses #54 came to NY from London with Aaron #53 being aged around 22. Perhaps Aaron #53 became a biological father as a result of a whirlwind romance, possibly on board the ship they sailed on, and may not have known. Later, as a young (and possibly widowed and/or unmarried) pregnant or single mother she made herself known so as to successfully obtain support from her biological father. It is unknown who the father of Aaron #1226 was (though of course we know his Y chromosome) but online we find Sophia Barnes, whom our genealogy shows as the grandmother of Aaron #1226. In any case she may give a clue as to Aaron #1226's father's identity (see also note 2 below).

 Notes:

1. Our early studies in fact showed ELL matching a random set better than the same-sized set of Baruch Lousadas!

2. Perhaps one of the parents of Aaron #1226 was a relative of Mary Griffin #1292 (1st wife of Jacob #683 and ancestor of Je). But now, even with common Baruch Lousada ancestry possibly accounting for ELL's match with Je, this suggestion may still have merit. Our chart of the first descendants of Aaron #1226 may be found here and shows Mary Griffin #1292.

3. Thus we considered whether she was a Myers in-law but rejected the possibility that she was a widow of Michael Michael who died in 1736, the year his sister Blume married Aaron #53, as Michael's will in ref 326 shows no wife or son. Blume's marriage with Aaron #53 was probably a consequence of her father's business activities and move to Curacao. Our USA Lousada chart shows this family.