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