** Reply Requested by 12/4/2008 (Thursday) ** Hey guys, I'm about to knock off for the day and head home. As I said you are encouraged to call me and talk. My cell is (615) 730-3928. I'll be in the garage working on my hobby desk so don't worry that your disturbing me. Friends and family don't disturb me. The people that wake me up in the middle of the night trying to sell me something disturb me! hehehe David David E.Smith TDOT/Reg #3/Right of Way/Excess Land 6601 Centennial Bvld, 2nd Floor Nashville, TN 37243 [email protected] (615) 350-4229 fax (615) 350-4291/4410 >>> On 12/2/2008 at 4:01 PM, in message <[email protected]>, "Nell Thomason" <[email protected]> wrote: I am new to the DNA list. My recent ancestors came from Lebanon,TN and David Smith says that he lives there. I am very excited to find him. I have Powell relatives and I need to go backward from Lebanon. I do not know about Canada or England. I hope to stay in touch with you. Nell Powell Thomason [email protected] Our test is # 133539 and has not been released yet. ----- Original Message ----- From: "bev powell" <[email protected]> To: "Powell DNA List" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 12:46 PM Subject: [POWELL-DNA] New to list > Hello > I'm new to this list; but thanks to Jim I can now get involved more > directly in exploring my ancestory. > I'm still wating for some results from the DNA test I submitted this > fall. > I really don't understand all the jargon and statistics. All I want to > know is if I'm biologically related to another Powell. > > A factor which complicates my situation is that I also have Powells in my > Maternal ancestory. Even though both Powell families originated in > Ireland, I don't beleive they were connected. > > My Paternal Powells imigrated, from County Cork, Ireland; and settled in > London Township, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada ( This area is about 40 > to 60 miles east of Port Huron, Michigan). Three brothers George, Ambrose > and Stephen CAME TO THIS AREA SOMETIME BETWEEN 1815 AND 1819. .. George > was my 2 G Grandfather; and both his and MANY OF Ambroses's families have > remained in the original area. Stephen left Ontario and moved west and > finally settling in Oregon, USA. > Its a contact, I've established, withe stephen's family which prompted me > to submit a DNA tes > > My Maternal Powells were Robert and Nancy(Beatty) Powell, They were both > born about 1775/1777 in County Armaugh, Northern Ireland. They and > seven of their eight children immigrated to canada sometime between 1815 > and 1819 settling in Elizabethtown Township, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada > (This area is directly across the St Lawrence River from New York State). > Their eldest daughter was Mary (my 3G Grandmother), who married jacob > smith and they immigrated about 1822. > Their other children were William, David, James, Sarah, Ann, Joseph andd > Eleanor. William and James moved to the US and only James returned to > Canada. , > > So I hope I'll be able to connect with some new relatives. > > To avoid any confusion, I'm a male version of Beverley. > Take care > Bev Powell > [email protected] > Strathroy Ontario Canada > > > ------------------------------- > 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 ------------------------------- 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