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 > > >