A lot of people decide on Y-DNA testing because they have a very strong "suspicion" resulting from a paper trail. I, on the other hand, have a 67/67 match genetically but can't find the paper trail to reinforce it. I am looking for the paper records to connect Ambrose Day (m Nancy Bowcock in Albemarle Co., VA 1799) to Ransom Day (m Mary Brooks, date, place unknown). Both men and their families lived in Claiborne Co., TN until just before 1850 when, apparently separately, they moved to Putnam Co., IN. Ambrose died in Putnam Co. and is buried there. Nancy and her youngest son moved on to IA. Ransom and Nancy moved with their youngest daughter's family to MO where they died. Both men were, at one time or another, members of the Big Springs Baptist Church as I find identical names in the church minutes during time frames that would be consistent with their lifetimes. Part of my dilemma is the existence of more than one man who bore and/or used the name "Ransom." By the time of the 1850 census, all of Ransom's children were married and gone from the home. Living with him and Mary was a grandson, (Thomas) Jefferson Day, born in TN. I am also hampered by a lack of discretionary funds with which to pay for research since I am now retired. Please, if you have information or think you have information about a connection between the family of Ambrose Day and that of Ransom Day, please contact me. Thank you in advance, Sharon (Day) Bryant Descendant of Ransom and Mary (Brooks) Day

Sharon, , did you do Familytree DNA? They probably have shown you what family you match with, from then on it becomes a hunt and seek. I see some Brooks match our HAtfield group. One of our HAtfields marr. a Sarah Brooks. in 1848 or so., also there were several interactions with Deeds with Brooks families. One was a Geo. W. Brooks, another a J. Brooks. maybe one of these daughters became your g. parent. All these in Caliborne Co. We have one of our Hatfields, who appears to match another, so we are having the same hunt. Betty H. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon Bryant" <SharonBryant@cox.net> To: <tnclaibo@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 5:50 AM Subject: [TNCLAIBO] Got the DNA match; need the paper proof >A lot of people decide on Y-DNA testing because they have a very strong > "suspicion" resulting from a paper trail. I, on the other hand, have a > 67/67 > match genetically but can't find the paper trail to reinforce it. > > I am looking for the paper records to connect Ambrose Day (m Nancy Bowcock > in Albemarle Co., VA 1799) to Ransom Day (m Mary Brooks, date, place > unknown). Both men and their families lived in Claiborne Co., TN until > just > before 1850 when, apparently separately, they moved to Putnam Co., IN. > > Ambrose died in Putnam Co. and is buried there. Nancy and her youngest son > moved on to IA. Ransom and Nancy moved with their youngest daughter's > family > to MO where they died. > > Both men were, at one time or another, members of the Big Springs Baptist > Church as I find identical names in the church minutes during time frames > that would be consistent with their lifetimes. > > Part of my dilemma is the existence of more than one man who bore and/or > used the name "Ransom." By the time of the 1850 census, all of Ransom's > children were married and gone from the home. Living with him and Mary was > a > grandson, (Thomas) Jefferson Day, born in TN. > > I am also hampered by a lack of discretionary funds with which to pay for > research since I am now retired. > > Please, if you have information or think you have information about a > connection between the family of Ambrose Day and that of Ransom Day, > please > contact me. > > Thank you in advance, > > Sharon (Day) Bryant > Descendant of Ransom and Mary (Brooks) Day > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNCLAIBO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Betty Hayden (and others who responded off-list), Yes, we are part of the Day Y-DNA project. I am regular contact with my genetic cousin who is a doctor in Claiborne Co., TN. I misspoke in my original statement. We match at 37 markers. My brother has already been tested for markers 38-67 and our cousin is awaiting his results for the same. Ransom Day, b c 1780-1783 and Mary Brooks, born about the same time, both in VA had the following children that we know about: William Day, b c 1815, TN m (1) Jane Wells, b c 1815, NC; (2) Jane "Emmaline" Simmons. Cola Day, b 24 Jan 1817, TN m Nathaniel Malicoat, b c 23 Jan 1812, TN Elizabeth Day, b c 1821, TN m (1) Henry Surber; (2) James Malicoat, b c 1815, TN Nancy Day, b 28 Oct 1824, Claiborne Co., TN m Levi Lewis, b 02 Feb 1825, Pulaski Co., KY. I'm giving this information even though it is going the wrong direction in order to try to identify my Ransom among all those who were in Claiborne Co. Sharon Bryant