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So who is armstead's father?

10/24/2014

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Since my last blog, I have upgraded to the 67 marker test. This matches with about 8 Hales and one Chilcut, who I believe had a similar situation in his line, although he knew he had Hales in this line earlier. 

It is very clear that the Hale family is related to Nicholas Hale (also spelled Haile frequently prior to 1700), of "Baltimore." Baltimore is really Hicholas II however, and his father was Nichols I who lived in Ann Arundel County, VA and across the river in Maryland. More about this in a later post. 

The probability for all this is over 98%, so many generations ago. So this is put to bed. The issue now is to attempt to determine who the Hale lines were in between Keziah and Nicholas. 

Nicholas IV had moved to Bedford County, in the 1740's and 1750's. Many Hales were living there. However most moved on to North Carolina in the Washington County (Watauga Colony). This is now North West Tennessee, and had a a very interesting history in the Revolution. Again this is a story for later. 

Roy Hale of another line, but a cousin and exact match to me, reports that Nicholas Hale had four sons in Bedford/Franklin Counties. They are 
Shadrack, Meshack, Abednego, and John. They are probably too old to have had direct contact with Keziah, but their sons and grandsons would be the right age. 

The Bedford County census of 1810, the year Armstead was born, shows a John and Thomas. Each had small children, wife and Thomas had some slaves. This children were under 10, and they and the wives were between 26 and 44. The children would probably make them closer to 28 than 44. 
This makes both a few years older than Keziah who was 20 then. They make good prospects, but as of yet, I have been unable to connect either to their lines. 

Looking at Franklin County is much more difficult. In Franklin County, there are three more John’s; one with family and 30 slaves, Joseph, family and 5 slaves, James and two Thomas’, most with some slaves. One Thomas is over 45 with a younger wife and family, the other the same with 10 slaves.


Any of these could have also been Armstead's father. So as the hunt is complex, one thing is nearly certian. It is that no young men of Keziah's AND un-married were found. Of course the Hale family were heavy travelers, south to Tennessee and nort to Baltimore. So anyone coming through town may have also been our father. 


But if my guess is right. John or Joseph of Bedford are the top suspects. Keziah at 20, would have had no support for Armstead unless she was employed, or got support from the father. When Armstead was older about 6, he was also bound by the Overseers of the Poor in Bedford County to anther family. Keziah no longer could support him. Why? 


Could it be because like moved Hales, they moved on to the south.  Or the wife found out about an affair and stopped it. In any case Keziah was no doubt forced to give up Armstead. This is truly a tragedy, as a boy who knew his mother, would have had a difficult emotional time being separated and given to a family completely unknown. It must have been horrible. 


Keziah a decade later has two more boys, but manages to support them. How? Unknown so far, but we'll continue to work on it. 


So until other projects are completed, what we know is that one of several Hale men were ultimately related to Nicholas II or III and they moved on eventually. 

 






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Burgess Migration Map

7/4/2011

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Here is a Google map of the places owned by Burgess families and ancestors as they moved west up the James River from 1611 until about 1760.

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=zjBlpnkxzQY8.kRcRt8DvS0xI&usp=sharing
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DNA VERDICT - We are all Hales

10/21/2006

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The final DNA 37 marker tests are in. The results are all but 100% sure; Armstead’s father was definitely from the Hale surname.

Our Burgess DNA group leader says “We just received the 37-marker segment results of Ron’s Y-chromosome test, and it matches 36 out of 37 with Randolph and William’s numbers, and 35 out of 37 with Jaime’s. This isn’t a common set of markers generally, so I have to think that all you folks have a common male ancestor.”  ” The coincidence is simply too great to be accidental. More than likely, one of the Hale males was Ron’s ancestor.” “This is a significant cluster of DNA matches. My experience tells me it’s a valid one. If the number set was more common, I would immediately question any possible connection, in the absence of hard evidence–but these are UNCOMMON numbers, folks, with a tested Haplogroup of I1b (from Ron).”

The closest.

  • Randolph Hale has traced his line to the Nicholas Hale line, a well documented line going back to Baltimore in the 1600’s. The Hales became land and real estate developers. Decendents settled many western areas into the 1800’s. One of these settlements was in Bedford (Franklin) County, VA. Called Hales Crossing on the Staunton River, just five miles from where Keziah lived with the Nichols family.
  • The other is William Chilcote. Not as much is known about his line, but this is a surprise to him. We will try to crack more of this mystery.


As I interpret the charts on the Family DNA charts, this means that Armstead’s line has a 90% to 95% probability that we are related at 8 to 12 generations, but a 95% to 99% probability at over 14 generations.

I am the 6th generation from Armstead’s father. This is about an 80% probability. It is possible that Armstead’s father was not himself a Hale by surname, so we may really know who he was, but Hales surnames were in the vicenty so we can speculate about who some candidates may be, subjects for future posts.

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