Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:28:36 -0700
From: nymets22(a)gmail.com
To: carter-uk(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [CARTER-UK] Garston Manor, Watford Parish, Hertfordshire, England
(1534-1666)
Wow, you woke up the list! How about we do a roll call? Just give us your
CARTER names, places they lived, years of interest and then what are you
looking for?
The earliest record I have of my Carter line is from 1695 York County, Virginia. I
don't know where my Carter's lived before that but I'm assuming it was some
part of England. The first wife of my earliest known Carter ancestor had the surname
Merry and the Merry's are believed to have been from the village of Mere, in Cheshire.
Sometimes families moved together so it is possible my Carter's were from the same
area as the Merry's.
My Carter line is Y-DNA Haplogroup "Q". I have been working with the Carter
Y-DNA Surname Project of the Family Tree DNA testing service of Houston, Texas, US for
many years. Many of the Carter families in the US trace their lines back to colonial
Virginia. A lot of myths sprang up over the years and a lot of speculation has been
circulated as fact. Now, thanks to the Y-DNA Project, we have a much better understanding
of the many different Carter lines and it is now clear that many of the Carter's who
were thought to be related are actually different Carter families.
But most of the men in the Family Tree DNA Carter Surname Project seem to be from the US.
Is there a similar Carter Y-DNA Project for men in the UK? I would very much like to find
a Y-DNA match between my Carter family from Virginia and a Carter family in the UK.
In addition to my own Y-DNA "Q" Carter family, I am also interested in these
Carter families from colonial Virginia and any possible connections to Carter's in the
UK:
(Y-DNA R1a-02) Giles Carter, Sr. of Henrico County, Virginia
(Y-DNA R1b-01) William Carter of Middlesex County, Virginia
(Y-DNA R1b-02) Capt. Thomas Carter, Sr. "of Barford" of Lancaster County,
Virginia (wife Katherine Dale) [American entertainer June Carter-Cash, wife of singer
Johnny Cash, is from this Carter family.]
(Y-DNA R1b-04) Capt. Thomas Carter, Sr. of Isle of Wight County, Virginia (wife Elinor
Cooke) [Former US President Jimmy Carter is from this Carter family.]
(Y-DNA R1b-32) Robert "King" Carter of Virginia, the first millionaire in the
US. [From the Carter's of Garston Manor, Watford Parish, Hertfordshire, England
(1534-1666).]