Trueman you need to click on the link below in the message your responding to as its coming from the message board & they won't see your reply unless they are also a member here. Alli :) (Searching: Samuel Phariss 1824 Tn. married Martha Malinda Adams 1838 Tn. Looking for their kids' descendents & his family (siblings, uncles, aunts) :) ) > Hello. > We seem to have a similar e-mail address and maybe we have some similar > ancestors! My name is Trueman Farris. My line has been traced back to a > George Faris/Farris, born 1769 in Virginia, which at that time was huge. > George Farris was married to Susannah Sneed in 1797 in Albemarle Co., VA. > George and Susannah and babies moved to the St. Louis, MO area in 1810. I > have been unable to find conclusive evidence of the parents of George > Farris. He died about 1858 in Moniteau Co., MO. > See any possible links to your line? > Trueman Farris. jfarris@execpc.com > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <jfarris@artsci.wustl.edu> > To: <FARRIS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 12:14 AM > Subject: [FARRIS-L] origins (?) of William Lee Farris b. 1818 in SW > Virginia--have DNA > > >> This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. >> >> Surnames: Farris/Faris >> Classification: Query >> >> Message Board URL: >> >> http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GeV.2ACEB/2167 >> >> Message Board Post: >> >> Hi all. I'm a descendant of William Lee Farris (b. 3/19/1818 in >> Washington County Virginia, m. 10/13/1846 Polly Ramey in Carroll County, >> Kentucky, d. 1913 in Adair County, KY). The spelling of his last name was >> probably highly variable, and I have seen ample evidence of spelling >> changes from census to census in Virginia backcountry and Kentucky >> documents. His parents were probably Isaac Faris (or Farris) and Sarah >> Thompson. I've had my DNA sequence to 37 markers and have been able to >> compare it to other folks who have had it done. Prior to this, I had >> hoped to link my geneology to the Ian Esom Farris descendent crowd who >> also have a SW Virginia branch.The DNA has established firmly that I am >> not related to them (I'm an R1b1 haplotype, whereas they are I's--a whole >> different ancient genetic origin). I am also not particularly closely >> linked to the Northern Irish bunch out of South Carolina. The various >> databases (Y base perhaps being the most useful) seem to show me most >> clos! >> ely related to folks with largely occupational names of English origin >> (so I am perhaps a Farris that is a variant of "Farrar"--a farrier). So, >> I may be looking for Farrises (or Farises) of English origin, as opposed >> to the Scottish and Irish ones, which have received more attention. The >> only other clue I have recently found is that a William and an Isac Faris >> (spelling in backcountry Virginia seems to have been very fluid) were in >> the 1810 tax lists for Russell County, Virginia (adjacent Washington >> Co.). Any help or enquiries would be welcome. >> >> >> >> ==== FARRIS Mailing List ==== >> You may search the Farris-L archives on the Rootsweb web site at: >> http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >> In the surname field, type in Farris >> >> >> > > > > ==== FARRIS Mailing List ==== > Submit your "Most Wanted Farris" to me and I will place your query on the > "FARRIS MOST WANTED" web site at > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wanda/FMW.html >

Thank you. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alli" <iamcheroke@filertel.com> To: <FARRIS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 11:03 AM Subject: Re: [FARRIS-L] origins (?) of William Lee Farris b. 1818 in SW Virginia--have DNA > Trueman you need to click on the link below in the message your responding > to as its coming from the message board & they won't see your reply unless > they are also a member here. > > Alli :) > (Searching: Samuel Phariss 1824 Tn. married Martha Malinda Adams 1838 Tn. > Looking for their kids' descendents & his family (siblings, uncles, aunts) > :) ) > >> Hello. >> We seem to have a similar e-mail address and maybe we have some similar >> ancestors! My name is Trueman Farris. My line has been traced back to a >> George Faris/Farris, born 1769 in Virginia, which at that time was huge. >> George Farris was married to Susannah Sneed in 1797 in Albemarle Co., VA. >> George and Susannah and babies moved to the St. Louis, MO area in 1810. >> I have been unable to find conclusive evidence of the parents of George >> Farris. He died about 1858 in Moniteau Co., MO. >> See any possible links to your line? >> Trueman Farris. jfarris@execpc.com >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <jfarris@artsci.wustl.edu> >> To: <FARRIS-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 12:14 AM >> Subject: [FARRIS-L] origins (?) of William Lee Farris b. 1818 in SW >> Virginia--have DNA >> >> >>> This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. >>> >>> Surnames: Farris/Faris >>> Classification: Query >>> >>> Message Board URL: >>> >>> http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GeV.2ACEB/2167 >>> >>> Message Board Post: >>> >>> Hi all. I'm a descendant of William Lee Farris (b. 3/19/1818 in >>> Washington County Virginia, m. 10/13/1846 Polly Ramey in Carroll County, >>> Kentucky, d. 1913 in Adair County, KY). The spelling of his last name >>> was probably highly variable, and I have seen ample evidence of spelling >>> changes from census to census in Virginia backcountry and Kentucky >>> documents. His parents were probably Isaac Faris (or Farris) and Sarah >>> Thompson. I've had my DNA sequence to 37 markers and have been able to >>> compare it to other folks who have had it done. Prior to this, I had >>> hoped to link my geneology to the Ian Esom Farris descendent crowd who >>> also have a SW Virginia branch.The DNA has established firmly that I am >>> not related to them (I'm an R1b1 haplotype, whereas they are I's--a >>> whole different ancient genetic origin). I am also not particularly >>> closely linked to the Northern Irish bunch out of South Carolina. The >>> various databases (Y base perhaps being the most useful) seem to show me >>> most clos! >>> ely related to folks with largely occupational names of English origin >>> (so I am perhaps a Farris that is a variant of "Farrar"--a farrier). So, >>> I may be looking for Farrises (or Farises) of English origin, as opposed >>> to the Scottish and Irish ones, which have received more attention. The >>> only other clue I have recently found is that a William and an Isac >>> Faris (spelling in backcountry Virginia seems to have been very fluid) >>> were in the 1810 tax lists for Russell County, Virginia (adjacent >>> Washington Co.). Any help or enquiries would be welcome. >>> >>> >>> >>> ==== FARRIS Mailing List ==== >>> You may search the Farris-L archives on the Rootsweb web site at: >>> http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >>> In the surname field, type in Farris >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> ==== FARRIS Mailing List ==== >> Submit your "Most Wanted Farris" to me and I will place your query on the >> "FARRIS MOST WANTED" web site at >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wanda/FMW.html >> > > > ==== FARRIS Mailing List ==== > Submit your "Most Wanted Farris" to me and I will place your query on the > "FARRIS MOST WANTED" web site at > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wanda/FMW.html > > >