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 >