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1.  Your kit number ____142201____________________________________

2.  Your name _Living______________________________

3.  Why did you join the Lost Colony project?

The Brooks from Pitt County are a surname on the list and part of my family from Anson appeared connected to the Pitt County crowd through DNA studies of Abraham Brooks.  However, two different Brooks families exist in Anson County and I’m actually descended through the other one, the I2a haplogroup.

4.  How is your Y-line DNA line connected to the colonists, the surnames, Native people or the location?

It isn’t.  Mother’s line is Pierce from Duplin County, NC and is a better chance.

5.  Please provide a brief writeup (2 paragraphs to one page in length) on your line that has DNA tested! 

We know that the descendants of William Brooks I (b. 1736 VA) are testing the same I2a because of various descendants across the country and following the traditional migration patterns for the family.  These families are showing the same haplogroup, which is apparently quite rare.  Only one Brooks shows as connected that is not from that line and he is from Yorkshire, England.  It appears from this evidence that William Brooks I or his father, John is the original immigrant to America.

6.  Mini-Genealogy From Participant to Oldest Ancestor (complete form below)

Completing the form below, enter the current generation’s name in line 1 and add each generation on subsequent lines through your oldest ancestor.  You don’t need to provide personal info for living individuals, just a placeholder name.   For living people, don’t include the maiden name of the spouse.

7.  Do you have a family website that includes this line?  If so, please provide the link.

8.  Do you have research items such as papers you may have written, deeds you’ve extracted or other historical or genealogical documents to contribute?  If so, paste here or send separately.

Attached…

9.  Do you have history to share?  This could be a family story or history of the area.  If so, paste here or send separately.

Attached…

10.  Are you willing to have your e-mail address and first name listed as a contact for your kit?  If so, what is the e-mail you want listed?

[email protected]

11.  Are you willing to be a coordinator or resource for any of the Lost Colony surnames?  If so, which ones?

Can’t

We are working to be sure that everyone who should be included in the Lost Colony, is in fact included, and that folks who don’t have a potential link to the colonists have the opportunity to join a project more suited to their needs. 

If possible, please reply within the next week or so.

Thank you very much,

Roberta Estes

Lost Colony Project Volunteer Administrator

PS – I have periodically had problems with my e-mail.  If you send me information and do not hear from me, please resend or try my alternate address at [email protected].  Nelda Percival, our webmistress, who is working with this data is at [email protected].