Hello Scott, Thank you for letting me know . I saw the 5 and thought it might be my line. It must have been the generation number. my cousin submitted his DNA for our line We are { FFA#chart # 5} I cannot get any further back then my 8th gr and so far my cousin's DNA has matched WALES and another line that inter married into our FRENCH. I am not sure that he was not from Scotland and left from Dorset. It is a brick wall. So far no other DNA surname FRENCH have matched. http://small-stuff.com/FRENCH/DNA/tre12589.htm God bless Lorri SCOTT <scottt@chartermi.net> wrote: Lorri - My Frenches are from Dummerston, VT (FFA CHART #2 ) here: Test # F12684-- >>> http://small-stuff.com/FRENCH/DNA/tree6.htm William (The Martyr) French's father was Nathaniel I (birth date wrong on above page) born: 2feb1720/21, Billerica, MA died: 8june1801, Brattleboro, VT buried: Locust Ridge Cemetery, Brattleboro, VT Scott French ----- Original Message ----- From: Lorri French To: french@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 10:56 AM Subject: Re: [FRENCH] FRENCH Digest, Vol 2, Issue 72 My line is Chart #5 Re the William French listed here ,is there any other info on him like birth , death family since I have so may William s' and my FRENCH were in and some born in Dummerston, at one time. Thanks & God bless lorri_french@yahoo.com http://www.frenchfamilyassoc.com/FFA/MILITARYHEROES/MilitaryHeroes.htm This is one in our tree ! William (5) of Dummerston, VT, thought to be the first person killed in the American Revolution, 13 Mar 1775. "From Henry M. Burt's Illustrated Guide of the Connecticut Valley: This [Westminster, VT] is a place of great historic interest, as here begun the opening scenes of the American Revolution. ... the royal authorities fired into it, mortally wounding William French and Daniel Houghton [Houghton lived for three days]. This occurred March 13th, 1775. French was only 22 years of age, and was a resident of Brattleboro. Previous to the attack on the court house, he [French] went from Brattleboro to Dummerston, where he joined the Dummerston Rangers. He was buried in Westminster... It is claimed that the Westminster massacre so enraged General Gage, at Boston, the British commander, showing as he thought the determined spirit of the people to resist British authority, that he was induced to march to Lexington and inflict the blow which opened the Revolution. If so, Westminster is entitled to the honor of being the birth place of American liberty [and William French the first blood of the Revolution]." --------------------------------- It's here! Your new message! Get new email alerts with the free Yahoo! Toolbar.