I am not sure. Sometime back I had received an email from somewhere saying
there was a DNA project going on for MALE Chambers persons. It did not
mention females, so I deleted the email. It seems that I am the only person
in my Chambers lineage that is interested in genealogy.
On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 8:39 PM, Kimberly <klflick81(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
Is there a link to the main DNA project?
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> Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:34:08 -0700
> From: thedarster(a)gmail.com
> To: chambers(a)rootsweb.com
> Subject: Re: [CHAMBERS] Chambers in Oklahoma & Missour
>
> Ezekiel Chambers is my line. He is my g-g-g-grandfather. I have seen
the
> Chambers DNA project, but I am a female and the test was for males.
There
> are not many Chambers males left in this line.
>
> Is the DNA project still going on? I wonder if I can convince my dad to
be
> tested? The only Chambers males from Ezekiel line are my Dad, his older
> brother, and my brother. Let me know where I can get info on DNA test or
> what I need to do to convince one of these guys and I will see what I can
> do.
>
> Judi Davis
>
> On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 7:39 AM, Charlene <crrking(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Just an fyi...Pulaski Co., MO also became Texas Co. and Laclede Co.,
MO.
> >
> > This is in response to you saying there was a James Chambers in Pulaski
Co,
> > MO in 1840. I think he was in Texas Co., MO in 1850. Let me know if
you
> > know differently.
> >
> > On the 1850 census there were three families shown below:
> >
> > Name, District, County Home & State, Estimated Birth Year, Birth
Place
> > Ezekiel Chambers, District 98, Texas, MO abt 1816,Tennessee
> > James Chambers, District 98, Texas, MO abt 1820, Tennessee
> > William Chambers, District 98, Texas, MO, abt 1820, Virginia
> >
> > Ezekiel and James Chambers' lines above have not been tested yet.
Unless
> > they are related to others tested and I'm not aware of that. Anyone,
please
> > let me know.
> >
> > My line is William Chambers above and this line has been tested - he is
in
> > group 100, kit 5264.
> >
> > Another line that came to Texas Co., MO a little later was tested also.
> > That is kit number 12270, Esquire C. Chambers, born 1801 in NC. This
> > Esquire and my Wm, according to the DNA results are not related at all.
> >
> > So I'm really looking forward to James and Ezekiel's descendants being
> > tested one day. I'm not sure though if James ever had children though.
> >
> >
> >
> > Charlene King
> > Mills & Chambers yDNA Project Coordinator
> >
http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~crrking/index.htm
> >
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~crrking/
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: chambers-bounces(a)rootsweb.com [mailto:
chambers-bounces(a)rootsweb.com]
> > On Behalf Of Polly Murphy
> > Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 12:40 AM
> > To: chambers(a)rootsweb.com
> > Subject: Re: [CHAMBERS] Chambers in Oklahoma
> >
> > My Chambers, according to census records were also in Tennessee and
> > Indiana.
> > A researcher who wrote in the Wright County Heritage book says that our
> > line
> > comes out of either Elijah or Elisha Chambers. I suspect my line comes
out
> > of Burke County NCAR since other connecting lines do also.
> > Mine also lived in Pope County, Arkansas.
> > Jacob's full name was Jacob Bennett Chambers. I suspect that Nancy from
> > Jacob's father's marriage was probably a Bennett since he was the
first
son
> > and that the norm was to give that son his mother's maiden name as a
> > middle.
> > My grandmother was buried in our local cemetery in a large plot of
other
> > Chambers folks.
> > I have given only the direct lines but can supply sibling names, also.
When
> > I looked back in Lumpkin/Cherokee County GA, there was an older
Chambers
> > named Andrew. I feel like he probably connects to my line but I just
don't
> > know how to connect up.
> > There has been a lot of Chambers information through the years, so I
can
> > really hope that, although we have no surviving male for the DNA test,
> > someone from a connecting line is going to do the test and solve my
decade
> > of Chambers puzzle. In 1840, there were three Chambers men in Pulaski
MO
> > which a part of that became Wright County: John, James and my Jacob
before
> > he married.
> > --- On Sun, 1/18/09, Kimberly <klflick81(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > From: Kimberly <klflick81(a)hotmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [CHAMBERS] Chambers in Oklahoma
> > To: chambers(a)rootsweb.com
> > Date: Sunday, January 18, 2009, 9:56 PM
> >
> > Frank (or Willis Frank) Chambers was born in Arkansas about 1855 and
moved
> > to
> > Erath, Texas according to the 1880 census. By 1900, he was in Seminole
> > Nation
> > and made a homestead in what is now Caddo County, OK. His son, John
Willis
> > Chambers, continued to farm the homestead for the rest of his life and
it
> > is
> > still in the family. My great-grandfather, Everett Bervie Chambers, is
> > John
> > Willis' son. I do not know anything before Frank. Don't know his
> > parents, etc.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Kimberly
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD
> > Join me
> >
> > > Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:01:22 -0800
> > > From: scrapbooknjo(a)sbcglobal.net
> > > To: chambers(a)rootsweb.com
> > > Subject: Re: [CHAMBERS] Chambers in Oklahoma
> > >
> > > Kimberly,
> > > What part of Oklahoma did your Chambers settle in. My Chambers
lineage
> > settled in OK before it was a state. Gabriel Chambers son owned a store
in
> > Cumberland (Indian Territory) son of Elisha Chambers (settled in what
> > was/is
> > known as Chambersville, TX)
> > >
> > > Jody
> > >
> > > --- On Sun, 1/18/09, Kimberly <klflick81(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > From: Kimberly <klflick81(a)hotmail.com>
> > > Subject: Re: [CHAMBERS] dna
> > > To: chambers(a)rootsweb.com
> > > Date: Sunday, January 18, 2009, 6:40 PM
> > >
> > > My Chambers ended up in Oklahoma. The furthest back I've traced them
> > is to
> > > Arkansas but it's not far - only the mid-1800s. I don't seem to
> > be able
> > > to find any people who can match my line. I guess my question is
whether
> > or not
> > > it's worth it to even investigate the DNA project if I can't find
> > people
> > > who can even find a name match.
> > >
> > > Kimberly
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD
> > > Join me
> > >
> > > > From: chambers3960(a)charter.net
> > > > Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 16:44:53 -0500
> > > > To: chambers(a)rootsweb.com
> > > > Subject: Re: [CHAMBERS] dna
> > > >
> > > > Hi Carol,
> > > > I was hitting nothing but a stone wall with no where to go until I
> > had
> > > > a match with the DNA project. It opened a completely new
opportunity
> >
> > > > for me. Found out I was related to the Cades Cove Tn Chambers and
> > that
> > > > we shared a lot of the same names. Has opened up a complete new
> > avenue
> > > > for me to search.
> > > >
> > > > Still need some of the Haywood County, NC Chambers. I believe most
> > are
> > > > descendants of the Burke Co. NC Chambers. I had some older
Chambers
> > > > say we were kin to those Burke Co. Chambers. Anyway, I do have kin
> > in
> > > > Habersham County Georgia and many of the Haywood County Chambers
> > moved
> > > > into the area in the middle 1800's. A few test would prove once
> > and
> > > > for all if my suspicions are correct that we're all of the same
> > > family.
> > > > Tried to interest both groups in sending in a DNA sample but I
> > guess
> > > > they're content with the info they have and don't want to
> > prove or
> > >
> > > > disprove the kinship.
> > > >
> > > > Wish the test were a little less expensive.
> > > >
> > > > randy
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Jan 18, 2009, at 3:31 PM, Carol Church wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > A member of my Chambers family submitted his dna a few years
> > ago;
> > > > > there are many Chambers men who had joined the group, but none
> > has
> > > > > matched my Chambers line. Between the desc. of this family, we
> > have
> > > > > spent alot of $ helping other Chambers possibilities tested.
> > None
> > > has
> > > > > proved a match. However, because there was a Chambers family
of
> > NJ
> > > > > who was very prolific and whose desc. went to Canada, as did
> > mine,
> > > > > those researchers insisted for years that we were of the same
> > family.
> > >
> > > > > I spent alot of money and time trying to connect; then dna
> > resolved
> > > it
> > > > > all; we may have been neighbors, but we were not related. The
> > cost
> > > of
> > > > > our dna project was worth every cent, as it has eliminated alot
> > of
> > > > > error in research.
> > > > > Carol Chambers Church
> > > > >
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