Dale,
I will venture my thoughts. Your last paragraph reads:
"No matter, the difficult part is understanding the matching with the
NC group.
I still think the prudent thing is to go back and prove the
paper genealogy traces to Levi (born 1791).
If anyone has any theories or thoughts please pass them on.
dale"
Since this new participant's DNA doesn't match the Cornelius line
and it does match the NC group, the most likely case is that the paper
genealogy is wrong in connecting the younger Levi to Levi born in
1791 of the Cornelius line. (It certainly wouldn't be a rarity for such a
thing to happen).
I am wondering if anyone has considered the new participant's Levi might
be the son
of the Levi in N. C. The William you have above in the N.C. group had 2
brothers.
One brother was a John and the other was a Levi, born abt. 1778. The
Jessie Y.
Carmack, wives Tearcy Kent and Patience Kent also had a son Levi, b. Dec.
25,
1821. This is from page 130 of Dr. Peckham's book.
Now to my question, I have wanted to ask you, Dale for a long time, what
did you
learn about the following:
"There is interesting report that provides a link to the Sorenson
Molecular
Genealogy Foundation (SMGF) Database. The title of the report os SMGF
Database Configuration - DNA Results Comparison. When I click on my data
it
takes me to the SMGF Database and shows me that I have a 25 of 25 match
with
someone. It shows me their pedigree chart. The most interesting thing
is
that the match is NOT Carmack. The other "interesting" thing is that it
traces back to a William Jones born 1779 in Washington Co PA. What does
this mean? I don't have a clue, but it may be of interest to see if that
person lived near any Carmack's...who knows what could be found. There
are
similar matches for Samuel Carmack that are not Carmack surnames."
Try this on for the above. Remember that Gwen probably was married to a
Jones
in Pennsylvania before she married Cornelius. Maybe your ancestor was a
son of
her Jones marriage and adopted the Carmack name. That would work for me,
but
didn't you say you matched with the Cornelius line? You can't be a match
to both, can you?
The suspense is killing me.
Betty
On Mon, 5 Dec 2005 22:27:23 -0500 "Dale Carmack"
<dcarmack(a)gmpexpress.net> writes:
I've been struggling how to organize this email so that it is
readily
understandable.
The DNA project initially found 2 distinct, unrelated groups. One
group was
definitely Cornelius Carmack descendants. The other group cannot
find a
common ancestor but all seem to trace back to North Carolina (thus I
have
generically called them the NC group). There has been some research
to
indicate that the NC Group traces as follows:
Two Participants "may" link to:
William Carmack & Pency Kent
William "may" be the:
Son of John Carmack born abt 1747 Craven Co, NC
Son of John Carmack born abt 1723
Son of James Carmack born May 1701, Kent Co, MD
Son of Dennis Carmack & Bridget (it is theorized that Dennis is
brother to
Cornelius)
One Participant traces back to Samuel B Carmack. There has been
some
research to indicate that Samuel B Carmack "might" be the son of
Jesse Y.
Carmack & Tearcy Kent who "might" be part of the same John line
above.
We don't know that any of these participants trace to the John
Carmack line
above but we do know that these 3 Participants share a common
ancestor.
We now have a new DNA Participant who seems to have a good paper
trail back
to Levi Carmack (born 1791) of Lee Co, VA/Claiborne Co, TN. Levi is
the:
son of William Carmack & Mary Hartsock,
son of Cornelius Carmack & Margery Evans,
son of William Carmack & Jane McDaniel,
Son of Cornelius Carmack & Gwin
Levi Carmack (born 1791) had many children. Another DNA project
participant
descends from one of Levi's sons (Jacob Carmack & Lydia Burns). The
DNA
from this participant matches the rest of the Cornelius
Participants, as
expected. The new participant traces to Levi's son Levi but his DNA
does
not match the Cornelius line.
It's the fact that the DNA matches the NC Group that makes it
interesting.
To be honest I'm not sure how to interpret the results. At 1st look
I'd say
that if the paper genealogy is accurate and traces to Levi's son
Levi then
it means one of 2 things (the son was adopted or illegitimate). To
prove
this out we would have to find other male Carmacks from that same
Levi line
to take the DNA test. But even if this were true that would not
explain how
the DNA would match Carmack's in North Carolina who are unrelated to
Cornelius.
No matter, the difficult part is understanding the matching with the
NC
group. I still think the prudent thing is to go back and prove the
paper
genealogy traces to Levi (born 1791). If anyone has any theories or
thoughts please pass them on.
dale
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