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From: "Tom Schenk" <>
Subject: Re: [CASEY-L] Casey DNA Project
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 10:24:51 -0700
References: <001601c58955$5a032c30$6401a8c0@cyclops>


Hi Roger,

I am interested in your line of Casey's in West Virginia. I have a Great
Aunt, Maria or Moria Casey, who married a William Coughlin in Parkersburg,
WV in 1875. I am of the belief that there were relatives in WV that led my
Great Aunt to Parkersburg. I am not sure about the family name Coughlin, but
that could also be the connection to WV. Subsequently, Maria and William
moved to Chicago and William owned and ran a saloon. They were there for the
1880 Census and my Ggrandmother, Susan Casey, lived with them. If any of
this makes some sense, please give me a shout. If not, keep me in mind if
you run across a segment of Caseys who might be related.

Thanks and Best Regards,

Tom Schenk
Yacolt, Washington

----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 8:53 AM
Subject: RE: [CASEY-L] Casey DNA Project


> This is the weirdest e-mail I have ever received. First of all, I have
been
> doing genealogy for 39 years now, and have many lines back to the 100's.
I
> am on the Casey list, but rarely post. Now here is what is weird about
the
> e-mail.
>
> 1. My daughter's name is Joyce.
>
> 2. My name is Roger Casey
>
> 3. My father Clyde C. Casey married my mother Mabel Shannon.
>
> 4. My daughter Joyce named her little girl Shannon.
>
> We are having our Casey reunion the 2nd Saturday in August here in West
> Virginia. Of course all are welcome. Just bring a couple of covered
dishes
> to share. We eat like crazy.
>
> I am also interested in the 25 marker DNA project, but need a little
> direction. I have my Shannon line back to Scotland and Ireland 1571. Of
> all lines I am stumped on is my grandfather Sinclair Casey, born 1799 in
> Mason Co., VA now WV. Nothing past him.
>
> Roger Casey
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joyce [mailto:]
> Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 8:05 AM
> To:
> Subject: [CASEY-L] Casey DNA Project
>
>
> Hello, fellow Casey-Listers...Being a female, I cannot personally
> participate in the DNA project but have sponsored a cousin of my mother's,
> who sent in his kit. The 25-marker results from familytreedna.com show our
> line is unrelated to either of the other two kits they've received
> (according to a person I called at FTDNA).
>
>
>
> My earliest Casey ancestor is Daniel Casey, RWS (recently proven to DAR),
> who migrated to Wilkes and Elbert Co. Georgia from Henry Co. Virginia. I
> suspect that his father or close relative may have been one Roger Casey
who
> was in Amherst Co. Virginia, who had 12 white people in his household on a
> 1783 tax list. This same Roger, I believe (because of surname proximities
> and other reasons) ended up in Wilkes/Lincoln Co. Georgia on Fishing Creek
> later in the 1780s. This is on the Savannah River just across the line
from
> SC. I have no proof, but there is strong circumstantial evidence of
family
> connection to my Daniel and also to a Joel Casey, Thomas Casey, and
William
> Casey. This Joel is likely the one who migrated to Hardin Co., TN where
> there was also a Joseph Casey in records of the early 1820s (a brother of
> Joel?). This whole batch of Caseys has close ties also to the Shannon
> surname.
>
>
>
> Roger Casey also had other children mentioned in deeds: Sarah, Hannah,
> Ellinor, Peggy and John. There is no will to be found for either Roger or
> Daniel. I don't know what happened to Roger's son John since there are
many
> John Caseys and I cannot say conclusively in Georgia/SC enough which is
> which-only my own, Daniel's son John who married Elizabeth Pace.
>
>
>
> The earlier Roger from Virginia, with 12 people in his household, must
have
> been the progenitor of many currently "unknown" Caseys. It would be
> wonderful to get some more DNA submitted and find out if there are any
> possible relatives out there. So far there have been no results posted on
> the Casey DNA website but you can view other surname sites with posted
> results and see how we can likewise make progress in sorting our Casey
> lines. It would be exciting for us to make some of the same breakthroughs.
> Examples, PACE or CROW projects have had enough participants, around 50-75
> each, to show several different lines emerging.
>
>
>
> Here's the link to the Pace site where you can see their color-coded chart
> of DNA results:
>
> http://www.pacesociety.org/DNA/results.htm
>
>
>
> The Crow site, also with a color coded chart, is:
>
> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~crow2000/dnachart.htm (Note,
> there was a Crow who married a female Casey.)
>
>
>
> The $99 cost of a basic "12-marker" result, when you consider the time and
> money it might save in chasing down a wrong lead, is very much worth it.
You
> can upgrade to a 25-marker kit later if you want. I'm going to a family
> reunion soon and want to encourage male Caseys there to be part of this
> project since it also helps to have a checkpoint within your own known
line
> (in case of unknown adoptions, etc.).
>
>
>
> Any published results are anonymous, as far as who sent the kit-only kit
> numbers are used as identifiers, along with your stated ancestral line.
When
> results are published (in the form of the kit numbers and DNA marker
results
> and known ancestor lines), there can be comparison of what we think we
know
> with trends shown by the markers. Even "unknown" lines can possibly be
> matched with DNA markers of known lines. Discrepancies can be observed and
> noted. For instance, those who think they are of the "Abner" line can
> compare and verify results against others who think they are of the Abner
> line. Again, the actual submitter's name is anonymous and the test is
simple
> and painless-swabbing the inside of the mouth. I'm not a technical person
> but urge everyone to visit the familytreedna.com website, type in "Casey"
in
> the search box and follow the link to the Casey project site. I hope our
> administrator will be posting results soon and that other male Caseys will
> participate wholeheartedly. Only by doing so, can the Casey project, now
in
> its infancy, establish a database of results to go forward and make
> everyone's efforts worthwhile. It takes about six weeks to get results
> after sending them in, so, get started soon!! Thanks..
>
>
>
> Joyce Harris, Houston, TX
>
> Daniel>John>Wiley>John Thomas>Porter>mother>me
>
>
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