A common ancestor could be either on the mother's or father's side. There could be two sisters who married unrelated men. It would be impossible to establish any kind of relationship between the men based on them having married sisters. It has been proven for quite some time (documents and records) that the Esther Carson who married Nathaniel Maxwell was the daughter of Patrick Carson of Chester Ct. PA. There is nothing that establishes the date of Henry Maxwell's birth! Or that he married his first cousin. I do now know that Walter and Agness Carson arrived in the US by 1728 at least. I also can prove that Walter Carson was related to Samuel Carson of Londongrove Chester Ct. PA It is possible that Henry was related to Robert Maxwell to whose will he was a witness in, if I remember correctly, 1760s Lancaster Ct. PA. A number of the children of Robert have the same names as those of Henry. The probability is 50 percent that they shared a common last name unknown ancestor seven generations ago as a basis for suggesting kinship of Nathaniel and Henry - stuff and nonsense. I thought it was agreed that you would not use the Maxwell email list for this DNA stuff other than to announce where your website can be found. And, by the way, seven generations doesn't equate before 1800. 1st b. 1730, married 1751 2nd b. 1752 married 1773 3rd b. 1774 married 1795 4th b. 1796 married 1817 5th b. 1818 married 1839 6th b. 1840 married 1862 7th b. 1863 married 1884 Elapsed time is 273 years 1730 to 2003; elapsed time earliest possible illustrated above is 133 years, assuming marriage at age 21 which is quite reasonable. . Whether Henry Maxwell had sibblings or not is something that is extremely unlikely to be proven or disproven. There just aren't records or documents. The best lead is to get Walter Carson back to Ireland and establish his relationship with the Maxwell family there, if any. Walter and Agness Carson did have four children which have been documented plus a fifth highly likely. Josette Maxwell Boone NC . At 11:47 AM 1/27/03 -0600, you wrote: >Did Agnes CARSON have a younger sister named Esther CARSON (or was she a >neice as some have proposed)?????? > >If anyone can prove or disprove this, please reply. > >If they were sisters, then it helps prove our assumption that these two >CARSON sisters >were married to two MAXWELL brothers. > >Recent DNA results indicate that Henry MAXWELL and Nathaniel MAXWELL are very >closely related. Since their estimated birthdates are just eleven years >apart, they could >be brothers. >And since they both had wives named CARSON, it would indicate that two >brothers in >one family married two sisters in another family....a very common practice >in the 1700s >and 1800s. >What leads to this conclusion? >In the MAXWELL FAMILY DNA STUDY, a living male descendant from each of the >above couples (Henry Maxwell m. Agnes Carson and Nathanial Maxwell m. >Esther Carson) provided DNA samples. These two Y-chromosome samples matched >exactly for the first 12 markers (loci). An additional analysis (refined >"high resolution" test)was made and the two >samples also matched exactly on a 25-marker test. >FamilyTreeMakerDNA statistical studies show that these two donors are >certainly related >and that they share a common ancestor in the past seven (probability 50%) >generations. >In other words, Henry and Nathaniel could be brothers and their father >(name unknown >through standard genealogical processes) could be the common ancestor. > >This is new and exciting inofrmation as both of these lines seem to be at >and "brickwall" and have been thoroughly researched and revisited many >times over the years! >Both FTDNA and the Maxwell DNA Study have the policy of not releasing the name >of DNA donors, however, the DNA scores can be released with a coded >donor number. >Please visit our website, and your comments on the above are invited. > >http://hometown.aol.com/dnamaxwell/myhomepage/index.html > >Additional info: As of this date we have not had a UNEXPECTED 25/25 match >in the Maxwell DNA study...till now. We have had 25/25 matches in >genealogically proven lines to verify the reliability of the lab and the >results. > >Don Maxwell > > > > >Donald Power Maxwell, Jr., M.D. >18700 Wolf Creek Dr >Edmond, Okla 73003 >405-216-0219 > >MAXWELL DNA website: >http://hometown.aol.com/dnamaxwell/myhomepage/index.html >THOMAS MAXWELL (1738-1785 Pa) website: >http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=donmaxwell&id=I06187 > >_________________________________________________________________ >Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* >http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

We may as well let the DNA boys have this site... Like they have already told me to stay off of it!!!!!!!!!!!!! So, I do!!!! ----- Original Message ----- From: Josette L. Maxwell To: MAXWELL-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, January 01, 1996 1:31 AM Subject: Re: [MAXWELL-L] Henry b1730 and Nathanial Maxwell b1741 related? A common ancestor could be either on the mother's or father's side. There could be two sisters who married unrelated men. It would be impossible to establish any kind of relationship between the men based on them having married sisters. It has been proven for quite some time (documents and records) that the Esther Carson who married Nathaniel Maxwell was the daughter of Patrick Carson of Chester Ct. PA. There is nothing that establishes the date of Henry Maxwell's birth! Or that he married his first cousin. I do now know that Walter and Agness Carson arrived in the US by 1728 at least. I also can prove that Walter Carson was related to Samuel Carson of Londongrove Chester Ct. PA It is possible that Henry was related to Robert Maxwell to whose will he was a witness in, if I remember correctly, 1760s Lancaster Ct. PA. A number of the children of Robert have the same names as those of Henry. The probability is 50 percent that they shared a common last name unknown ancestor seven generations ago as a basis for suggesting kinship of Nathaniel and Henry - stuff and nonsense. I thought it was agreed that you would not use the Maxwell email list for this DNA stuff other than to announce where your website can be found. And, by the way, seven generations doesn't equate before 1800. 1st b. 1730, married 1751 2nd b. 1752 married 1773 3rd b. 1774 married 1795 4th b. 1796 married 1817 5th b. 1818 married 1839 6th b. 1840 married 1862 7th b. 1863 married 1884 Elapsed time is 273 years 1730 to 2003; elapsed time earliest possible illustrated above is 133 years, assuming marriage at age 21 which is quite reasonable. . Whether Henry Maxwell had sibblings or not is something that is extremely unlikely to be proven or disproven. There just aren't records or documents. The best lead is to get Walter Carson back to Ireland and establish his relationship with the Maxwell family there, if any. Walter and Agness Carson did have four children which have been documented plus a fifth highly likely. Josette Maxwell Boone NC . At 11:47 AM 1/27/03 -0600, you wrote: >Did Agnes CARSON have a younger sister named Esther CARSON (or was she a >neice as some have proposed)?????? > >If anyone can prove or disprove this, please reply. > >If they were sisters, then it helps prove our assumption that these two >CARSON sisters >were married to two MAXWELL brothers. > >Recent DNA results indicate that Henry MAXWELL and Nathaniel MAXWELL are very >closely related. Since their estimated birthdates are just eleven years >apart, they could >be brothers. >And since they both had wives named CARSON, it would indicate that two >brothers in >one family married two sisters in another family....a very common practice >in the 1700s >and 1800s. >What leads to this conclusion? >In the MAXWELL FAMILY DNA STUDY, a living male descendant from each of the >above couples (Henry Maxwell m. Agnes Carson and Nathanial Maxwell m. >Esther Carson) provided DNA samples. These two Y-chromosome samples matched >exactly for the first 12 markers (loci). An additional analysis (refined >"high resolution" test)was made and the two >samples also matched exactly on a 25-marker test. >FamilyTreeMakerDNA statistical studies show that these two donors are >certainly related >and that they share a common ancestor in the past seven (probability 50%) >generations. >In other words, Henry and Nathaniel could be brothers and their father >(name unknown >through standard genealogical processes) could be the common ancestor. > >This is new and exciting inofrmation as both of these lines seem to be at >and "brickwall" and have been thoroughly researched and revisited many >times over the years! >Both FTDNA and the Maxwell DNA Study have the policy of not releasing the name >of DNA donors, however, the DNA scores can be released with a coded >donor number. >Please visit our website, and your comments on the above are invited. > >http://hometown.aol.com/dnamaxwell/myhomepage/index.html > >Additional info: As of this date we have not had a UNEXPECTED 25/25 match >in the Maxwell DNA study...till now. We have had 25/25 matches in >genealogically proven lines to verify the reliability of the lab and the >results. > >Don Maxwell > > > > >Donald Power Maxwell, Jr., M.D. >18700 Wolf Creek Dr >Edmond, Okla 73003 >405-216-0219 > >MAXWELL DNA website: >http://hometown.aol.com/dnamaxwell/myhomepage/index.html >THOMAS MAXWELL (1738-1785 Pa) website: >http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=donmaxwell&id=I06187 > >_________________________________________________________________ >Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* >http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail