Lin, did you ever find out anything more about this?
Charles Barbee
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Subject: Elijah - Andrew Connection
> The latest DNA results really surprised me. How could Elijah from South
> Carolina be related to Andrew from Fauquier County, Virginia? I don't
> believe
> anyone ever suspected this. It is possible that, instead of being
> descended
> from Andrew, Elijah's ancestor is a
Charles, Lin, Janet--
Here is my take on the Elijah-Andrew connection. Sarah was born
1799, Elijah 1801, and maybe a brother James 1797. I figure that their
father could not have been after before 1779, assuming there were no
children before 1797. This father is the one we want to call James E.
Barbee, who m. Sarah Martin. By the same sort of argument, James's father
could not have been born after 1759. Earlier is fine, but probably we can
put a ten year range on it, assuming both men