I have heard another angle on the Francis J. Dover/ brother controversy. There is speculation that Joshua Dover, born on the Haw River in about 1753, is a brother to Francis J. Dover, and John Dover, (Haw River) is their father. Any feedback? On Sun, 28 Dec 2003 20:26:53 -0800 "Dennis Dover" <[email protected]> writes: > There's a couple of things here, one of which is the results of one > of the > DNA tests yesterday. You're are welcome to challenge, ask for > clarifications > or just offer your comments about some of the possibilities here. > > Bailey Dover appears in Sketches. It says he was a judge and a man > of means. > No known children. Sketches also says that he is not related to > Sherrod > Dover living next door to him in one census. Sherrod was the son of > Frederick and Jane Dover from Lumpkin County and all the other > Dover's in > the index are connected with Sherrod and Frederick. > > Bailey (the elder) came to Rabun County, Georgia by 1830 from > Buncombe > County, North Carolina. He appears in the 1820 Buncombe census next > door to > a John Dover who could be his father. Bailey was born about 1791 > SC. > > The 1830 census for Buncombe County shows four Dover's living side > by side, > Frederick (married to Margaret), Jeptha, Elijah and John Dover. Not > far away > is a John Dover (born before 1770) who could be their father and the > father > of Bailey Dover who went to Rabun County. Frederick Dover is missing > in the > 1840 census for Buncombe County, but appears to be the same > Frederick living > next door to Bailey Dover in Rabun County as well as a "Rial" > Dover. > Frederick & Margaret Dover of Buncombe County appear to have been in > Rabun > County in 1840 and then back in Buncombe County in 1850 before going > to > Gilmer County, Georgia by 1860. Jeptha Dover from 1830 Buncombe, > from > Marjorie's research, challenged the probate administration of Bailey > Dover's > widow Ellender after her death. Jeptha was also living in the same > home with > widow Margaret Dover in 1880 Gilmer County. > > One of Frederick & Margaret's sons was Dillingham Dover who was > living next > door in Gilmer County with his family. From that family came a > descendant > who took the DNA tests that came out yesterday. He's Jason G. Dover > who is > the father of Phillis on our list. > > Jason matches perfectly on the 12 markers with the family of Francis > J. > Dover which is the most amazing thing I have seen in all the years > I've been > digging. > > I have always suspected that my proven John Dover born 1793 was the > John > Dover in the 1820 (John Dover, Jr.) and 1830 Buncombe census. I'm > not as > sure about that now because I now match up perfectly with Eric Dover > a > descendant of Francis Marion Dover b about 1799 SC. The question > here is > what is the relationship between Francis Marion Dover and my proven > John > Dover b abt 1793??? Brothers, cousins??? I suspect my John's father > was the > elder John Dover in 1820 and 1830 Buncombe County. I also suspect > that > Francis Marion's father was Hezekiah Dover. I also match 99.9% with > the > descendants of Francis J. Dover. > > I have the feeling that maybe Francis J. Dover and his proven > brother > Hezekiah do have a brother after all that we never knew about. I've > always > thought about that and I've always come up with a John Dover as a > possibility. It's not that straight forward yet but it's sure a lot > narrower > than it was before yesterdays results. Jason's results prove that at > least > one of those four 1830 Buncombe Dover's is a direct connection with > Francis > J. Dover. Buncombe was not another planet afterall. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Barnes [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2003 5:31 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Dover] DOVER and GREEN > > The book, 'Sketches of Rabun County History', contains an all name > index > which includes several DOVER'S and GREEN'S. > > > This is the link to the index: > ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/rabun/history/1948index.txt > > > > ==== DOVER Mailing List ==== > Genconnect board > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.dover > > > > > ==== DOVER Mailing List ==== > If you need to contact the Listmanager, > please send your message to, Patricia at [email protected] > > > ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!