We have just learned that the results of a 24 marker DNA test of a descendant of William CEARLEY b. before September 18, 1717 who died bef. March 1796 in Wilkesboro, Wilkes, NC shows that there is a connection to the antecedents and descendants of Capt. Henry Kerley and his second wife Elizabeth Ward, widow of John Howe, Jr - through their son William the Mariner, b. abt 1680 and his wife Mary Bowden Kerley, who had a son William, Jr., b. before September 18, 1717. **************Download the AOL Classifieds Toolbar for local deals at your fingertips. (http://toolbar.aol.com/aolclassifieds/download.html?ncid=emlcntusdown00000004)