Very interesting. Where did your husband's ancestors live? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Juvanne Martin" <juvanne@earthlink.net> To: <martin@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007 9:13 PM Subject: Re: [MARTIN] Martin & Williams in Bedford Co., VA > Randy, I am pretty sure that somewhere along the line, you are related to > my husband, Terry Martin, but we have not yet uncovered his > great-great-grandparents. He also is in group 8, but has not more testing > down than his other matches. > Juvanne Martin, CG > Nampa, Idaho > > -----Original Message----- >>From: Randy Williams <randywilliams@verizon.net> >>Sent: Jun 14, 2007 3:51 PM >>To: MARTIN@rootsweb.com >>Subject: [MARTIN] Martin & Williams in Bedford Co., VA >> >>Hello, >>My name is Randy Williams but my yDNA matches Group 8 in the Martin DNA >>project. The Williams and Martins were in Bedford County, VA in the late >>1700's. William Martin, b. 1760, married Susanna Meador in Bedford in >>1782. My earliest known Williams ancestor is James Williams, b. 1793. He >>was supposedly the son of a Catherine Williams and an unknown Indian >>father. But, as I mentioned, my yDNA matches these Martins. >> >>On the same page in the Bedford marriage records is a John Martin who >>married Catherine Williams in 1817, with James Williams, surety. But my >>James Williams was born in 1793. I have matched with only one other >>Williams and he descends from a John Williams, b. 1795, who ended up in >>Floyd County, KY. William Martin, b. 1760, also ended up in Floyd County, >>KY. Also on the same page in the marriage records is a Bailey Martin who >>marries Elizabeth Williams in 1824 with the consent of James Williams. >> >>My James Williams, b. 1793, married Temperance Lane and lived most all his >>life in what is now Scott County, Virginia. This James Williams named one >>of his sons Rial Martin Williams. There was a Mitchell Martin who was born >>in Goochland, VA in the 1760's who named a son Rial Martin. >> >>Is there anyone who knows these lines and can shed any light on this? I >>welcome all theories or scenarios. >> >>Thanks, >>Randy Williams >>Blacksburg, Virginia >>540-239-6035 >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>MARTIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >>in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MARTIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.17/850 - Release Date: 6/15/2007 > 11:31 AM >