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From: "winston crawford" <>
Subject: Fw: [STEDMAN] DNA Results.
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 13:34:42 -0400

> Hi
> I am forwarding this from the Stedman list. I am doing that because there
> were Stedmans in the Moncton area from which some of us, me included, are
> descended. They are looking for males who are willing to get involved in
> the DNA study of the name Stedman. It is a pretty big group and they are
> finding some interesting things in some parts of the continent. I
thought
> that at minimum some of you might find this story interesting. At
maximum,
> some of you fellows might want to get involved. BY the way, I think that
> the cost is quoted in American dollars as John is in New Hampshire I
> believe.
Thanks
> Karen
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John B. Lisle <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 1:09 PM
> Subject: [STEDMAN] DNA Results.
>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I know that a number of you are fence sitting about should I or should I
> > not join the DNA project. For many of you, $169 is a lot of money. And
> > maybe you already know all about your Stedman ancestry so you do not
think
> > that you need to have the test done.
> >
> > But you do.
> >
> > Not only might your results help someone else...
> >
> > But you never know what you might learn.
> >
> > The first set of tests are coming back. I do hope that everyone who is
> > taking part in the test gets back to me when their tests come back so I
> can
> > review the data with you.
> >
> > Yesterday, two of the participants got their results back.
> >
> > Let me tell you a story about the first results we got from the Stedman
> DNA
> > study.
> >
> > We got two results - one for someone whose ancestry we were fairly sure
> of
> > and another for someone we were not sure of. They were a perfect match.
We
> > now know the second person is in a particular family line and can
proceed
> > with more directed searching looking for evidence of their lineage. We
now
> > have a specific direction to proceed in the research.
> >
> > We also received what is looking like an interesting and unexpected
> result.
> >
> > We know that one Steadman family line had a name change from Barton. We
> > found a near match under that name - Ebenezer Barton. Further
> investigation
> > shows that the paternity of that fellow is in doubt. His locale,
timeframe
> > and circumstances (late 1600s, Essex county, MA, mariner) match some
> > Stedmans whom I cannot account for (principally, an Augustin Stedman who
> > was in King Phillips War and other references in Essex county). We now
> have
> > a possible result that this Barton family may actually be Stedmans and
> that
> > his real father was a Stedman.
> >
> > Again, this points to more directed research and answering a 300 year
> mystery.
> >
> > We still have a desperate need for several of descendants of the South
> > Carolina Steadmans - especially those descended from Robert Steedman -
to
> > join the study.
> >
> > And we need some participation from the Steadman family that came from
> > Virginia to West Virginia to Ohio and beyond.
> >
> > If there are any people descended from the Sullivan county, Tennessee,
> > Steadmans, we are looiing for you also.
> >
> > I am sure that the study will produce similar interesting results for
> > everyone with your test results.
> >
> > I am hoping that another group will sign up this week and really get
this
> > project in high gear.
> >
> > Go here:
> >
> > http://www.familytreedna.com/surname_join.asp?code=K98804&special=True
> >
> > Remember, we are doing the 25 marker Y-chromosome test for $169.
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > john.
> >
> >
> >
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>
>

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