Hi David, I wrote the email without refreshing my memory. Yes you are correct, the marriage in 1786 was in Milton Ernest which leads to the association with the elder John and Elizabeth as his parents. You are right about the marriage date and the burial information I abstracted the Pettit entries from the Bletsoe PR in 1987 from LDS film. My compilation which I looked at while writing the email apparently was done before that. As far as DNA testing being a sledgehammer to crack this nut you are right about that as well, but the DNA testing is not being considered for it. I consider Dan testing even more important than considering what tejhir last name is- People can't change their DNA other than what nature does. But people can sure give a child a different last name. So if I had a great- grandmother that I thought was related to someone and I searched and couldn't find a record- well whether you want to call it a sledgehammer or whatever......... But you know a sledgehammer works on a nut, and almost any kind of nut,- but if you want to tackle a brick wall with a nutcracker- well- I really don't know what to say... The question is whether your Elizabeth's origins is peanuts to you or a brick wall- Let's get together off list on your Elizabeth and the Pettit records Best regards, Paul Pettit -----Original Message----- From: bedford-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:bedford-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of David Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 10:55 PM To: bedford@rootsweb.com; northants@rootsweb.com; eng-huntingdon@rootsweb.com Subject: [BDF] Re : Pettit Family Bed, Hunts and Northants William Pettit married Martha Pratt on 10 Oct 1786 at Milton Ernest, Beds, not Odell, according to an extracted entry on the IGI. I haven't checked the parish register to see if William was described as of the parish of Bletsoe. There are burials at Bletsoe on 2 June 1828 of William Pettit age 73, and of Martha Pettit age 60 on 21 July 1820. These ages match perfectly with the William baptised on 9 May 1755 at Bletsoe, and Martha Pratt who was baptised at Milton Ernest on 13 Sept 1761. DNA testing to prove this connection seems like a sledgehammer to crack a nut. John and Elizabeth also baptised a daughter Elizabeth in 1761, but whilst I suspect she's my 4xg grandmother who married Robert Surkitt in nearby Harrold in 1785 I've never been able to come even close to proving it. David --- En date de : Ven 25.6.10, Paul Pettit <cpettit@telis.net> a écrit : > De: Paul Pettit <cpettit@telis.net> > Objet: [BDF] Pettit Family Bed, Hunts and Northants > À: bedford@rootsweb.com, northants@rootsweb.com, eng-huntingdon@rootsweb.com > Date: Vendredi 25 juin 2010, 18h22 > I am on the search for a living male > descended from any Pettit family > especially in the northwest quadrant of the county as well > Kempstona dn > Radley and adjacent parishes in Northants. > > 1. I need to prove a connection to John Pettit and > Elizabeth Bartam from > Bletsoe Parish who had two sons christened in Bletsoe, one > in 1755 and one > in 1775. I descend from William Pettit who married Martha > Pratt in Odell and > whose age is estimated to be about 1761 and 1762 - I have > not found a death > record of either William or Martha. > > 2. I would like to see others of this are do DNA testing. > Most of the DNA > tests in fact all that I know of are kindly being done by > Americans. Most > are in the western European haplogroup of R1B1. > > However, there are two sample of known men of a related > line from this area > with a different Halpogroup of I1. This separates the two > genetically into > prehistoric periods and can be used to distinguish between > different lines > and their origins. > > We have tested in both Heritage DNA and Family Tree DNA. I > any one is > interested in working together in this please contact me. > Help is needed in > researching the liens to find living males, locating them > and facilitating > people to submit a DNA samples or to help get donations to > pay for higher > level DAN tests. > > The typical DNA tests involve male and female DNA testing > from the male Y > Chromosome and female mitochondrial DNA passed on by > parents.  However at > the National Genealogical Society Annual Conference in Salt > Lake which I > attended, Family Tree DNA announced anew test  which > measures genomic DNA > the rest which results from what is passed down from all > ancestors. This > test times a prediction of relatedness between samples. It > is useful for > about 4 to 6 generations only.  As a result, other DNA > tests are not time > dependent but for this test it makes sense to get the > elders tested as soon > a s possible before their Dan is lots - remember with each > generation one's > DNA is halved with the addition of new Dan from the new > spouse. > > I view DNA as a valuable asset, if you get it into a bank > it can accumulate > more value. IF you keep it in your pocket you are going to > spend it out or > lose it. It is also renewable but it is never the same as > the original > > Best regards > > Paul Pettit > > > > > > The List Guidelines > > http://bedfordrootsweb.blogspot.com/ > > The Bedfordshire Surnames List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/bedf.html > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEDFORD-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message > The List Guidelines http://bedfordrootsweb.blogspot.com/ The Bedfordshire Surnames List http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/bedf.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEDFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message