Member Count
29
Project Website
www.familytreedna.com/public/BrutonBrewtonDNAStudy/
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Description
A group of Bruton/Brewton family researchers is collaborating on this DNA study with four objectives:
• First, we aim to determine if five colonial Carolina Bruton families were related. The earliest known family members of these five families were:
(1) Miles Brewton (1675-1745) of Barbados & Charles Town, SC;
(2) David Bruton (ca. 1740-1816) of Spartanburgh District, SC;
(3) George Bruton (ca. 1744-1811) of Anson/Montgomery Co., NC;
(4) George Brewton (1747-1815) of Spartanburgh Dist., SC; &
(5) Nathan Bruton/Brewton (ca. 1762-1855) of Dobbs Co., NC, & Bulloch Co. GA.
• Second, we aim to verify that other early Brutons/Brewtons in the southeastern United States believed to be related to any of the five colonial families are in fact related. These include:
(1) Joseph Bruton (ca. 1735 - ca. 1811) of Craven & Lenoir Cos., NC;
(2) James Brewton (ca. 1745 - ca. 1816) of Madison Co., AL;
(3) John Bruton (ca. 1747 - aft. 1820) of Craven Co., NC, & Early Co., GA;
(4) George Bruton (1755-60 - 1817-20) of Barnwell Dist., SC;
(5) Benjamin Bruton (1761-1842) of Dobbs Co., NC, & Sumter Co., AL;
(6) Col. Simon Bruton (1761-1823) of Dobbs/Lenoir Co., NC;
(7) Joseph Brewton (ca. 1768-1858) of Dobbs Co., NC, & Escambia Co., AL &
(8) Benjamin Bruton (ca. 1769-1863) of Dobbs Co., NC, & Conecuh Co., AL;
• Third, we aim to assist Bruton/Brewton researchers who have been unable to trace their families back to the colonial era to establish to which, if any, of the early families they relate.
• Fourth, we aim to have Brutons/Brewtons participate whose families lived in other parts of the United States and the world, to establish the migration patterns of the Carolina Bruton families and to identify their European origins. We especially seek the participation of any Bruton descendants from the Bruton families of Gloucestershire, England.
Requirements
A Surname Project traces members of a family that share a common surname. Since surnames are passed down from father to son like the Y-chromosome, this test is for males taking a Y-DNA test. Females do not carry their father's Y-DNA and acquire a new surname by way of marriage, so the tested individual must be a male that wants to check his direct paternal line (father's father's father's...) with a Y-DNA12, Y-DNA37, or Y-DNA67 marker test. Females who would like to check their direct paternal line can have a male relative with this surname order a Y-DNA test. Females can also order an mtDNA test for themselves such as the mtDNA or the mtDNAPlus test and participate in an mtDNA project.
Surnames In This Project
Brewton, Bruton