Hi Marsha, My 8th great grandfather was John Pinckard b c 1685 in Northamptonshire, England, d 10 Dec 1690 in Lancaster Co., VA. He m Elizabeth Jones in May 1679 in Northumberland Co., VA . Their daughter Elizabeth Pinkard b c 1684 in Lancaster was my 7th great grandmother. She m c 1705 John Steptoe in Northumberland County. (John Steptoe was b c 1673 in England.)  Their daughter Lucy Steptoe b 1716 in Lancaster was my 6th great grandmother and she m Jan 1745 in Northumberland to Joseph Blackwell, Sr b 09 Jul 1715 in Northumberland and d 30 May 1787 in Fauquier Co., VA. Stone and Morriss families of NN are connected  as follows: Charles Morriss b c 1712 in Westmoreland had daughter, Margaret "Peggy" Morriss, that m 10 Mar 1793 in Westmoreland County to William Stone b c 1763. Their daughter Elizabeth "Eliza" C Stone was my 4th great grandmother and she married Tarleton Fleming Keith of Fauquier County, VA.   I don't know for certain where William Stone was born but he had strong connections in the NN. Mary >________________________________ > From: marsha moses <mosesm@earthlink.net> >To: Mary L. West <westgenealogy@yahoo.com>; va-northern-neck@rootsweb.com >Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2012 8:51 AM >Subject: Family Finder > >Mary, I was very disappointed that you and I do not have a match....I also have Pinkard in my ancestry.  My 3-gr-grandmother was Matilda Pinkard of Culpeper County, Virginia.  So she is probably at least one or two generations away from the NN....Using Jim's Math, our common Pinkard ancestor in the NN might have been 7 generations ago and quite possibly even more  generations making our "Cousinship"  not show up on FF....too remote of a cousin....but it is very interesting.  > >As an aside, I did not know before your below e-mail that Stone was a NN name.  I am not descended from the Stone family, but I do look at a Joshua Stone in Pittsylvania County, Virginia during the Revolutionary War.....any chance that you know if this man might have had ancestors/family from the NN?  From others' research I think his parents were likely to have been William Stone married to Sarah Howard.  And grandparents John Stone married to Mary Nelson.  Totally NOT my research nor is it documented....I am just curious if you have information related to NN.  marsha moses > > >On Oct 20, 2012, at 8:27 AM, "Mary L. West" <westgenealogy@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> Hey Jim, >> Sorry I haven't been involved until now...just too much going-on. I joined the NN project last night. I'm Family Finder test kit 33030 and my gedcom is already uploaded. I'm in Family Finder under my legal married name, Mary West Rumora (my maiden name is Mary L. West).  Some of my NN direct ancestors include: Blackwell, Downing, Jones, Morriss, Morris, Pinckard, Steptoe, Stone. >> >> I'm chiming in late but would like you and all our other luncheon partners to know I had a great time and truly enjoyed meeting everyone at The Daily on Oct 1st. >> >> Mary >> >> >> >> > > > >