2nd Edition of my Dycus/Dicus Book
In 2001 I started a Dycus/Dicus DNA test program that has significantly changed our knowledge and understanding of early Dycus/Dicus family history.Rufus E. Dicus’ sweeping generalization that all Dycuses/Dicuses in the US are descendants of the William Dicas that left a will in Kent Co., MD in 1734 is totally incorrect.The DNA test results show there are three related Dycus family lines: (1)The first are descendants ofWilliam Dicas.The tests indicate at least two of William’s offsprings went to North Carolina, there could have been a third one.Williams youngest son, John, went to DE with descendants going later to PA per Rufus’ book.(2)The second Dycus family line are descendants ofJames Dicus that was in Anne Arundle Co., MD around 1735.This family line isnot closely related to the Kent Co., MD Dicases.(3)A third Dycus family came from Ireland, probably in the 1790s, to SC; and are the descendants of Michael Watson Dycus.The above three Dycus family lines share a most recent common ancestor that was born around 1315!A fourth Dicas family was into Philadelphia Co., PA around 1740.Currently, there are no known descendants of this family line in the US today.The above Dycus families probably descend from Dicases in and around Chester, Cheshire, England.The 1315 ancestor could have come from England or Wales.
The Dycus descendants out of Scottsboro, AL and Crawford Co., IN appear to be genetically unrelated.They probably came from England to the US in the 1790s, and could be descendants of “Dutch/German” immigrants to England.
These DNA test results and other recorded data are presented in the 2nd Edition of my book, Early History of Dycus/Dicus Families in Southern and Border States, 1500-1810.The DNA results invalidate the Dycus family models I presented in the 1st Edition book, and the 2nd Edition is intended to be a complete replacement.Revised Dycus family models, still not etched in stone by any means, are presented in the 2nd Edition book.The 2nd Edition confirms my 1st Edition claim that Dakers Creek in Davidson County, NC was originally Dycus’ Creek.New data are presented that suggest the early presence of Dycus ancestors in Guilford, Surry (Now Stokes/Rockingham), and Iredell Counties of NC.I have a limited number of 2nd Edition books that can be obtained by sending $40 to Robert Dycus, 11500 N. Scioto Avenue, Oro Valley, AZ 85737.All money collected will be used for DNA tests.
Robert Dixon Dycus