origins (?) of William Lee Farris b. 1818 in SW Virginia--have DNA
Hi all.I posted a message regarding this ancestor of mine several years ago now, and am still looking.I'm a descendant of William Lee Farris (b. 3/19/1818 in Washington County Virginia, m. 10/13/1846 Polly Ramey in Carroll County, Kentucky, d. 1913 in Adair County, KY).His parents were probably Isaac Farris and Sarah Thompson.I've had my DNA sequence to 37 markers and have been able to compare it to other folks who have had it done.Prior to this, I had hoped to link my geneology to the Ian Esom Farris descendent crowd who also have a SW Virginia branch.The DNA has established firmly that I am not related to them (I'm an R1b1 haplotype, whereas they are I's--a whole different ancient genetic origin).I am also not particularly closely linked to the Northern Irish bunch out of South Carolina.The various databases (Y base perhaps being the most useful) seem to show me most closely related to folks with largely occupational names of English origin (so I am perhaps a Farris that is a variant of "Farrar"--a farrier). So, I may be looking for Farrises of English origin, as opposed to the Scottish and Irish ones, which have received more attention.The only other clue I have recently found is that a William and an Isac Faris (spelling in backcountry Virginia seems to have been very fluid) were in the 1810 tax lists for Russell County, Virginia (adjacent Washington Co.).Any help or enquiries would be welcome.
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Re: origins (?) of William Lee Farris b. 1818 in SW Virginia--have DNA
Kathy Patterson 3/02/14
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Larry Farris 6/09/08
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Larry Farris 8/27/09
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Johnathan Farris 8/27/09
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Re: origins (?) of William Lee Farris b. 1818 in SW Virginia--have DNA
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Re: origins (?) of William Lee Farris b. 1818 in SW Virginia--have DNA