In order to locate him I have been using a combination of my genetic geneaology (DNA) and an old fashioned paper trail to lead me to them.
There are some commonalities within a few things that I did want to share here with you this evening. I am hoping some seasoned researcher out there will see this and can help me put the pieces together.
As I have spoke in times past, I look at each piece of my family history as pieces to a jigsaw puzzle. So here in this post I will be sharing a few of those pieces with you.
Some time ago I was introduced to some cousins via the Gedmatch website. Shortly thereafter I joined their group on Facebook (which regrettably I had to leave for a time due to the birth of our grandson and family issues taking up the biggest part of my time). We all noted that we seemed to have a common tie to a gentleman named: Benjamin BERRYMAN.
Back then I could not make heads nor tails of that information as I had never heard the name before in all of my years of research. Fast forward to this week and I will tell you some things that I have recently uncovered within the course of my research.
1. I found a Benjamin BERRYMAN living next to who I suspect is my 4th Great Grandfather one Allin McDANIEL in Rowan County, North Carolina.
2.One of said Benjamin BERRYMAN`s sons married a DISHMAN.
3.The DISHMAN family married into my EADS/EADES Family
4. The McDANIEL married into my EADS/EADES Family.
5.One of my cousins has who he believes to be his Great Grandfather (forgot how many generations back) named Joseph STEGALD who married one Sarah Luna McDANIEL. I do not know just how but I would be willing to bet that said Sarah is kin to my McDANIEL family.
Benjamin BERRYMAN Sr was born 7 December, 1699 in Westmoreland County, Virginia. He married one, Elizabeth NEWTON.
It appears their son: James BERRYMAN married one Sarah DISHMAN. There is a DISHMAN family website that lists some information for James BERRYMAN and wife Sarah DISHMAN.
That website is located HERE. There are lots of marriages between the DISHMAN, McDANIEL and BERRYMAN families.
My question is: Just how does this BERRYMAN family connect to me? Who were my fourth great grandparents?
I hope that I can begin to unravel these mysteries and more soon! Stay tuned!
My GG Grandfather was Henry McDaniel,brother of Allen McDaniel. I keep running into this Benjamin Berryman also. Henry marries a woman name Betsy and has 3 sons before she dies. One is Asberry Benjamin McDaniel. So, Just cannot make a connection, but I think there must be one. I don't know Betsy's maiden name, so maybe Dishman or Berryman. Confused.
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