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7/11/06: The following are Carl Lawson's conclusions: The R1b1 group that William the Rebel is a part of, are suppose to be Highland Scots. Also the member we have from Australia who indicates he is from Highland Scotland fits into this group. This makes me believe that most, if not all of our R1b1 groups may be Highland Scots?
But where did the I1a group come from? Are they Scotch-Irish, who are mostly from Lowland Scotland and Northern England. I have read a great deal about the Scotch-Irish and have order a book called "A History of the Scottish People 1560-1830" which is suppose to tell me the difference between the Lowland and Highland Scots. From what I have read, the Lowland
Scots were more closely related to the Northern English than they were to the Highland Scots. Since the Lowland Scots were on the border of England, they were constantly fighting the English, but also fighting with the Highland Scots. It seems they had trouble getting along with either group.
James I of England (who was James VI of Scotland) was the one that moved many of the Lowland Scots to Northern Ireland around 1610. Many remained there until around 1710 and did very well but then the English started giving them problems because they had been successful. That was when the mass migration to America started and lasted until the Revolutionary War.
But Jonas Lawson was in America (New Kent County, VA) by 1708/09 with a couple of other Lawsons by the name of John and Nicholas. Were they one of the first Scot-Irish to come to America or are they from somewhere else?
I have concluded that William Lawson of Falling River and Jonas from New Kent/Goochland/Bedford were not part of the Eppa/Rowland Lawson group that came to America around 1638. The reason I concluded this was that Richard Lawson, who has a very good paper trail to this group ended up being a R1a.
The Lawsons from Charlotte County, VA fit into this I1a group and their paper trail seems to be the best or at least goes back further than William Lawson of Falling River and Jonas Lawson. Their oldest member is George Lawson and I believe he may be a relative of Benjamin Lawson of who lived in Henrico County and died in Prince George County, VA. Then his family moved to Amelia County.
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A 25/25 match between two branches of descendents is needed to determine the result for the most distant ancestor of these descendants and we now need to look at their paperwork to find the Most Recent Common Ancestor (MRCA) and the Ancestral Result (AR).
The differences in the markers are because of mutations. Mutations occur about every 500 generations per marker.