Several list members have been discussing the DNA Group 1 results in respect to the recent addition of Hugh French of Maryland and later of Virginia. Some say Hugh French was from Ireland and some say from England. Hugh French had ties with the Masons from Pershore, England, and with the George Washington line, also from nearby that region in England. Therefore, I've put the French-Mason line from Pershore online; however, only Mary and Anne French married into the Mason family and no French male has been found yet to account for Hugh French. The research goes on and on. Mara French http://www.frenchfamilyassoc.com/FFA/CHARTSWEB/England/ChartEE.htm This French family married into the George Mason family of Pershore. The George Masons (and the George Washingtons from nearby) emigrated to Virginia. This French line has not yet been connected to the U.S. Chart #36; however, the Masons and Washingtons mentioned in this chart are the same as those mentioned in Chart #36, and they both immigrated intermarried, and they both emigrated at the same time and to the same area. Now that the DNA test shows that this family was not from the well-known Irish family of Frenches, it is assumed that these Frenches of DNA Group 1 were from Pershore, England. The French and Baugh (see 1.5 below) families were two of the most important families in the village of Pershore at this time. Their ownership of lands and houses placed them on the commissions of peace, on the vestry of the parish, and, in the case of George French, Gentleman, at the head of the court baron of the manors of Old and New Pershore.