Gene, If you truly believe there is a genetic relationship with some of these exalted names, please present your basis for this conclusion. Hard as it may be to accept sometimes, we are seeking the truth of our ancestry, whatever it may be. You have such a talent for locating very informative articles and manuscripts, and I commend you for doing so. But our job as researchers is to question, test, and prove the validity or truth of the information provided. We have to ask ourselves whether it is someone's opinion, wishful thinking, myth, or fact. If suppositional theory is provided, then we have to ask ourselves if the suppositional reasoning seems sound. Then our basis for proceeding with a claim is better founded. There are a lot of people who would like to believe that royal blood flows through their veins (and there is nothing wrong with that). Personally, I prefer to claim an ancestor who had the strength of character and mind to survive against all odds, against formidable circumstances. The men and warriors with undaunting courage, insatiable minds, and unquenchable spirits are my champions and the ones I seek. It matters not if their blood were royal or if their hands were calloused. My gggg-grandfather Ashley was granted almost 10,000 acres of land, and he elected to claim his land in the mountains of Tennessee. Not farmland, mountains. I have often wondered why he chose mountains. Whether he came from England, Ireland, or Scotland matters not. He was a warrior and a survivor, and I am proud to be from solid stock. His YDNA has provided an opportunity to know more about him than perhaps paper trails will ever tell me, so I am honored and thrilled to be able to search his heritage and mine, whatever it is. Sandi Ashley Sutton 1 ASTLEY COOPER - Mundia's _www.uk.mundia.com/gb/Search/Results?...ASTLEY%20COOPER_ (http://www.uk.mundia.com/gb/Search/Results?...ASTLEY%20COOPER) ... Lived in: Plymouth, Devon, England ... Sir Patrick Graham Baronet Astley Cooper ... 4 immediate family members including Sir Richard Lord Modbury and ... Joan ASTLEY - Theharmons.us _www.theharmons.us/harmon_t/b53.htm_ (http://www.theharmons.us/harmon_t/b53.htm) Alice ASTLEY was born in 1347 in Estleigh,Devonshire,England. ... sister of Thomas ASTLEY [3rd LORD ASTLEY], and daughter of Sir Giles Astley, by Alice The Lord Ashley Site | Digging Early South Carolina | Page 2 lordashleysite.wordpress.com/page/2/ Sep 23, 2013 ... Pieces of redware like this provide us with a direct link between Barbados and early Carolina. This is a glass button that likely originated in ... The Moat at Lord Ashley: A Unique Feature at a ... lordashleysite.wordpress.com/.../the-moat-at-lord-ashley-a-unique-fe... Jun 27, 2013 ... Digging Early South Carolina ... About a week ago, as our excavations in search of the moat at the Lord ... referring to fortifications at St. Giles Kussoe (the Lord Ashley site). ... that it should leave a rather obvious archaeological signature. Luckily, we could also consult Stanley South's work on a similar ... [ More results from lordashleysite.wordpress.com ] Summer 2013 Blog Posts | The Lord Ashley Site lordashleysite.wordpress.com/blogposts/ This kind of site is one of a kind, we don't ever get the chance to dig a site ... hopefully can interpret the ways the inhabitants of St. Giles Kussoe dealt with living in a fort. ... so we reasoned that it should leave a rather obvious archaeological signature. .... we are informing all of South Carolina about what the 1670s were like. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + +++ DNA Donor *contact: Curtis C ASHLEY VA [m. Jane COOPER] 2 Thomas A ASHLEY Sr. b: ca 1660 Lancaster Co, VA;d: Aft. 1747 Lancaster Co, Co, NC [m. Mary Ann HILL] 4 Jorden Jurdeen ASHLEY Sr. b: ca Bertie/ Chowan Co, NC; d: 1817 Lancaster Co, SC [m Elizabeth SANDERS] 5 Jordan A. ASHLEY Jr. b: 1761 Kershaw or Lancaster Co., SC; d: 1830 Jasper Co, MS[m. Sarah SANDERS] 6 Jordon ASHLEY Elder b: ca 1802 Wilkes Co, NC; d: 1864 Wolfe Co, KY [m. Barbara FRANCIS] 7 Franklin Francis M. ASHLEY b: 1828 Ashe Co, NC [m. Lucinda TOLIVER] 8 Freland ASHLEY b: 1856 Letcher Co, KY [m. Sally MARTIN] 9 Alexander ASHLEY b: 1889 Knott Co, KY; d:1965 Perry Co, KY [m. Lucy BREWER] 10 Harlen ASHLEY b: 16 Oct 1915 Perry Co, KY; d: 1999 [m. Louise M.CANE Chaney] 11 Curtis Carl ASHLEY Sr. b: 1936 Yolan, WV; d: 1997 Chatham, NC 12 Donor *contact: Curtis C ASHLEY [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) . N6BDH - Thos.A. ASHLEY; c1660 Lancasternn Co, VA R1b1a2 13 25 14 11 11-12 12 12 11 12 14 27 2RNBW - Robert ASHLEY, c1797 SC England R1b1a2a1a1b4b 13 25 14 11 11-12 12 12 11 12 14 28 U2842AstleyQEXQ3 - John ASTLEY b1791 Wellington Shropshire UKR1b1a2a1a1b4 R-L21L21+, L144-, L159.2-, L193-, L226-, L96-, M222-, M37-, P314.2-, P66- 63792Ashley2RNBW - Robert ASHLEY, c1797 SCR1b1a2a1a1b4b R-M222 DEVON Is also called DEVONSHIRE CHAMPERNOWNE - Tudor Place www.tudorplace.com.ar/CHAMPERNOWNE.htm - Similar to CHAMPERNOWNE - Tudor Place Born: ABT 1145, Clist Champernon, Devonshire, England ..... Under Elizabeth Tudor, through the influence of Catherine's relative, Kate Astley, Catherine's son ... Dec 24, 2012 ... Death: Died September 8, 1596 in Compton, Devon, England, ... the influence of Catherine's relative, Kate Astley, Catherine's son Astley Castle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astley_Castle - Similar to Astley Castle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia