I also question the results from just one descendant, Pat. We can't go on just one descendant who has the paper trail from Zachariah,said s/o George. One really needs to have at least two if not more descendants of definitely different branches who have their paper trail back to Zachariah. There is always the chance for an adoption, illegitimacy, alias, or adoption of mother's maiden name, or other non-paternity event when basing lineage on just one DNA descendant. It's like ours...we know with two of researching and our participants matching DNA from different branches we are probably on the right trail. I'm not ready to throw out Zachariah as a son of George just yet. I think we have to wait to find other branches of his descendants. Audrey -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Helen S. Ullmann Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 8:49 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [MILLS] Zachariah Mills Pat, I thought you had my book, so I am puzzled as to why you think Zachariah may not be a son of George. George transferred land to his son Zachariah on 22 February 1678/9 (p. 8). If the DNA of a supposed male descendant of Zachariah does not match other descendants of George (I haven't looked at the DNA website) it could indicate a non-paternity event somewhere in the line. DNA has identified a male descendant of my Peter Mills whose surname was Cobb. Turns out he was the son of a woman's first husband, Jonathan (I think) Mills. She later married a man named Cobb. When the descendant's DNA didn't match any Cobb but did match Peter Mills line, he came looking. Helen Ullmann [email protected] wrote: >Today's Topics: > > 1. Zachariah - George MILLS - Jamaica, LI NY USA ([email protected]) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 08:52:39 EST >From: [email protected] >Subject: [MILLS] Zachariah - George MILLS - Jamaica, LI NY USA >To: [email protected], [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > >Due to the DNA testing and the results there posted, >_http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~crrking/mills/mills_dnar.ht m_ >(http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~crrking/mills/mills_dnar.ht m) go to DNA results page > >I am unlinking from my MILLS family data base that of Zachariah MILLS - >Abigail MESSINGER family line. > >There are now several DNA test kits on the MILLS DNA Project that do not >match to the category 600 and 600a, yet they do match to each other across the >board, > >as George MILLS B: ca 1585/1605 of Jamaica, LI NY USA. D: 1674. spouse as >Rebecca TANNER (?). > >Unless some one has more concrete documentation to that effect, that truly >Zachariah was his son. > >I wonder if George took him under his wing, as noted by some, that George >was of the Cloth, a minister. > >I can go on surmising, but will leave it at that. > >Any insight's, welcome. > >Patricia >cw > >**************One site has it all. Your email accounts, your social networks, >and the things you love. Try the new AOL.com >today!(http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1212962939x1200825291/aol?re dir=http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp >%26icid=aolcom40vanity%26ncid=emlcntaolcom00000001) > > >------------------------------ > >To contact the MILLS list administrator, send an email to >[email protected] > >To post a message to the MILLS mailing list, send an email to [email protected] > >__________________________________________________________ >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] >with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the >email with no additional text. > > >End of MILLS Digest, Vol 3, Issue 232 >************************************* > > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message