This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: kjudson9 Surnames: Claypool Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.claypoole/138.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am a bit curious if this would work on a male descendant who comes from a female. I am a female granddaughter of a female descendant of from one of the Claypool line. I'd like to see if we do match up or not. Could my son be tested? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Maxydna Surnames: Claypoole, Ashburn, Ross, Griscom Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.claypoole/58.7.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My pleasure! Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: durhamrw Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.claypoole/58.7.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Wow. Great information and saved me a great deal of research. I don't see any names that would indicate the oral history is accurate. I think I'll move my research time to something I can actually document. Thank you for taking the time to send this and respond. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Maxydna Surnames: Claypoole, Ashburn, Ross, Griscom Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.claypoole/58.7.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: If your oral family history suggests you may be descended from Betsy Ross, you should be aware that Betsy's direct descendants MUST have one of her 5 surviving daughters as an ancestor, as Betsy had no sons. Those 5 daughters were: 1. Eliza Ashburn 2. Clarissa Sidney Claypoole 3. Susanna Claypoole 4. Rachel Claypoole 5. Jane Claypoole For their husbands and children, grandchildren etc., go to http://www.betsyrosshouse.org/hist_woman/desc_01.pdf Using those names, US census & BMD data, you may be able able to prove your family connection to Betsy. Good hunting!!! Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: durhamrw Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.claypoole/58.7.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you for your response. My great grandmother, Annie Francis Kennedy, took great delight in claiming to be a descendant of Betsy Ross. She was a member of the DAR and like your grandmother was a woman of great integrity and would have nothing to gain by claiming something that wasn't true. I have made a couple of attempts to locate the direct line through the DAR and they were less than helpful and quick to let me know that many people "falsely claimed" ( I believe were the words) to be descendants of Betsy Ross. I have been unable to link directly to Betsy Ross although I did find a connection through a Major William Kennedy that served during the American Revolution. I wish I knew how to help you with your search but I am quite frankly at a stand still with it. As you can see by other posts, several are trying to help but I also am unable to connect the dots. Please let me know if find anything. Rick Durham Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: mkrug195 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.claypoole/58.7/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I hope this note finds all well with you and that you are still actively seeking to learn what you can about any possible family ancestry connection to Elizabeth Griscom Ross Ashburn Claypoole. My paternal grandmother, Alice Victoria Smith was born in Shirley Indiana in 1907. She married Joseph Raymond Krug in about 1927. She always claimed that our family (on her side) was related to Betsy Ross. There have been several individuals in our family given the middle name of Ross based upon this belief. However, I, like you, have reached a point where I would like to learn what I am able regarding this tale. My grandmother was not known to be one to tell tales for the sake of it. Thus, I have to believe she had been told this from her childhood from others. How do I begin to attempt to connect the dots, assuming there are any dots to be connected? I have read your reader's notes and recognize no names or see no Indiana connections. I do notice one family passed through ! Indiana to Iowa. There had been a story of our family moving west and getting as far west as Iowa, and turning back and settling in Indiana. What do you suggest? Would you e-mail me directly at [email protected] as I am not a "blog-watcher" and only found your site by Googling? Thanks and all the Betsy to you! :- Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: all6halls Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.claypoole/58.6/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My grandmother was a Claypool and she also told stories of a Claypool being married to Betsy Ross. I have an old news paper article that lists a Claypool as one of her husbands. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: SEA6464 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.claypoole/58.5/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have heard that according to the DAR directory if you follow the Claypool line back you eventually get to Betsy Ross, who at the time was Elizabeth Claypool. You might want to look from that angle. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Maxydna Surnames: Claypoole/Claypool/Claypole Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.claypoole/141/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have checked out a Claypoole & Bowser website found at http://gatekeepkey.org and would like to to make contact with its owner. Unfortunately, there's no contact email address on the website. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: spider105217 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.claypoole/58.4/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I can't help you to find out weather or not that if you are related to Betsy Ross. I do know that I am related to Johnathan Claypoole. I am related to him through my grandmother. My grandmothers maiden name was Stella M. Claypoole.My grandmother always told me as when I was a kid that we were related to Betsy Ross. I've been to the Betsy Ross house and saw the Claypoole bible that is in the house. There are a couple of others that I am related to, but I not going to get into them right.now. Good luck in your search. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Suesolereflex Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.claypoole/58.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My grandmother Ethelyn Ross, Johnson, who was the daughter of Clint Ross, whose father was Madison Ross, who was married to Martha Ashburn passed away in 1999 at the age of 94. She always stated that she was related to Betsy Ross. She said she would have been her Aunt on her Dad, Clint Ross's side. Since her maiden name was Ross, we always believed she knew this to be a fact. It was interesting to me to know the Ashburn name was listed on your decendents. I don't know if this is any help to you, signed [email protected] ( my personal email) Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Maxydna Surnames: Claypoole, Claypool, Claypole Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.claypoole/138.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: FTDNA of Houston, TX, the originator of genealogical DNA testing, has released a 37 marker Y-DNA test SPECIAL OFFER for November and December 2009! Normally, an individual would pay $169* for this test and a member of the Claypoole Surname Project would pay $149*, but now, from Nov. 4 and up to Dec. 31, 2009, a Claypoole Surname Y-DNA Project participant (or his sponsor) will pay just $119 (*plus $4 postage US addresses or $6 overseas). Any Claypoole/Claypool/Claypole named male (or his sponsor) can join the project and take advantage of this Special Offer, so go for it guys! Maybe Claypoole/Claypool/Claypole gals could give either their husband, father, brother or male cousin a truly memorable Christmas gift? For more information, and/or to order a Y-DNA37 test kit, go to: http://www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/claypoole or to http://www.familytreedna.com/projects.aspx Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Maxydna Surnames: Claypoole, Claypool, Claypole Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.claypoole/138.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Initial 12 marker Y-DNA results (25 more marker results to follow) for two participants posted to the Claypoole/Claypool Surname Y-DNA Project at http://www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/claypoole Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Maxydna Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.claypoole/49.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Sorry, no I don't. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: dklucius Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.claypoole/49.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Do you know if the Eliza Weir md David Berry was the daughter of William Weir Jr and the sister of william and James Harrison Weir? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Maxydna Surnames: Claypoole, Claypool, Claypole Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.claypoole/138/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Announcing the Claypoole/Claypool/Claypole Surname(s) Y-DNA Project - DNA testing is the newest tool available to genealogists! Surname tests allow genealogists to verify their father's father's father's (and so on) paternal ancestry. Surname DNA information can be very powerful when combined with traditional family history paper trails. This Claypoole Surname Y-DNA Project was started to: 1. Help researchers from common or related families work together to find their shared heritage. 2. Identify how the participant's families are connected, both genetically and through paper trails. 3. Identify and confirm genetic lineages of ancestral families. 4. Ultimately catalog pedigrees and genetic connections of all of the known project families. A Surname Project traces members of a family that share a common surname. Since surnames are passed down from father to son as is the Y-chromosome, this project is for males taking a Y-DNA test. Females do not carry their father's Y-DNA so the tested individual must be a male. All natural born (not adopted) males bearing the Claypoole, Claypool or Claypole surname (and any other recognised spelling variation) from all locations in the USA and worldwide are invited to participate in the Claypoole Surname Project . For further information, go to http://www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/claypoole or to http://www.familytreedna.com/projects.aspx Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Announcing the Claypoole/Claypool/Claypole Surname(s) Y-DNA Project: DNA testing is the newest tool available to genealogists! Surname tests allow genealogists to verify their father's father's (and so on) paternal ancestry. Surname DNA information can be very powerful when combined with traditional family history paper trails. This Claypoole Surname Y-DNA Project was started to: 1. Help researchers from common or related Claypoole families work together to find their shared heritage. 2. Identify how the participant's families are connected, both genetically and through paper trails. 3. Identify and confirm genetic lineages of ancestral families. 4. Ultimately, catalog pedigrees and genetic connections of all of the known project families, while maintaining personal confidentiality and individual privacy. A Surname Project traces members of a family that share a common surname. Since surnames are passed down from father to son as is the Y-chromosome, this project is for males taking a Y-DNA test. Females do not carry their father's Y-DNA so the tested individual must be a male. All natural born (not adopted) males bearing the Claypoole, Claypool or Claypole surname (and any other recognised spelling variation) from all locations in the USA and worldwide are invited to participate in the Claypoole Surname Project. For further information, go to http://www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/claypoole or to http://www.familytreedna.com/projects.aspx

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: wife19d Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.claypoole/137/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My Great Grandmother told my Mother (and family) Betsy Ross was their 8th Great Aunt. Not sure if 8 generations would be right, or how true this can be I haven't found any descendants of her recorded yet. My Email is [email protected] Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: GowerAncestry Surnames: CLAYPOOLE Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.claypoole/136/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I know that James wife was Margaret King & his father was William Claypoole (occ: Agent). James was born c1835 in Manchester. He was a Hatter. Does anyone know anything about his parents William ? please....... Thank you Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Looking for Leslie Claypool from Armstrong co Apollo or Kittanning area.