Re: Jetts, Washingtons, and Oxfordshire
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Re: Jetts, Washingtons, and Oxfordshire
Douglas Beahm 7/11/03
>>However, my guesstimate is that the probability of two random emigrant families living within fifteen miles of one another in both England and then later in Virginia in the mid 17th century is at least 20 percent.<<
That's what makes genealogy fun....your guess is as good as mine.
However, a different conclusion is suggested by your earlier statement:
>>Although most of these families were linked by marriage in Virginia, there is no evidence that a majority of them were connected prior to their arrival in the colonies. For example, the Washington family mentioned in your post was from co. Essex, Alexander Fleming was from Scotland (his widow Joyce Jones Hoskins Fleming married third, Lawrence Washington, who was the gg-uncle of George Washington), the Blakistone family was from Durham, the Gerrard family was from Lancashire, the Sturman family was from Buckinghamshire, the Youell/Yowell family was from Northamptonshire, etc.<<
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Re: Jetts, Washingtons, and Oxfordshire
Douglas Beahm 7/12/03
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Re: Jetts, Washingtons, and Oxfordshire
ROBERT KAMMAN 7/12/03
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Re: Jetts, Washingtons, and Oxfordshire