The John Morgan French ancestry is of particular interest in respect to it being grouped with the DNA Group 1 from New Jersey. The DNA of John M. French matches that of many Frenches who lived in the 1700s in New Jersey; therefore, we are searching to get the ancestry further back than South Carolina in the 1800s. John Morgan French, b. ca. 1811 in South Carolina [8], m1. a Miss Burgess or Bird or Byrd ca. 1835 who died shortly after 1842 in TN after giving birth her fourth child [2]. Her name most likely was Burgess because she gave her 2nd child that name. John m2. ca. 1844 Elizabeth L. Campbell in Tennessee. John was a chairmaker. He d. 1859 near Coffeeville, Yalobusha County, MS. Elizabeth had five children. John moved to Tennessee, perhaps Gibson Co. [8] before 1820, and Dyersbury, TN about 1840, then in moved to Yalobusha County, Mississippi between 1842 and 1845 [1]. Elizabeth may be descended from the Campbell family in Cumberland County, North Carolina. Elizabeth was b. 23 May 1819. First 4 children born in TN, possibly Dyersburg in Dyer Co., and the last 5 children were born in Mississippi. All 9 children born from1835 thru 1856 [3]. John d. in 1859 in Coffeeville, Yalobusha Co., MS. After his death, Elizabeth m2. John H. Brock [4], and m3. Jack Highsmith [8]. http://www.frenchfamilyassoc.com/FFA/CHARTS/Chart%20028/Chart028.htm Comments or suggestions appreciated. Mara French marafrench@mindspring.com http://www.frenchfamilyassoc.com/FFA