Bob, is it Claverack, NY, you are looking for. It's now located in Columbia Co. as many counties where cut from the larger ones after the Revolutionary war and around 1800 census. Janie----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Phillips" <bobphillips@wowway.com> To: <phillips@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2008 3:57 PM Subject: Re: [PHILLIPS] - My family line > Roger & everyone, > > I think a lot of us are "stumped" in our own way, with our own > proverbial "brick wall." Looking at those who are grouped in group 11, > only one member actually claims to trace their earliest known ancestor > to Michael Phillips of Rhode Island. As my Y-DNA places me in this > group, I have been trying to figure out how I might connect, and still > have been unable to push back past my g-g-grandfather, Jonathan Phillips > 1794-1868 of Hastings County, Ontario, Canada. According to the > earliest documentation I have, his discharge papers from the Glengarry > Light Infantry Fencibles in 1815, he was reportedly born "in or near > Cloverick, in or near Albany, New York." The only other reference is a > published obituary which includes a sketch of his experiences fighting > the American invasion of Canada; and states that he was born in Dutchess > County, New York, and moved to Canada with his family in 1809. > > Right now there are just over 200 members who have had their Y-DNA > tested and joined the group. We need more. I think we need a lot > more. And we need to be able to see how they connect a lot clearer than > we do now. I suspect that most of us have tried to do a straight line > descent trace, and not made notes on all the branches. But, it's all > those other branches that will help others to make a connection. Also, > just because one person in the group connects to a given early colonist > in the New World does not mean all other persons in the group will > connect at the same point. It is possible that Michael Phillips of > Rhode Island had a brother or a cousin who moved to the colonies at > another time. > > I have ordered the full 37 marker test. So far they have posted the 25 > marker results, and I am waiting for the full 37 marker results, > hopefully by the end of the month. Still, that will only get me to a > 90+% probability of direct relationship within a given number of > generations, perhaps 300 to 400 years. It's interesting, but it doesn't > nail anything down. > > In the meantime, I encourage everyone to continue to recruit more > Phillips to submit samples, and continue to dig out all the possible > roots and branches; especially those Phillips' out there who we know are > not related to us. > > Just my thoughts. > > Bob Phillips > Columbus, Ohio > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PHILLIPS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >