Project News
November 2009: Our 5th Pitman with a provable date / location in England or Australia has joined the Project. We are increasing our efforts to locate Pit(t)ma(o)n families / researchers in the UK / Australia / Germany and inform them about the DNA Project.
July 2008: The Project is expanding our research efforts to look specifically for an English connection to the (Capt.) Thomas Pitman line. We are hiring an English researcher to review records at the British Archives.
February 2007: One goal of the project is "To find a direct bloodline / male descendant (i.e. a son, of a son, of a son, etc.) of each major distinct Pit(t)ma(o)n family branch in the American colonies between 1620 & 1760. Currently (December 2008) we have identified 5 MAJOR BRANCHES in the United States.
May 2006: Our first Pit(t)man member from England joined the DNA project.
May 2004: Project begins with 4 separate (and seemingly unrelated) Pit(t)man branches submitting saliva samples:
CAPT. THOMAS PITMAN (bc 1614 - dc 1687 VA)
SAMUEL PITMAN SR.(bc 1740: ENG.: VA, SC, NC)
TIMOTHY PITMAN (b 1794 - d 1854 TN)
LEMUEL PITTMON (bc 1775 - d before 1850)
Results would show that 3 of the branches were closely related by blood.
(Key: Family, Genealogy, DNA, Genealogy.com, Rootsweb.com, Genforum.com, History, Ancestry.com, England)