Hi Folks,   The project now reports a 2nd sample whose donor claims explicit descent from the Reverend Roger Newton (died 07 Jun 1683, Milford, Connecticut). This DNA agrees with the prior participant who claimed a shared descent from the Reverend. Further, this 2nd sample comes from a person whose family stayed in that area until very recently (in genealogical timescales), so should be reliable.   I suggest that anyone with this NEWTON type "R" DNA look very closely for probable connection with said Reverend Roger Newton, if they have not already done so, and that any similar claims for descent now have a litmus test.   The most recent common ancestor for the 2 DNA providers of topic is: David Newton, great great grandson of Reverend Roger Newton; Born 25 Mar 1753, Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut, Married Mary Hazen, 16 Sep 1773, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, Died 29 Dec 1839, Hartford, Windsor County, Vermont.   Thus the DNA actually specifies the probable type of this David Newton. However, the links from David to the Reverend Roger seem to be solid and trustworthy. And, as always, we will continue to refine the connections, etc., as more samples come in.   Best,   Gregg Bonner NEWTON Surname DNA Project Group Administrator

Hello to the List, I am trying to locate some long lost relatives perhaps . I can just about vaguely remember when I was very young that a visitor or a family came to my grandmothers Alice Newton (Barnett) who was living in Burslem Stoke-on-Trent. I seem to think that they came from a place called Scone and also Adelaide was mentioned. My grandmother Alice Newton born. Hucknall, Nottinghamshire and she married William Barnett born Congleton Cheshire who were married in Leek Staffordshire 1910. I am quite certain one of Alice's brothers or sisters went out to Australia at some time. Alice's siblings were Elizabeth, Samuel, Sarah A., Joseph, Walter, Thomas Newton. About 5 or 6 years ago when my uncle died I was handed a airmail letter with an Australian address , so I decided to write to the person and her surname was Mercer . I wonder if there's anyone in Australia that this info might ring a bell to them. Very much appreciated for reading......... Geoff Barnett, UK

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To Judy & All Available data (not my research) indicates that Samuel NEWTON was b. 14 Nov 1793, VA, m. 1816 in Buckingham, VA to Drucilla AGEE, daughter of Joseph AGEE & Grace MASK, b. 20 Nov 1797, Buckingham, VA. They migrated to Shelby County, KY where Samuel died 6 July 1833. Drucilla later married John CLARKE and died in Shelby County, 1 April 1871. Their children include: Joseph Agee NEWTON; m. Amanda ANDERSON Elizabeth Ann NEWTON; m. Allen BARRETT Mary Susan NEWTON; Martha Glover NEWTON; m. Shelby SCEARCE Thomas NEWTON; William NEWTON; m. Louisa BRIGHT Sarah NEWTON; m. Simpson WEAKLEY Caroline NEWTON; m. John ROGERS Darwin Newton denewton@sktc.net

How about some dates? Judy jryden@charter.net Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass.... It's about learning to dance in the rain. On Aug 2, 2008, at 12:52 56 PM, Darwin Newton wrote: > Looking for descendants of subject couple... > There is a lot of "circumstantial evidence" that indicates that this > Samuel NEWTON is likely the son of Joseph NEWTON & Elizabeth GLOVER of > Buckingham County, VA. If so, he would be a double cousin to my 3rd > great grandfather, also Samuel Newton, son of John NEWTON Jr and Nancy > GLOVER of Cumberland County, VA. IF a direct lineal descent male > NEWTON > of Samuel NEWTON of Shelby County, KY could be identified and tested > for > a DNA match, I,d be very surprised if we DIDN'T share the same Y > chromosome. Feel free to contact me for more information. > > Darwin Newton > denewton@sktc.net > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NEWTON-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message

Looking for descendants of subject couple... There is a lot of "circumstantial evidence" that indicates that this Samuel NEWTON is likely the son of Joseph NEWTON & Elizabeth GLOVER of Buckingham County, VA. If so, he would be a double cousin to my 3rd great grandfather, also Samuel Newton, son of John NEWTON Jr and Nancy GLOVER of Cumberland County, VA. IF a direct lineal descent male NEWTON of Samuel NEWTON of Shelby County, KY could be identified and tested for a DNA match, I,d be very surprised if we DIDN'T share the same Y chromosome. Feel free to contact me for more information. Darwin Newton denewton@sktc.net

Hi Dave, I am not sure what you mean about putting the letter groups together. Do you mean to arrange the table so that all the 'nodes' of like letter are together? I am unsure because all the nodes of same letter should also have the same haplogroup. Do you mean the rootsweb page or the FTDNA page? I have no control over SMGF. The idea was that people could be tested for free, but they wouldn't get the results. Later people figured out that they could determine which sample was theirs from the database, and use that. But I have no way of knowing who those Newtons were that tested with them or the ancestry. I would only know more raw data. The trouble there really isn't representation of the data (ordering of the DYSes, e.g.), but making initial contact with those that tested. And even then I really wouldn't know how to associate the samples with the data unless the participants had already done that. Cheers, Gregg "David S. Payne" <otime1@yahoo.com> wrote: Gregg, Yes this is a good project webpage. But I wish you would put the letter groups together so we can compare haplogroups. I think my wife's family is group T here in upstate SC but haven't been able to get anyone in our family to put up the money to test. Do you think you would be able to post DNA test results from the free http://www.smgf.org/ site? It does show that the results can be shown in any format. DAVE --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search.

Gregg on your web site you mentioned that your Newtons' came from Spotysylvania Co. Do you have any information on a John or William Newton that married Melvinia Bumpass and lived in the northern Hanover or Louisa Counties. He was said to have come from Spotsylvania Co. I guess he would have been born around 1800-1810 his son John William Bumpass Newton was born in 1839. Thanks Pat **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and advice on AOL Money & Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf00030000000001)

Thanks for all your past expert guidance of the Newton DNA site. I hope you will continue to monitor it and make suggestions or changes as needed. Alan Newton Miller In a message dated 3/8/2008 9:51:53 P.M. Central Daylight Time, greggbonner@yahoo.com writes: Hi Folks, In recent months, the NEWTON Surname DNA Project has surpassed the 50 member mark. We are now what is unofficially considered a "big" project. I want to thank all the participants who have helped by donating their DNA, and/or money, and/or time. I also want to thank anyone who has helped to advance NEWTON genealogy. Finally, I want to thank my co-admin, Phin Newton, for his help in sorting data, contacting participants, and particularly for helping people of the type "J" DNA get linked up to progenitor Richard Newton. As you may know, each "new" DNA type gets a new letter, incrementing alphabetically. In recent months we have also used up all the letters. A type "Z" NEWTON DNA exists, and more types evidently will be on the way. If the DNA project has shown us nothing else, it is that the derivation of NEWTON as a surname is very diverse, or, as they say, heterophyletic. All these factors and more make it now impossible for me to continue to maintain the project website to the degree that I think it needs. Therefore, I am putting this project on the equivalent of auto-pilot. The testing company makes a webpage automatically which will provide the raw data. The old website at rootsweb will continue in its present state, more or less. There will be reciprocal links in each. This means all the current data will be shown without need for me to update the existing project page for people to see it. The downside is that the explicit descent will not be shown in association with the new data from here on out, except for what we can get the participants themselves to put in their own webpage at the testing company, or by posting on various websites by parties privy to the information. I hope to adopt some registration orthodoxy to ensure that no information is lost. When the changes are complete, I will include the link to the continuing project data view at the company's website here, which is the current project webpage: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gbonner/newtondna/ Thanks again to everyone who made this project such a success that it broke me. This is a good problem to have :) Sincerely, Gregg Bonner NEWTON Surname DNA Project Group Administrator --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NEWTON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and advice on AOL Money & Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf00030000000001)

Thank you, Merle. My personal email at least for the present is: jryden@charter.net Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass.... It's about learning to dance in the rain. On Mar 9, 2008, at 3:43 45 PM, Merle Newton wrote: > If you will send me your personal email address I'll be glad to fill > you in my findings. Merle Newton > On Mar 9, 2008, at 3:16 PM, Judy wrote: > >> I have no living male Newtons in my family, so am dependent >> on finding other connections for my Robert Henry Newton b. >> abt. 1818 somewhere in North Carolina and d. after 1881 in >> one of the eastern Kansas counties. >> >> I have found valuable leads to ancestors by looking at the >> places where NEWTONs in the DNA project were born and >> married -- i.e. Robert was born in NC, probably married in >> KY. >> >> Also, I once found a gg grandparent by finding a sibling of >> his with the mother's maiden name as a middle name. From >> there, I also found other names such as a son named after >> an uncle. These led me to counties where I found actual >> documentation for those lines. >> >> I am attempting to do the same here. >> >> Here are some notes I've made while researching this gg >> grandfather, Robert Henry NEWTON. >> >> Looking at them can you see any possible connection to >> your Newtons? >> >> Robert moved his family to Logan County, Ky. in the winter of 1844, >> and to Holt County, Mo., in the winter of 1850. After farming one >> year in Holt County, Robert took the management of the Government >> Mission Farm at Highland, Kan., one year (the Indian School). He >> next >> farmed in De Kalb County, Mo., and then moved to Buchanan County and >> remained there until he came to Kansas in 1855. >> Found at: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ks/statewide/census/1855d12.txt >> TWELFTH DISTRICT List of voters in the twelfth election district of >> the Territory of Kansas, according to the census taken by B. H. >> Twombley in the months of January and February, 1855. (From Kansas >> history) >> ============================ >> Newton, John from Mo SIXTEENTH DISTRICT List of voters of the sixth >> election district of the Territory of Kansas, according to the census >> returns made by Charles Leib, taken during the months of January and >> February, 1855. Newton, John C. from Mo (geographic >> proximity and similar age makes this guy interesting to my research) >> =========================== >> From a letter by Virginia Dial: "Great - grandfather Robert Henry >> [Newton] was a teacher in the Indian schools in Tennessee. He was >> known as a scholar." >> ================================= >> who is the William Newton living in the area of Wyandotte Co., KS? >> "The Kansas City Journal" (Missouri) Saturday, May 13, 1882 >> Wyandott and Vicinity >> --Wm. NEWTON has a large stock of new and second-hand furniture, >> which >> he is selling off at cost. >> ======================================== >> >> From 1865 State census, Atchison county, Mt. Pleasant twp: >> Newton, R. H. age 47 Farmer Born NC >> , M. C. 43 Fem TN (R.H. = >> Robert Henry NEWTON) >> , S. A. 18 Fem KY (M.C. = >> Martha Carlton (nee Rowe) NEWTON) >> , E. J. 16 Fem KY (Eliza >> Jane) >> , C. H. 11 M MO (Charles >> H.) >> T. 8 F KS >> (Theodosia) >> A. M. 6 M KS (Albert >> M.) >> M. L. 4 F KS (MaryAnn >> L.) >> R. 2 M KS >> (William Robert) >> Rowe, H 78 F Ireland (Is >> this >> Martha’s mother?) >> ============================ >> Already grown children of this family: >> Periander Carlton NEWTON b. 11 Jun. 1842 Robertson Co., Tennessee >> Theodore b. 1845 KY d. 1857 in either MO or KS >> Sara A. b. abt. 1840 d. aft. 1910 possibly married to William S. >> BROWN >> >> =========================== >> 1880 CENSUS >> Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace >> Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace >> R. H. NEWTON Self M male W 63 >> NC Farmer >> NC NC >> Martha NEWTON Wife M Female W 58 TN >> Keeping House VA IRE >> Theodotha A. NEWTON Dau S Female W 22 KS >> Keeping House NC TN >> Albert NEWTON Son S Male W 21 >> KS Farmer >> NC TN >> Mary Ann NEWTON Dau S Female W 19 KS >> Housework NC TN >> William NEWTON Son S Male W 17 >> KS Farming >> NC TN >> Thomas NEWTON Son S Male W 14 >> KS Farming >> NC TN >> J. W. MERCHANT Other S Male W 20 MO >> Farming KY KY >> =============================== >> >> [a possible lead to Robert Henry’s family is this newspaper piece: >> "The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Monday, May 26, 1913 >> >> DEATHS IN KANSAS CITY. >> >> Mrs. R. M. DARNELL, 744 Osage Avenue, Kansas side, received word >> yesterday >> of the death of her father, A. J. NEWTON, at Pleasant Ridge, Mo. Mr. >> NEWTON >> was 90 years old. He was one of the men who helped build the Kansas >> territorial capitol at Lecompton. >> >> Could this be a brother of Robert Henry Newton?] >> ================================== >> >> Thanks, >> Judy >> >> dau of Ettamae NEWTON >> dau of Perry Carlton NEWTON >> son of Periander Carlton NEWTON >> son of Robert Henry NEWTON

If you will send me your personal email address I'll be glad to fill you in my findings. Merle Newton On Mar 9, 2008, at 3:16 PM, Judy wrote: > I have no living male Newtons in my family, so am dependent > on finding other connections for my Robert Henry Newton b. > abt. 1818 somewhere in North Carolina and d. after 1881 in > one of the eastern Kansas counties. > > I have found valuable leads to ancestors by looking at the > places where NEWTONs in the DNA project were born and > married -- i.e. Robert was born in NC, probably married in > KY. > > Also, I once found a gg grandparent by finding a sibling of > his with the mother's maiden name as a middle name. From > there, I also found other names such as a son named after > an uncle. These led me to counties where I found actual > documentation for those lines. > > I am attempting to do the same here. > > Here are some notes I've made while researching this gg > grandfather, Robert Henry NEWTON. > > Looking at them can you see any possible connection to > your Newtons? > > Robert moved his family to Logan County, Ky. in the winter of 1844, > and to Holt County, Mo., in the winter of 1850. After farming one > year in Holt County, Robert took the management of the Government > Mission Farm at Highland, Kan., one year (the Indian School). He next > farmed in De Kalb County, Mo., and then moved to Buchanan County and > remained there until he came to Kansas in 1855. > Found at: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ks/statewide/census/1855d12.txt > TWELFTH DISTRICT List of voters in the twelfth election district of > the Territory of Kansas, according to the census taken by B. H. > Twombley in the months of January and February, 1855. (From Kansas > history) > ============================ > Newton, John from Mo SIXTEENTH DISTRICT List of voters of the sixth > election district of the Territory of Kansas, according to the census > returns made by Charles Leib, taken during the months of January and > February, 1855. Newton, John C. from Mo (geographic > proximity and similar age makes this guy interesting to my research) > =========================== > From a letter by Virginia Dial: "Great - grandfather Robert Henry > [Newton] was a teacher in the Indian schools in Tennessee. He was > known as a scholar." > ================================= > who is the William Newton living in the area of Wyandotte Co., KS? > "The Kansas City Journal" (Missouri) Saturday, May 13, 1882 > Wyandott and Vicinity > --Wm. NEWTON has a large stock of new and second-hand furniture, which > he is selling off at cost. > ======================================== > > From 1865 State census, Atchison county, Mt. Pleasant twp: > Newton, R. H. age 47 Farmer Born NC > , M. C. 43 Fem TN (R.H. = > Robert Henry NEWTON) > , S. A. 18 Fem KY (M.C. = > Martha Carlton (nee Rowe) NEWTON) > , E. J. 16 Fem KY (Eliza > Jane) > , C. H. 11 M MO (Charles > H.) > T. 8 F KS > (Theodosia) > A. M. 6 M KS (Albert > M.) > M. L. 4 F KS (MaryAnn > L.) > R. 2 M KS > (William Robert) > Rowe, H 78 F Ireland (Is this > Martha’s mother?) > ============================ > Already grown children of this family: > Periander Carlton NEWTON b. 11 Jun. 1842 Robertson Co., Tennessee > Theodore b. 1845 KY d. 1857 in either MO or KS > Sara A. b. abt. 1840 d. aft. 1910 possibly married to William S. > BROWN > > =========================== > 1880 CENSUS > Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace > Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace > R. H. NEWTON Self M male W 63 > NC Farmer > NC NC > Martha NEWTON Wife M Female W 58 TN > Keeping House VA IRE > Theodotha A. NEWTON Dau S Female W 22 KS > Keeping House NC TN > Albert NEWTON Son S Male W 21 > KS Farmer > NC TN > Mary Ann NEWTON Dau S Female W 19 KS > Housework NC TN > William NEWTON Son S Male W 17 > KS Farming > NC TN > Thomas NEWTON Son S Male W 14 > KS Farming > NC TN > J. W. MERCHANT Other S Male W 20 MO > Farming KY KY > =============================== > > [a possible lead to Robert Henry’s family is this newspaper piece: > "The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Monday, May 26, 1913 > > DEATHS IN KANSAS CITY. > > Mrs. R. M. DARNELL, 744 Osage Avenue, Kansas side, received word > yesterday > of the death of her father, A. J. NEWTON, at Pleasant Ridge, Mo. Mr. > NEWTON > was 90 years old. He was one of the men who helped build the Kansas > territorial capitol at Lecompton. > > Could this be a brother of Robert Henry Newton?] > ================================== > > Thanks, > Judy > > dau of Ettamae NEWTON > dau of Perry Carlton NEWTON > son of Periander Carlton NEWTON > son of Robert Henry NEWTON > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NEWTON-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message

I have no living male Newtons in my family, so am dependent on finding other connections for my Robert Henry Newton b. abt. 1818 somewhere in North Carolina and d. after 1881 in one of the eastern Kansas counties. I have found valuable leads to ancestors by looking at the places where NEWTONs in the DNA project were born and married -- i.e. Robert was born in NC, probably married in KY. Also, I once found a gg grandparent by finding a sibling of his with the mother's maiden name as a middle name. From there, I also found other names such as a son named after an uncle. These led me to counties where I found actual documentation for those lines. I am attempting to do the same here. Here are some notes I've made while researching this gg grandfather, Robert Henry NEWTON. Looking at them can you see any possible connection to your Newtons? Robert moved his family to Logan County, Ky. in the winter of 1844, and to Holt County, Mo., in the winter of 1850. After farming one year in Holt County, Robert took the management of the Government Mission Farm at Highland, Kan., one year (the Indian School). He next farmed in De Kalb County, Mo., and then moved to Buchanan County and remained there until he came to Kansas in 1855. Found at: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ks/statewide/census/1855d12.txt TWELFTH DISTRICT List of voters in the twelfth election district of the Territory of Kansas, according to the census taken by B. H. Twombley in the months of January and February, 1855. (From Kansas history) ============================ Newton, John from Mo SIXTEENTH DISTRICT List of voters of the sixth election district of the Territory of Kansas, according to the census returns made by Charles Leib, taken during the months of January and February, 1855. Newton, John C. from Mo (geographic proximity and similar age makes this guy interesting to my research) =========================== From a letter by Virginia Dial: "Great - grandfather Robert Henry [Newton] was a teacher in the Indian schools in Tennessee. He was known as a scholar." ================================= who is the William Newton living in the area of Wyandotte Co., KS? "The Kansas City Journal" (Missouri) Saturday, May 13, 1882 Wyandott and Vicinity --Wm. NEWTON has a large stock of new and second-hand furniture, which he is selling off at cost. ======================================== From 1865 State census, Atchison county, Mt. Pleasant twp: Newton, R. H. age 47 Farmer Born NC , M. C. 43 Fem TN (R.H. = Robert Henry NEWTON) , S. A. 18 Fem KY (M.C. = Martha Carlton (nee Rowe) NEWTON) , E. J. 16 Fem KY (Eliza Jane) , C. H. 11 M MO (Charles H.) T. 8 F KS (Theodosia) A. M. 6 M KS (Albert M.) M. L. 4 F KS (MaryAnn L.) R. 2 M KS (William Robert) Rowe, H 78 F Ireland (Is this Martha’s mother?) ============================ Already grown children of this family: Periander Carlton NEWTON b. 11 Jun. 1842 Robertson Co., Tennessee Theodore b. 1845 KY d. 1857 in either MO or KS Sara A. b. abt. 1840 d. aft. 1910 possibly married to William S. BROWN =========================== 1880 CENSUS Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace R. H. NEWTON Self M male W 63 NC Farmer NC NC Martha NEWTON Wife M Female W 58 TN Keeping House VA IRE Theodotha A. NEWTON Dau S Female W 22 KS Keeping House NC TN Albert NEWTON Son S Male W 21 KS Farmer NC TN Mary Ann NEWTON Dau S Female W 19 KS Housework NC TN William NEWTON Son S Male W 17 KS Farming NC TN Thomas NEWTON Son S Male W 14 KS Farming NC TN J. W. MERCHANT Other S Male W 20 MO Farming KY KY =============================== [a possible lead to Robert Henry’s family is this newspaper piece: "The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Monday, May 26, 1913 DEATHS IN KANSAS CITY. Mrs. R. M. DARNELL, 744 Osage Avenue, Kansas side, received word yesterday of the death of her father, A. J. NEWTON, at Pleasant Ridge, Mo. Mr. NEWTON was 90 years old. He was one of the men who helped build the Kansas territorial capitol at Lecompton. Could this be a brother of Robert Henry Newton?] ================================== Thanks, Judy dau of Ettamae NEWTON dau of Perry Carlton NEWTON son of Periander Carlton NEWTON son of Robert Henry NEWTON

Gregg, Yes this is a good project webpage. But I wish you would put the letter groups together so we can compare haplogroups. I think my wife's family is group T here in upstate SC but haven't been able to get anyone in our family to put up the money to test. Do you think you would be able to post DNA test results from the free http://www.smgf.org/ site? It does show that the results can be shown in any format. DAVE From: Gregg Bonner <greggbonner@yahoo.com> To: newton-l@rootsweb.com Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 18:50:43 -0800 (PST) Subject: [NEWTON] DNA Project Milestones and Revisions Hi Folks, In recent months, the NEWTON Surname DNA Project has surpassed the 50 member mark. We are now what is unofficially considered a "big" project. I want to thank all the participants who have helped by donating their DNA, and/or money, and/or time. I also want to thank anyone who has helped to advance NEWTON genealogy. Finally, I want to thank my co-admin, Phin Newton, for his help in sorting data, contacting participants, and particularly for helping people of the type "J" DNA get linked up to progenitor Richard Newton. As you may know, each "new" DNA type gets a new letter, incrementing alphabetically. In recent months we have also used up all the letters. A type "Z" NEWTON DNA exists, and more types evidently will be on the way. If the DNA project has shown us nothing else, it is that the derivation of NEWTON as a surname is very diverse, or, as they say, heterophyletic. All these factors and more make it now impossible for me to continue to maintain the project website to the degree that I think it needs. Therefore, I am putting this project on the equivalent of auto-pilot. The testing company makes a webpage automatically which will provide the raw data. The old website at rootsweb will continue in its present state, more or less. There will be reciprocal links in each. This means all the current data will be shown without need for me to update the existing project page for people to see it. The downside is that the explicit descent will not be shown in association with the new data from here on out, except for what we can get the participants themselves to put in their own webpage at the testing company, or by posting on various websites by parties privy to the information. I hope to adopt some registration orthodoxy to ensure that no information is lost. When the changes are complete, I will include the link to the continuing project data view at the company's website here, which is the current project webpage: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gbonner/newtondna/ Thanks again to everyone who made this project such a success that it broke me. This is a good problem to have :) Sincerely, Gregg Bonner NEWTON Surname DNA Project Group Administrator --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now.

Gregg, Sad, but understandable. Your efforts have been without reproach and we all owe you a debt of gratitude. Well done. And thank you for all your efforts! It would never have got this far without you and Phinn. David Newton Conroe, TX -----Original Message----- From: newton-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:newton-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Gregg Bonner Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2008 8:51 PM To: newton-l@rootsweb.com Subject: [NEWTON] DNA Project Milestones and Revisions Hi Folks, In recent months, the NEWTON Surname DNA Project has surpassed the 50 member mark. We are now what is unofficially considered a "big" project. I want to thank all the participants who have helped by donating their DNA, and/or money, and/or time. I also want to thank anyone who has helped to advance NEWTON genealogy. Finally, I want to thank my co-admin, Phin Newton, for his help in sorting data, contacting participants, and particularly for helping people of the type "J" DNA get linked up to progenitor Richard Newton. As you may know, each "new" DNA type gets a new letter, incrementing alphabetically. In recent months we have also used up all the letters. A type "Z" NEWTON DNA exists, and more types evidently will be on the way. If the DNA project has shown us nothing else, it is that the derivation of NEWTON as a surname is very diverse, or, as they say, heterophyletic. All these factors and more make it now impossible for me to continue to maintain the project website to the degree that I think it needs. Therefore, I am putting this project on the equivalent of auto-pilot. The testing company makes a webpage automatically which will provide the raw data. The old website at rootsweb will continue in its present state, more or less. There will be reciprocal links in each. This means all the current data will be shown without need for me to update the existing project page for people to see it. The downside is that the explicit descent will not be shown in association with the new data from here on out, except for what we can get the participants themselves to put in their own webpage at the testing company, or by posting on various websites by parties privy to the information. I hope to adopt some registration orthodoxy to ensure that no information is lost. When the changes are complete, I will include the link to the continuing project data view at the company's website here, which is the current project webpage: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gbonner/newtondna/ Thanks again to everyone who made this project such a success that it broke me. This is a good problem to have :) Sincerely, Gregg Bonner NEWTON Surname DNA Project Group Administrator --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NEWTON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Folks, In recent months, the NEWTON Surname DNA Project has surpassed the 50 member mark. We are now what is unofficially considered a "big" project. I want to thank all the participants who have helped by donating their DNA, and/or money, and/or time. I also want to thank anyone who has helped to advance NEWTON genealogy. Finally, I want to thank my co-admin, Phin Newton, for his help in sorting data, contacting participants, and particularly for helping people of the type "J" DNA get linked up to progenitor Richard Newton. As you may know, each "new" DNA type gets a new letter, incrementing alphabetically. In recent months we have also used up all the letters. A type "Z" NEWTON DNA exists, and more types evidently will be on the way. If the DNA project has shown us nothing else, it is that the derivation of NEWTON as a surname is very diverse, or, as they say, heterophyletic. All these factors and more make it now impossible for me to continue to maintain the project website to the degree that I think it needs. Therefore, I am putting this project on the equivalent of auto-pilot. The testing company makes a webpage automatically which will provide the raw data. The old website at rootsweb will continue in its present state, more or less. There will be reciprocal links in each. This means all the current data will be shown without need for me to update the existing project page for people to see it. The downside is that the explicit descent will not be shown in association with the new data from here on out, except for what we can get the participants themselves to put in their own webpage at the testing company, or by posting on various websites by parties privy to the information. I hope to adopt some registration orthodoxy to ensure that no information is lost. When the changes are complete, I will include the link to the continuing project data view at the company's website here, which is the current project webpage: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gbonner/newtondna/ Thanks again to everyone who made this project such a success that it broke me. This is a good problem to have :) Sincerely, Gregg Bonner NEWTON Surname DNA Project Group Administrator --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage.

I am searching for descendants of William and Mary E Beaumont. William was born in Whitechapel, MDX about 1808 and Mary E (Knight ?) was born in Uxbridge, MDX ca. 1821. A son George born ca 1852 emigrated to New Zealand in 1875. George married Elizabeth Ann Newton in NZ in 1876. The 1861 UK census show other Beaumont children then as Mary E (21), William(19),Charlotte (17), Martha Ann (15), Sarah P (7) and Charles (3). I would be very interested to learn of other researchers especially NZ and Australian Ones Regards Keith Wise -- Keith Wise keith_wise@fastmail.fm

Are there any Spotsylvania Newton researchers on this list? I am looking for information on a John or Willaim Newton that married Melvinia Bumpass. They had a son John William Bumpass Newton that was born in 1830. They lived in the Hanover -Louisa County area but the Newtons may have come from Spotsylvania Co. Pat **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489

Thank you Greg. Don't know any Spotsylvania descendants. Just found lots of land records and other records mentioning Newtons and a Henry Newton's slave who was freed as he had left... Rose Sheldon Newton _____________________________________________________________ Click to compare life insurance rates. Great rates, quick and easy. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2121/fc/Ioyw6i3m2vxZ6LeGuN8QTzInEdlTA9K1t9USZb8fhSKctFAy1sZlxZ/

Hello, Looking for information on Charles A Newton who married Sarah Crow 12 Sep 1844 in Washington DC Thanks Marshall **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489

The Sheldon Family Association is also doing testing with Family Tree DNA company. We had a speaker Leah Wark, she was excellent. We are hoping to get enough on each Colonial Progenitor line to establish if THEY may have been related. (CT,ME,RI Sheldon settlers 1600's) You will enjoy the speaker and they make it understandable. Unfortunately my Sheldon line has no direct sons... Now I have a NEWTON husband, 2 sons and 2 grandsons.. I am trying to remember if these generations would be enough to determine our NEWTON line.. Wilda Newton Page and others have written me over the years.. I have Jims gggf William Gilbert Newtons' father Henry Newton of Monroe Co TN, traced back from Miami OKLA, to Dallas, Co.MO to Monroe Co. TN who says in 1850 Census he was b. Ireland and am looking toward a group of Newtons in Spotsylvania Co. VA as a possibility. Monroe Co. was hot bed during Civil War (Jim and)Rose Sheldon Newton Fort Wayne, IN _____________________________________________________________ Internet Security Software - Click here. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2121/fc/Ioyw6i3mEWrjhPfKN3wY4MGKFeAYTaIGV3OqRrU7ERGlIbOuveblI3/