All, I haven't seen much activity lately so I thought I would throw something out for discussion. One of the primary goals of the Reeves DNA project is to form groups based upon matches of the DNA test results. The test results along with the combined documentation of the participants of each group would then be used to make the best determination as to the most recent common ancestor. A possible next step would be to connect to the immigrant ancestor for each group assuming that the most recent common ancestor wasn't the immigrant ancestor. From there we would try to make the jump to England, Ireland or wherever the immigrant ancestor came from. As a point of reference, I did a search through my database in an attempt to identify any individuals with one of our surnames that appeared to be an immigrant to America. Here are a few names that I found. Edward REAVIS (b. 1680 England - d. 1751 North Carolina) married Hannah Alley. Arrived in America prior to 1713. Thomas REEVE (b. 1624 England - d. 1682 Long Island, New York) married Mary Purrier. Arrived in America prior to 1645. Walter REEVES (b. 1650 England - d. 1697 New Jersey) married Ann E. Howell. Arrived in America about 1680. William RYVES (b. 1636 England - d. 1695 Virginia) married Elizabeth (Unknown). Arrived in America about 1652. Does anyone know of any others? Does your research indicate that you descend from one of these individuals? More DNA test results are on the way. Let's keep the momentum going. Regards, Barry Reeves

Barry, I am descended from Walter Reeve. My brother is getting ready to do the DNA test. At that time I will send our line as I found it. Sally Smith ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barry Reeves" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 8:56 PM Subject: [REEVES] Immigrant Ancestors > All, > > > > I haven't seen much activity lately so I thought I would throw something > out > for discussion. One of the primary goals of the Reeves DNA project is to > form groups based upon matches of the DNA test results. The test results > along with the combined documentation of the participants of each group > would then be used to make the best determination as to the most recent > common ancestor. A possible next step would be to connect to the > immigrant > ancestor for each group assuming that the most recent common ancestor > wasn't > the immigrant ancestor. From there we would try to make the jump to > England, Ireland or wherever the immigrant ancestor came from. > > > > As a point of reference, I did a search through my database in an attempt > to > identify any individuals with one of our surnames that appeared to be an > immigrant to America. Here are a few names that I found. > > > > Edward REAVIS (b. 1680 England - d. 1751 North Carolina) married Hannah > Alley. Arrived in America prior to 1713. > > Thomas REEVE (b. 1624 England - d. 1682 Long Island, New York) married > Mary > Purrier. Arrived in America prior to 1645. > > Walter REEVES (b. 1650 England - d. 1697 New Jersey) married Ann E. > Howell. > Arrived in America about 1680. > > William RYVES (b. 1636 England - d. 1695 Virginia) married Elizabeth > (Unknown). Arrived in America about 1652. > > > > Does anyone know of any others? Does your research indicate that you > descend from one of these individuals? > > > > More DNA test results are on the way. Let's keep the momentum going. > > > > Regards, > > Barry Reeves > > > > > > > > ==== REEVES Mailing List ==== > To contact the LISTOWNER: email <[email protected]> Beulah Reeves McCain > > >