-------Original Message------- From: Marilynn Masten <GardnerRus@carolina.rr.com> Sent: 01/20/03 12:53 PM To: GARDNER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GARDNER] DNA testing & New England Gardners > Well the connection is close if you consider 1,000 years close. But in DNAlanguage, I guess that's close. > > We NC Gardners had to come from somewhere unless we popped > out of the ground like the Picts did when Ireland was first > invaded, giving a basis to the tale of the Leprechaun. > > Marilynn Hi, Marilynn: There seems to be some confusion here. The Picts were in Scotland, as early as the time of the Romans and Hadrian's Wall. The Irish (called "Scots", Latin "Scotti") invaded Scotland, I think (don't quote me!) about 800 or 900 AD. The Picts and the Scots were united under Kenneth McAlpin about the turn of the millenium (ditto don't quote me on the details). My GARDNER ancestors arrived in New England from Scotland in 1773, settling in Ryegate, Vermont. The county in which they put down their new roots is named Caledonia (the old name for Scotland) from all the Scots in Ryegate, Barnet, and the nearby towns in Vermont. So here is yet *another* "New England GARDNER line". Darrell Darrell A. Martin working from web-based Earthlink mail darrellm@sprynet.com