On the 7th February 2011 Kelly WHEATON from California, with whom I
have been in contact for several years, formed a
WHEATON/WHEADON Family Group
for the collection of DNA results.
That was the beginning of a very busy
few weeks! Since then Kelly has worked extremely hard trying
to explain DNA testing to me, she has surfed the internet gathering
information and she has spent much time analysing the WHEATON DNA
profiles which have already been posted on various web sites.
She has also set up her own web site and one for World Families,
which between them explain about the project and about the tests.
So far there are thirty-three WHEATON DNA profiles available, whilst
other WHEATONs are awaiting the results of their tests.
Aims of the
project include:
o trying to find out if Robert WHEATON (bc 1606) who
died Rehoboth, Massachusetts originated in Devon.
o trying to ascertain if there is any connection between
this Robert and Thomas WHEDON/WHEATON bc 1635 near Axminster in
Devon, both men emigrated to America in the 1600s.
o trying to connect the many American WHEATON lines back
to one or other of these two Patriarchs
o trying to link the many Devon WHEATON families back to
one Patriarch.
o trying to trace Australian WHEATON families back to a
single Devon Patriarch.
o and far as I am concerned, trying to discover where my
Huntingdonshire Thomas (bc1700) WHEATON/WETTON was born!
All those WHEATON researchers whose families appear in my web site
have been contacted asking them if they would be interested in
taking part in the WHEATON/WHEADON Family Group, but out of the 306
messages sent over 80 were returned due to e-mail addresses no
longer functioning.
o if you have sent information and not had a message from me
on this subject,
please do contact me
o if you are a male WHEATON, or have contact with a male
WHEATON, we would be delighted if you would consider becoming part
of this project. Below is the link to Kelly's web site which
contains a wealth of information about the project and where you
will find details of how to order a test kit, and the costs.
https://sites.google.com/site/wheatonsurname/home
http://www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/wheaton/ |
