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From: Bonnie Schrack <>
Subject: Re: More Ix possibilities -- Bonnie (and Ken)
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 21:33:39 -0400


Hi Glen,
You wrote,

> Ysearch turned up two new distance 2 entries for me today. Surnames are
> Field and Laymon. . . .
>
> Laymon has an 'earliest known' in
> Rockingham County, VA, which isn't a lot of help, but certainly
> doesn't rule
> out a British Isles connection. Unfortunately they're both Oxford
> Ancestors Yline, so there aren't many markers to work with yet, but I've
> emailed both contacts and I'll see if I can get one or both to upgrade.

Well, I looked at that Laymon haplotype, since I was curious about the
Rockingham Co., VA connection. My mother's father's family were all
from that county. Although he doesn't mention this spelling, I suspect
Laymon is probably derived from Lehman, a good old Germanic name common
among the Pennsylvania Dutch folk who were the main settlers of
Rockingham Co., in the Shenandoah Valley region. I have a PA Lehman
way, way back on my father's side of our family tree.

But with so few markers, who knows if they are really part of that
clade. Good luck, I hope you can get them to upgrade.

Bonnie





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