I forgot to include the site. http://www.familytreedna.com/ > This site will answer a lot of your questions. The easiest and most > useful > DNA is y DNA and you must have an unbroken male line to actually connect > to > others many years back. I was able to connect to a common Bryant > immigrant > in Plymouth in 1643. It costs about $169. dollars for the 25 marker and > one > should really get that or the 37 marker if you can afford it. I don't > even > contact anyone in the twelve marker group unless the name is Bryan or > Bryant. They send a kit and you just swab the inside of your cheek and > send > it back. > > Then they contact you every time they do a match and you can contact the > person to exchange histories. You really have to have at least a few > generations of history to compare. I'd be happy to answer any questions > you > might have. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "T'Lene" <tlene@optilink.us> > To: <bryant@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 2:54 PM > Subject: Re: [BRYANT] John & William Bryant/Montgomery Co. KY/1800-1804 > > >>I think I missed the thread re the DNA testing. I, too, would be >>interested in having the DNA done in order to assist me in my Bryant >>ancestry. >> >> My great great grandfather, John "Jack" Bryant appears to have been >> married twice (maybe at the same times) with families in different >> locations and not knowing about each other until his death about 1890. >> >> My gggmother, John/Jack's wife was Ellender Allen. They resided in Long >> Island (now named Bryant), Jackson County, Alabama. Their families can >> be >> found on the Marion County, TN and Jackson Co, AL censuses. Most of my >> ancestors were within three counties & states from 1850. This area is >> located where the states of TN, GA and AL connect - the counties being, >> Marion Co. TN, Dade County, GA and Jackson Co, AL. >> >> My ggftr (son of John & Ellender) was George Washington Bryant (b 1850 d >> 1910 Jefferson Co AL). He married Emily Sims. >> >> My grandfather, Standifer Bryant married Amanda Boatner. They died 1948 >> and 1952 respectively and are buried in Ebenezer Cemetery atop Sand Mtn >> in >> Bryant, Alabama. >> >> Any help re DNA testing would be appreciated. >> >> T'Lene >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Marilyn Burgess >> To: bryant@rootsweb.com >> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 2:27 PM >> Subject: Re: [BRYANT] John & William Bryant/Montgomery Co. KY/1800-1804 >> >> >> My brother has also had DNA done with family tree DNA. Our family came >> from >> Maine and Massachusetts but we have made connections in Oklahoma to one >> common ancestor. >> He joined the Bryan group because that was the only one available but we >> have had some close matches with Bryans as well. In Maine it was >> spelled >> either Briant or Bryant, but there was a brother in Plymouth, Mass who >> spelled it Bryan in the early 1600's. Unfortunately we have not been >> able >> to find what happened to him. Marilyn >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Joel & Janiece Bryant" <janiecebryant@cfl.rr.com> >> To: "Marsha Buck" <DeepRoots@sisna.com>; <bryant@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 2:08 PM >> Subject: Re: [BRYANT] John & William Bryant/Montgomery Co. KY/1800-1804 >> >> >> > Marsha, >> > >> > I am interested in the DNA testing that has been done on the Bryant's. >> I >> > have hit the proverbial brick wall and feel that my only hope of >> extending >> > my ancestery back any further is to find a DNA match. You indicated >> that >> > there has been DNA testing on your Bryants. Were those test done by >> > rootsweb, or were the results reported to roots web? >> > >> > Joel >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: "Marsha Buck" <DeepRoots@sisna.com> >> > To: <janemce@sbcglobal.net>; <bryant@rootsweb.com> >> > Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 9:27 AM >> > Subject: Re: [BRYANT] John & William Bryant/Montgomery Co. >> KY/1800-1804 >> > >> > >> >> Jane, >> >> >> >> We have corresponded before about Charlotte. Our research group has >> your >> >> information and we are trying to determine if you fit into our family >> or >> >> not. >> >> >> >> Both Morgan and Wolfe counties contain part of what was originally >> >> Montgomery Co., KY. My ancestor is Josiah Bryant and I believe he is >> the >> >> one on the 1810 census in Montgomery Co., as well as on tax lists >> there >> >> in >> >> 1803, 1810 and 1812. >> >> >> >> Josiah had sons named Ambrose, Josiah, Gabriel, William and John. >> I'm >> >> trying to determine if the William and John on the Montgomery Co. tax >> >> lists >> >> are his sons or not. >> >> >> >> On the 1810 census for Montgomery Co. Josiah is listed with two young >> >> children who would appear to be his grandchildren. We're not sure >> whose >> >> children they are. On the 1810 tax list there are two adult males in >> >> Josiah's household but only one - Josiah - is on the census. I'd >> like >> to >> >> know who the other one is and whether or not he is the parent of >> these >> >> two >> >> children. One of the children is male, the other is female and they >> are >> >> both under age 10. >> >> >> >> In 1820 Josiah and Gabriel are listed on the census in Floyd Co., KY. >> >> Parts >> >> of Floyd Co. also used to be in Montgomery Co. From what we've been >> able >> >> to >> >> put together - and what we're trying to verify - is that our Josiah >> left >> >> Floyd Co., VA sometime after mid-1800 and moved to Montgomery Co., >> KY. >> >> His >> >> wife, Lydia, apparently died there after the 1810 census was taken >> and >> >> before 1818. By 1818 the part of Montgomery Co. where Josiah lived >> had >> >> become part of Floyd Co. because Josiah signed for the marriage of >> his >> >> daughter, Elizabeth, in Floyd Co. in 1818 to George Holland. In 1819 >> >> Josiah >> >> married the widow Elizabeth O'Hair in Floyd Co. and moved to her >> house >> >> and >> >> land. The children listed with him in 1820 are her children from her >> >> marriage to Michael O'Hair. In 1822 Elizabeth divorced Josiah, sold >> her >> >> land and moved to Indiana with her children. Josiah returned to >> Laurel >> >> Hill, which is now part of Wolfe Co., KY. George & Elizabeth Holland >> (or >> >> Hollon) lived in the Lacy Creek area and raised their children there. >> >> >> >> George Holland's brother also lived in Montgomery Co. KY and is later >> >> found >> >> in Wolfe Co. >> >> >> >> We have pretty well established what happened to William, Gabriel & >> >> Josiah >> >> Jr. They all ended up in Indiana. Our big mystery is John - and to >> some >> >> extent Ambrose. >> >> >> >> There are several other Bryants in Montgomery Co. - both on the >> census >> >> and >> >> tax lists that we can't identify either. At this point we have no >> idea >> >> if >> >> they are related to Josiah or if they are a whole other group of >> Bryants. >> >> The only thing we know for sure is that our Bryant family is not >> related >> >> to >> >> the Bryants in Green Co. KY and they are not part of the Bryans who >> >> married >> >> into the Boone family. This has been established through DNA >> testing. >> >> It >> >> would be great if we could find direct male descendants of other >> Kentucky >> >> & >> >> Virginia Bryants who would be willing to be tested so we could >> separate >> >> out >> >> the families more clearly. >> >> >> >> Marsha >> >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >> From: "Jane McEndree" <janemce@sbcglobal.net> >> >> To: <rlbtwo@suddenlink.net>; <bryant@rootsweb.com> >> >> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 1:19 AM >> >> Subject: Re: [BRYANT] John & William Bryant/Montgomery Co. >> KY/1800-1804 >> >> >> >> >> >>> Marsha, >> >>> I have Bryants from Kentucky. I have not been able to go beyond my >> GGG >> >>> Grandmother, Charlotte [ Lottie] Bryant Little though. All I know >> about >> >>> her >> >>> is that she was born in Kentucky. She and her husband, the Rev. >> Charles >> >>> Little lived in or around Morgan and Wolfe Co, Kentucky and together >> had >> >>> 21 >> >>> children. I have been able to do a lot of work on the Little family >> but >> >>> not >> >>> on the Bryants. I too, am interested in Bryant's from Kentukcy. >> Wolfe >> >>> County >> >>> is in the eastern part of Kentucky. Where is Montgomery County? I'd >> like >> >>> to >> >>> know more about your Kentucky Bryant's. My GG Grandmother, Charlotte >> >>> Bryant >> >>> Little was born on December 25, 1809 in Kentucky and married Charles >> >>> Little >> >>> on May 31, 1824 in Morgan Co, Ky. and she died on July 4, 1887 in >> Morgan >> >>> County, Ky. at a place called Lacy Creek where they had lived. >> >>> Jane Little McEndree >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> >> BRYANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> >> quotes >> >> in the subject and the body of the message >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > BRYANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes >> > in the subject and the body of the message >> > >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> BRYANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> BRYANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRYANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >