Hi Julia, thanks for your nice comments. I think the DNA group numbers are helpful, and there are fewer of them than FFA chart numbers. Perhaps you can add another column and link to the chart. Your comments on Phillip of NY are interesting. Are you in touch with Jim Gunderson who is working on John the Brick Mason? I wasn't able to research the many Frenches who immigrated from London, but I'll see whom I can tie together from DNA Gp 1. Thank, Mara On Apr 2, 2007, at 11:38 AM, JULIAFWOOD@aol.com wrote: > > Hi Mara, Thanks and I am so happy that you are getting your French > stuff > online. You have done so much wonderful research it is a treasure > to all of us. I > am thinking that instead of Group numbers I will list the FFA > number of each > testee if know. That would make the DNA testing interesting as > Group 1 contains > several different FFA chart numbers. We haven't figured out how > some of us > tie together. As for John French, the brick mason. When his > brother, Phillip, > came over to America, he was listed as a merchant from London. Born > in Wapping, > London, Middlesex, England in 1666. His father, Phillip, died in > Kelshall (Now > Kelsale), Suffolk, England in 1703 and named his son, Phillip & > John in New > York, America, and a son William. They could have Irish cousins, > but these > children were Christened in a Protestant church in London. > Julia > > In a message dated 4/2/2007 1:25:49 PM Central Daylight Time, > marafrench@mindspring.com writes: > > It seems that the genealogy researched for Group 1 goes back furthest > to two lines: John French, the Brick Mason, b. ca. 1647, and Hugh > French > b. ca. 1640. The only country mentioned from which this line could > have > emigrated is Ireland, so perhaps this line did come from Ireland > but is > not that specific Irish line from Group 7. The results are close, and > both > Group 1 and Group 7 have a Haplogroup number of R1b1c. I believe > (really not sure) that Margaret Amundsen told me that her line (Hugh > French) was Catholic and from Ireland, and St. Mary's Co, MD was a > Catholic county early on. The Protestants lived across the Potomac. > I see that the DNA test results for markers 26-37 are somewhat > different. Has anyone researched further back on one of the 14 > ancestral > families from Group 1? It could be that Ireland is where the research > should be done. Someday I'll dig out my notes from past trips to > Ireland. > Many of the French families from Ireland had royalty, being part of > the > first 14 Tribes of Galway that spread out, especially to Roscommon. > These families are documented more readily in the red Heraldry books. > Julia, you're doing a fantastic job. Mara > > > > > > ************************************** See what's free at http:// > www.aol.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FRENCH- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message