Did Agnes CARSON b ca 1740 have a younger sister named Esther CARSON b. ca
1755 (or was she a neice [d/o john, gd of Walter Carson] as some have
proposed)??????
If anyone can prove or disprove this, please reply.
If they were sisters, then it helps prove our assumption that these two
CARSON sisters
were married to two MAXWELL brothers.
Recent DNA results indicate that Henry MAXWELL and Nathaniel MAXWELL are
very
closely related. Since their estimated birthdates are just eleven years
apart, they could
be brothers.
And since they both had wives named CARSON, it would indicate that two
brothers in
one family married two sisters in another family....a very common practice
in the 1700s
and 1800s.
What leads to this conclusion?
In the MAXWELL FAMILY DNA STUDY, a living male descendant from each of the
above couples (Henry Maxwell m. Agnes Carson and Nathanial Maxwell m. Esther
Carson) provided DNA samples. These two Y-chromosome samples matched
exactly for the first 12 markers (loci). An additional analysis (refined
"high resolution" test)was made and the two
samples also matched exactly on a 25-marker test.
FamilyTreeMakerDNA statistical studies show that these two donors are
certainly related
and that they share a common ancestor in the past seven (probability 50%)
generations.
In other words, Henry and Nathaniel could be brothers and their father (name
unknown
through standard genealogical processes) could be the common ancestor.
This is new and exciting information as both of these lines seem to be at a
"brickwall" and have been thoroughly researched and revisited many times
over the years!
Both FTDNA and the Maxwell DNA Study have the policy of not releasing the
name
of DNA donors, however, the DNA scores can be released with a coded donor
number.
Please visit our website, and your comments on the above are invited.
http://hometown.aol.com/dnamaxwell/myhomepage/index.html
Additional info: As of this date we have not had a UNEXPECTED 25/25 match in
the Maxwell DNA study...till now. We have had 25/25 matches in
genealogically proven lines to verify the reliability of the lab and the
results.
Don Maxwell
Donald Power Maxwell, Jr., M.D.
18700 Wolf Creek Dr
Edmond, Okla 73003
MAXWELL DNA website:
http://hometown.aol.com/dnamaxwell/myhomepage/index.html
THOMAS MAXWELL (1738-1785 Pa) website:
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=donmaxwell...
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