My Seale line is from Ireland (originally from England) and I have traced lines from Ireland to the US, Australia, New Zealand, and even back to England.
I had my DNA tested at Ancestry and so far (with those that have trees) I do match with Seales from Australia, the US and England… and two matches from Barbados! So of course that put me on the trail of researching in Barbados.
So far the earliest record I find is John Seale who married Elizabeth in Barbados in 1722. The ones I match DNA with are descended from Abel Seale and Rebecca Ward. No parents’ names were listed on this record.
More records are found and uploaded every day, so perhaps one day I’ll be able to find a common ancestor.
Meanwhile here are some links I found that have to do with Barbados. There may be a couple of books at Internet Archive you can only borrow, just need a free account. Some are for all the colonies, just type Barbados in the search box.
The Barbados Archives has a search box and results can be in newspapers which are online.
Relevant Links
Original lists of people that went from Britain to the American Plantations 1600-1700
Omitted chapters from the original list w/ rolls from Barbados census 1679/80
General account of the first settlement of Barbados (written in 1755)
British Plantation Association Oath Rolls 1696
Lists of cities, towns and villages in Barbados
