It's been a while since I posted, so I will give my info again. I am searching for the country of origin for my line; believed to be Scots-Irish. If anyone recognizes any of this info, please let me know. Sampson Johns(t)on b. circa 1768 NC 2nd m. Martha molphus 1830 GA Levi Johnson b 1805 GA m. Elisabeth children: Landonie, John, Morgan, Jonas, Margaret,Elisabeth, Mary, Sarah John Johnson b. 1830 GA m. Susan ? Burrel Johnson b. 1860 Decatur GA m. Nancy Connel 1877 John Eddie Johnson Sr b. 1895 Decatur GA m. Lillie Mae Pollock John Eddie Johnson Jr. b. 1933 GA. m. Mary McKenzie --- Marleen Van Horne <msvnhrn@jps.net> wrote: > The Sir_William_Johnson yDNA Project has been > established at Family Tree > DNA. The purpose of this project is to identify > descendants in the male > line from Sir William and to prove or disprove the > many family legends > of descent from Sir William. > > Sir William Johnson claimed that during the > thirty-six years, he lived > in North America, he fathered between 600 and 700 > children. Most of > these children would have been born under conditions > where births were > not recorded. Most of the mothers would have been > Native American women, > some of the mothers were European women. > > If you have a family legend of descent from Sir > William Johnson, by all > means, please join the project. In addition to men > from families with > legends, we need men who have documented pedigrees > of descent from Sir > William Johnson, his son and heir, Sir John Johnson, > or from Peter and > Warren Johnson, Sir William’s brothers. > > Sir John Johnson had a number of sons with his wife, > Mary Watts. The > title, Johnson of New York passed through these > sons, down to a Sir John > Johnson who was living in the 1950s. When he died, > if I am not mistaken, > the title passed to the son of a sister, who took > the Johnson surname, > becoming Sir Peter Johnson. The man who holds the > title Johnson of New > York, today, would no longer have Sir William > Johnson’s yDNA. > > Sir John Johnson, however, had two children, prior > to his marriage, with > Clarissa Putman. The oldest child, Margaret Johnson, > married James Van > Horne. They lived in Schenectady, New York, and are > my ggg-grandparents. > The second child, William Johnson, born about 1770, > at Fort Johnson, New > York, was taken, as a teenager, to Canada by his > father to be educated. > He married Margaret Clarke. According to Loyalist > Lineages of Canada, > they had five sons, Edward Simon Johnson, John > Hazelton Johnson, William > Henry Johnson, Thomas Gordon Johnson and Lowis > William Johnson. > Descendants of these men still live in Canada. > > Family Tree DNA has made available four gift > certificates, to be applied > to the cost of the yDNA test. > > For yDNA testing, you MUST be a male, directly > descended in the male > line from a man you believe to be the son of Sir > William Johnson, or > from one of the other three men mentioned above. If > your line of descent > has been interrupted by an adoption, or a female > ancestor then your yDNA > will not match Sir William Johnson. > > If you are interested in joining the > Sir_William_Johnson yDNA Project, > please look at the project pages at: > www.familytreedna.com/public/Sir_William_Johnson, or > write to me at > msvnhrn@jps.net > > Marleen Van Horne > Sir_William_Johnson yDNA Project Manager > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to JOHNSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you with Yahoo Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/sports;_ylt=At9_qDKvtAbMuh1G1SQtBI7ntAcJ