Thanks, David. Somehow I missed that, probably because we were in the car, and I was trying to read things on my "smart phone." (What an expression.) I'd be interested in hearing how you descend from the Benbow family -- which lines, etc. You can reply off-list if you are interested in going into details. I have tested about 12 Benbow men from around the UK, and compared them to our line, which was the Quaker line from Trefeglwys. Our own family group is a perfect match (37/37) to the descendants of the Prestwood Benbow family. I would like to test more Shropshire lines, but some of the ones I have tested are not even from the same haplogroup. And one line is the same haplogroup but still 200-300 years further away in its connection -- and that just may be due to coincidence within the occupational surname and not due to an origin within the same biological family group. *Katherine Benbow * On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 7:18 PM, David Hopkins - Arakiel Genealogy < david@olyeo.co.uk> wrote: > On 03/02/13 21:59, Katherine Benbow wrote: > > Are either of you aware of any particular reasons that Trefelgwys would > > draw English settlers in the 1500s and 1600s, other than the Severn > running > > through the area -- and I understand that traveling and moving by water > was > > a better way in most situations. > > > > > See one of my previous posts. It mentions a connection with the Earl of > Leicester, though you will want to check the source book, which is > mostly ava. on Google books: > > > http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Z3y6tWHnTlwC&printsec=frontcover&dq=second+stages+in+welsh+ancestry&hl=en&sa=X&ei=h_0OUcmsAcLs0gWtnYHoCQ&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=second%20stages%20in%20welsh%20ancestry&f=false > > > I have numerous Benbow lines. The information on links to Hereford etc. > are interesting. > =================== > Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: www.jlb2011.co.uk/powyslist.htm > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > POWYS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >