{With Ref to msg "John
Bonnell /
Bunnell 1757-1845" at
http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.bonnell/236/mb.ashx the Revolutionary War Soldier *RWS }
John_RWS is said to have 4
Sons and 3 Daughters:
(1) Thomas
Bonnell 1776-1871;
(2) John
Bonnell, Jr 1780-1874;
(3) Margaret
Bonnell b.1782;
(4) Nancy
Bonnell b.1783
(5) George
Bonnell 1786-1870;
(6) William S
Bonnell 1788-1878;
(7) Sarah
Bonnell b.1790;
BTW, of these 7 children, 4 (#'s 1, 3, 4, 7) married Coovers!
Recently, a DNA Test has Corroborated with some of this over-200-year-old paper trail.
I'm from John's son (#5) George and I had a DNA Test (12-Marker) in 2006. I did NOT match with ANYBODY in the Bonnell/Bunnell line at the time! And, once I saw and understood better of what DNA could & could NOT do, I upgraded to a 67-Marker Test.
Fortunately (for both my scientific & emotional well being ;-),
a person who was in son (#6) William's line had a test and proved to be a 100% match!
Although this latest test was only 12-Markers (to my 67-Markers), it agrees with the theory that we are related.
Hopefully, this latest member will increase to a 67-Marker test to tie this closer.
As more DNA tests with
Males in John_RWS’s line are submitted,
we should be able to clarify these murky branches of the tree.
PLEASE, if you are a
MALE in this line, consider a DNA Test,
and FEMALES, please 'coerce' the
Males if they need a nudge to do this!
The Bonnell-Bunnell-(etc) DNA Surname Project is at
http://www.ftdna.com/public/BNL_dna Thank You