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Subject: [DNA] Re:Need info about NA of Va. & NC--1700's.
Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2004 13:58:23 EST
Am I correct in understanding from the discussion that at present there is no
way to determine if a person has a percentage of NA which would be from
Virginia or North Carolina?
I show 92% IE and 8% NA.I understand from the discussion that anything under
10% might indicate background noise.There has been a question of genealogical
research within my George family as to whether there was some Cherokee
ancestry.
Although my branch of Georges has not had an active tradition of NA ancestry
my uncle looks quite NA.My dad and older sister have recently told me that
they believe my paternal grandfather looked NA.I remember my grandfather quite
well and he did seem to have a somewhat dark complexion,black hair, dark brown
eyes.My dads complexion is lighter with blue eyes.
I have mentioned previously that I match only one other participant on the
George DNA Project.At least a couple of people in one of the groups of the
George DNA Project indicate a paper genealogical descent from Nicholas George.Jr.
ca. 1635-1700 of Lancaster Co.,Va.The man whom I match and myself should ,by
genealogical research,be descendants of Nicholas George,Jr.However we do not
match those who claim descent from Nicholas,Jr.
The DnaPrint indicates that I --and my match--have a Scandanavian ancestry
before our direct male ancestor settled in Britain.In an e-mail, FTDNA confirmed
this to me.FTDNA also wrote that the Match and I were the only participants
in the George DNA Project with a Scandanavian backround.
Because I do not match any of the others in the George DNA Project and
because of the Scandanavian origins which do not match others in the George DNA
Project I am wondering if there could have been an adoption,or case of taking in
an orphaned child who was raised as a George or if a maternal ancestor could
have had a child at the time she married a George and the child was
subsequently raised as a George?I believe this would have been ca. 1700-1740's..
My greatx3 grandfather,Solomon George,1757-1830 had 4 sons.We now know that
descendants from the two youngest sons are an exact match.Solomon George had a
sister named Winnifred George who was married twice.Descendants from her first
husband do not believe there is any NA ancestry.Descendants from her second
husband believe Winnifred was pure Cherokee.The parents of Solomon George and
sister Winnifred George were William George,1724-1787 and Winifred--maiden name
unknown/not confirmed but believed to be Chilton.They moved from Lancaster
Co.,Va. about 1745 and settled in Augusta County,Va. in the area that later
became Botetourt County,Va.The younger Winifred and her first husband settled in
Knoxville,TN with Solomon settling there afterwards and by 1799.Their
father,William George was reportedly killed by Indians in Virginia.The elder
Winifred--maiden name unknown--George was born in 1728 in or near Lancaster Co.,Va. and
is reportedly buried --grave presently unmarked--in McCampbell
Cemetery,Knoxville,TN. She died 16 December 1809.
I am trying to determine if William George,1724-1787 could have been
adopted.His son,Solomon George did not use any of the traditional earlier George names
for his sons.William and his siblings do tend to refect the traditional
naming pattern.
If William George was adopted it might explain the Scandanavian background as
well as the possibility of NA ancestry.With this in mind I am very
interested in DNA connected to the NA of Virginia and North Carolina.
On the 12 marker test I match 11 out of 12 markers with the Sutton
family.There was a branch of this family in Northumberland Co.,Va. which is near
Lancaster Co.,Va.Matching 11 out of 12 with the Suttons but not with any of the
Georges?Umm.
Greg George
Oklahoma City,Oklahoma
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