Marilyn - the male must still bear the surname Stout in order to be tested - they neglected to tell you that. I imagine that your son is a Van Horne and to have his DNA test done would only trace the Van Horne name, not the Stout name. Susan Avery On Fri, 30 Mar 2012 23:09:33 -0500 Marjorie Devore <scarlett1@mchsi.com> writes: > On 3/30/2012 11:06 PM, Marleen Van Horne wrote: My son would do this, > he > is 48, lives here in my town, how do I begin? m > > Marjorie, > > > > The yDNA has to be from a male who is a biological descendant > from > > Richard Stout. > > > > You could do an atDNA test and hope for a match with another > Stout > > descendant, gender does not matter, but the matches are harder to > prove. > > > > Marleen Van Horne > > Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NJHUNTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NJHUNTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

BUT...Marilyn...now you can test for autosomal DNA which shows relationships.  We've been doing that for over a year now.  And that's how I found my Bonham matches.  Brownie ________________________________ From: "susan.avery@juno.com" <susan.avery@juno.com> To: njhunter@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2012 7:28 AM Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] the Stout Discussion; The Problem with any Source that isn't Primary. Marilyn  - the male must still bear the surname Stout in order to be tested - they neglected to tell you that. I imagine that your son is a Van Horne and to have his DNA test done would only trace the Van Horne name, not the Stout name. Susan Avery On Fri, 30 Mar 2012 23:09:33 -0500 Marjorie Devore <scarlett1@mchsi.com> writes: > On 3/30/2012 11:06 PM, Marleen Van Horne wrote: My son would do this, > he > is 48, lives here in my town, how do I begin? m > > Marjorie, > > > > The yDNA has to be from a male who is a biological descendant > from > > Richard Stout. > > > > You could do an atDNA test and hope for a match with another > Stout > > descendant, gender does not matter, but the matches are harder to > prove. > > > > Marleen Van Horne > > Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NJHUNTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NJHUNTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJHUNTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Similar to the Penelope Stout problem is the matter of Martha, wife of the Thomas Runyon who died before 16 April 1753 at Hopewell Township, Hunterdon County. All over the internet you will see claims that she was the daughter of Hugh Dunn. It took me 2 years to track down the source of this information. Significantly, no emails to website owners and no message board post of mine requesting the source was ever answered. It was apparently the "invention?" of Orra Eugene Monnette. If he had any source, he certainly didn't cite it! It is a possibility though. Hugh Dunn did have a daughter named Martha, but there were a lot of other women named Martha around at that time! I can see how autosomal DNA testing might someday resolve this. If a significant number of descendants of Hugh Dunn matched a significant number of descendants of Thomas Runyon, one could assume Thomas's wife was Martha Dunn. I don't think one or two would do because colonial lines or so intertwined. I have other Hunterdon Co. mysteries that I hope will be solved by autosomal testing someday. I currently have some matches that could be through my Hunterdon unknowns but I think it's going to take development of better tools for the analyses of autosomal data plus many more Family Finder projects for comparing data in order to sort things out. I suggest a Hunterdon Co. Family Finder project if anyone has the necessary skills and the time to manage one. I'm still waiting for Calvin, Brittain (Britton) and Dilley matches! Carol Anne