In a message dated 5/12/2006 7:47:46 P.M. Central Daylight Time, gatorwebb@adelphia.net writes: Check out: http://jimwebb.rootsweb.com/webb/pafg07.htm I am still waiting for any documentation that authoritatively links ANY WEBB line to Sir Alexander Webb. DNA has shown that the descendents of Christopher Webb do not match other WEBB lines -- which pretty well blows the "four brothers" theory into the water. If it were just the one line, I'd suspect an NPE (non-paternity event). However, it appears that none of the "four brothers" has matching DNA at this point. Which leads me to believe that the entire story of the "Northern" and "Southern" Webbs being one big family is a construction of someone's earlier, mistaken, beliefs. And I have it on good authority (a former Mayflower Society genealogist with many years of research into the subject) that there is no evidence Sir Alexander Webb ever left England, and, indeed, died there. While I admire Jim's work in putting up this site, I feel the DNA evidence does not support the legends of the WEBB family represented herein. Moreover, I believe a careful examination of the DNA evidence would show that this represents more than one DNA lineage -- for instance, the "Bell Buckle WEBBs" (James & Mary Edmondson Webb) match neither Giles nor Christopher Webb. There are even lineages which are shown to be I haplogroup combined with R1b lineages in this site. James, to his credit, put this up before the DNA study began, and I'm sure it represented the best possible research under the circumstances. While I would personally love to be able to claim a relationship with Shakespeare, I do not see the solid evidence (remember that just because someone wrote it in a book does NOT make that "evidence") and I see much to suggest that few, if any, of our WEBB lines are sufficiently documented to make any claims to a particular UK lineage. I hope that as more UK WEBBs participate in our DNA study, we can start nailing down the origins of some of these lineages. Finally, I offer this piece of evidence" Family of Beckington 1500s-1600 Robert Webbe ( - 1593/4) SEE WEBB ONE NAME REGISTER Somerset SPD file Allexander Webbe Thomas (only son) William Webbe ( - 1650) FILE - Draft copy of demise for 40 years from Elizabeth Sherington of Midburne Medbourne, Wilts, widow of William Sherington, gent., deceased, Allexander Webbe and William Webbe, sons of Robert Webbe of Beckington, co. Somerset, gent., to John Browning of Cowley, co. Glouc., gent., and John Smyth of Northnibley North Nibley, co. Glouc., gent., of the manors of Beckington and Beckington, co. Somerset, with messuages, land and appurtenances in Beckington, Rudge, Standerwicke Standerwick and Berkeleye Berkley, co. Somerset. - ref. MS 3549/150 - date: 11 March 8 Jas I 1610/11 William Webbe died in 1650, leaving a will in which Thomas, the only son of his brother Alexander inherits. _PCC Wills_ (http://www.gomezsmart.free-online.co.uk/wills/pccwills.htm) 650 references extracted from the _PRO documents online_ (http://www.documentsonline.pro.gov.uk/) website, March 2004. Copies of wills can be purchased and downloaded from the site. I welcome anyone with solid evidence of any connection between USA/Colonial WEBB lineages and UK lineages. I fully admit that I have not researched the issue fully and would be happy to stand up and say "I'm wrong." Anne