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1.  Your kit number ___100947_____________________________________

2.  Your name _Living______________________________

3.  Why did you join the Lost Colony project?

Our Sawyer family originated from Gum Neck and is from 2 Sawyer families.  Other family names in your research are also connected.  Family members have told us we have Indian in the family.

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

We are from 2 Sawyer families with other family names of Turner, Weatherly, Tarkington, Liverman, Cahoon, Meekins, Owens, Morris, Jones, and Swain.  We have only been able to connect back to late 1700's and hope to find more connections.  We have connected our Sawyers to Jonathan and Robert Sawyer of the 1700's.

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

Don't know

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.

Not yet.

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.

Yes

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.

Yes, my Grandfather and his brothers operated a boat that transported from Gum Neck to Elizabeth City.  My GGGrandfather lost an arm in the final battle of the Civil War.  My ancestor William Morris served on the Merrimac. 

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?

My sister, Renee' Bradshaw, is the contact person at [email protected]

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

Possibly.  Sawyer

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]