Merle and Gregg, I'm a female in the Newton line descending from Israel Newton in Missouri, and Merle and I correspond through ancestry.com messaging. Do either of you have suggestions for trying to convince Newton males of Israel's line to participate in the DNA Surname DNA Project? I'll be attending a Newton family reunion this month and would like to go armed with some information. Thanks, Vivian Kessler in South Carolina On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 6:59 PM, Merle Newton <merlenewton@mac.com> wrote: > Big news in my family search, Gregg, I learned this week I'm not related to > Israel Newton in Mo. but instead Abraham Jr. in Henry Co. Tennessee. There > are two William C Newtons listed. One connected with Israel and the other > is mine. The william C connected to Israel died in Mo, my William C. lived > on in Kansas. Does that change anything in your study? > > > On May 8, 2010, at 5:20 PM, Gregg Bonner wrote: > > > Hi Folks, > > > > Reporting the latest from the NEWTON Surname DNA Project. The following > patriarchs have matching DNA: > > > > N1 1 NEWTON, Sheffield > > Born: circa 1820, Rhode Island > > > > N1 1 NEWTON, Matthew > > Born: circa 1690, England. > > Married: circa 1720, Mary Tefft, Stonington, Connecticut. > > Died: circa 1720, Stonington, Connecticut. > > > > More information can be found at the Project webpages: > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gbonner/newtondna/<http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/%7Egbonner/newtondna/> > > > > Best, > > > > Gregg Bonner > > NEWTON Surname DNA Project Group Administrator > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 Vivian, If you believe there will be men there who descend from Israel along the all-male line, then I would suggest that you order a kit from FTDNA and take it there with you and sample the person who you think has the most likely legitimate claim of descent from him, and offer to pay for the cost of the lab work. I realize it's very easy for me to spend your money for you :) I would also just print off a copy of the DNA Project's main page and take that with you. Show any potential recruits how DNA has already sorted out many of these families. Tell them that they may match existing samples with long pedigrees, or at worst, that they will at very least EXCLUDE many families from consideration, which is also useful. The main page is here: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gbonner/newtondna/ Cheers, Gregg --- On Sun, 5/9/10, Vivian Kessler <vivian.kessler@gmail.com> wrote: > From: Vivian Kessler <vivian.kessler@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [NEWTON] DNA Vol.48: Sheffield/Matthew Newton (RI/CT) > To: newton@rootsweb.com > Date: Sunday, May 9, 2010, 7:59 AM > Merle and Gregg, > > I'm a female in the Newton line descending from Israel > Newton in Missouri, > and Merle and I correspond through ancestry.com messaging. > Do either of you > have suggestions for trying to convince Newton males of > Israel's line to > participate in the DNA Surname DNA Project? I'll be > attending a Newton > family reunion this month and would like to go armed with > some information. > > Thanks, > Vivian Kessler in South Carolina > > > On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 6:59 PM, Merle Newton <merlenewton@mac.com> > wrote: > > > Big news in my family search, Gregg, I learned this > week I'm not related to > > Israel Newton in Mo. but instead Abraham Jr. in Henry > Co. Tennessee.  There > > are two William C Newtons listed.  One connected > with Israel and the other > > is mine.  The william C connected to Israel died > in Mo, my William C. lived > > on in Kansas.  Does that change anything in your > study? > > > > > > On May 8, 2010, at 5:20 PM, Gregg Bonner wrote: > > > > > Hi Folks, > > > > > > Reporting the latest from the NEWTON Surname DNA > Project. The following > > patriarchs have matching DNA: > > > > > > N1 1 NEWTON, Sheffield > > > Born: circa 1820, Rhode Island > > > > > > N1 1 NEWTON, Matthew > > > Born: circa 1690, England. > > > Married: circa 1720, Mary Tefft, Stonington, > Connecticut. > > > Died: circa 1720, Stonington, Connecticut. > > > > > > More information can be found at the Project > webpages: > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gbonner/newtondna/<http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/%7Egbonner/newtondna/> > > > > > > Best, > > > > > > Gregg Bonner > > > NEWTON Surname DNA Project Group Administrator > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > 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 > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 Gregg and Merle, I am trying to get help from sisters/female first cousins to these Newton males before the Newton Family Reunion at Wheatland, Missouri on May 29th. I sent them the link to Newton DNA main page that you referred to. I have printed two copies of the main web page of the DNA project to take along with me on the trip to Missouri. Vivian On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 6:40 PM, Gregg Bonner <greggbonner@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi Vivian, > > If you believe there will be men there who descend from Israel along the > all-male line, then I would suggest that you order a kit from FTDNA and take > it there with you and sample the person who you think has the most likely > legitimate claim of descent from him, and offer to pay for the cost of the > lab work. > > I realize it's very easy for me to spend your money for you :) > > I would also just print off a copy of the DNA Project's main page and take > that with you. Show any potential recruits how DNA has already sorted out > many of these families. Tell them that they may match existing samples with > long pedigrees, or at worst, that they will at very least EXCLUDE many > families from consideration, which is also useful. > > The main page is here: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gbonner/newtondna/<http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/%7Egbonner/newtondna/> > > Cheers, > > Gregg > > > --- On Sun, 5/9/10, Vivian Kessler <vivian.kessler@gmail.com> wrote: > > > From: Vivian Kessler <vivian.kessler@gmail.com> > > Subject: Re: [NEWTON] DNA Vol.48: Sheffield/Matthew Newton (RI/CT) > > To: newton@rootsweb.com > > Date: Sunday, May 9, 2010, 7:59 AM > > Merle and Gregg, > > > > I'm a female in the Newton line descending from Israel > > Newton in Missouri, > > and Merle and I correspond through ancestry.com messaging. > > Do either of you > > have suggestions for trying to convince Newton males of > > Israel's line to > > participate in the DNA Surname DNA Project? I'll be > > attending a Newton > > family reunion this month and would like to go armed with > > some information. > > > > Thanks, > > Vivian Kessler in South Carolina > > > > > > On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 6:59 PM, Merle Newton <merlenewton@mac.com> > > wrote: > > > > > Big news in my family search, Gregg, I learned this > > week I'm not related to > > > Israel Newton in Mo. but instead Abraham Jr. in Henry > > Co. Tennessee. There > > > are two William C Newtons listed. One connected > > with Israel and the other > > > is mine. The william C connected to Israel died > > in Mo, my William C. lived > > > on in Kansas. Does that change anything in your > > study? > > > > > > > > > On May 8, 2010, at 5:20 PM, Gregg Bonner wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Folks, > > > > > > > > Reporting the latest from the NEWTON Surname DNA > > Project. The following > > > patriarchs have matching DNA: > > > > > > > > N1 1 NEWTON, Sheffield > > > > Born: circa 1820, Rhode Island > > > > > > > > N1 1 NEWTON, Matthew > > > > Born: circa 1690, England. > > > > Married: circa 1720, Mary Tefft, Stonington, > > Connecticut. > > > > Died: circa 1720, Stonington, Connecticut. > > > > > > > > More information can be found at the Project > > webpages: > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gbonner/newtondna/<http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/%7Egbonner/newtondna/> > <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/%7Egbonner/newtondna/> > > > > > > > > Best, > > > > > > > > Gregg Bonner > > > > NEWTON Surname DNA Project Group Administrator > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > > >