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Davy's ancestry farther back than his grandfather has not been identified although there has been much speculation.
Davy, in his autobiography, tells that his grandparents were killed by Indians near present day Rogersville, Tennessee in 1777. Those grandparents are identified as David (commonly called David the Elder) and Elizabeth Crockett
There is much speculation as to the parentage of the elder David Crockett, but NO documents identifying parents have been found. Speculation has tried to tie him into the family of Antoine de Crocketagne but honestly INSUFFICIENT DOCUMENTATION has been found to establish Antoine's line to ANY of the Crocketts who immigrated to the United States.
The Crockett Family DNA Project can be seen at: http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Crockett/default.aspx
Reading "Project Background", "Project Goals", and "Results" will bring out some good points of information.
Davy's family line's DNA values are given in subgroup Two and has a Haplogroup of I2b1 which is much different than Haplogroup R1b2 of most of the other Crockett participants. So a lot of us who have tried to claim Davy as a relative are going to have to give up that claim, sorry.
DNA testing results by participants in the project show that Davy's Crockett family is not related to the family lines of Joseph Lewis Crockett, Jr. and SamuelCrockett/Ester Thompson who have also been speculated as being related to Antoine and also to Davy's grandfather. Subgroup Five shows the DNA results of a proven descendant of Joseph Lewis Crockett, Jr (#83171) and a proven descendant of Samuel Crockett (#50382) and also some other Crocketts with early Virginia roots. Subgroup five and the subgroup two are clearly not related.
This is a long message to say that I think Davy's great grandparents and beyond are not yet known. Too many Family Trees have been put out onto the internet containing family tails, heresay and unproven claims, then accepted and propagated by others without proof to their accuracy, I am afraid.
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