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BRITTONS of IRELAND Results table (an ongoing work in progress)
You can find details of our BRITTONS of Ireland ancestors on Wikitree:-
* Patriarchs of the Brittons of Ireland Project - https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Patriarchs_of_the_FTDNA_Brittons_of_Ireland_Project
* Matriarchs of the Brittons of Ireland Project - https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Matriarchs_of_the_FTDNA_Brittons_of_Ireland_Project
* DNA confirmed ancestors of the Brittons of Ireland Project - https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Brittons_of_Ireland_DNA_Project_-_DNA_Confirmed
You can find details of our BRITTONS of Ireland ancestors on Wikitree:-
* Patriarchs of the Brittons of Ireland Project - https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Patriarchs_of_the_FTDNA_Brittons_of_Ireland_Project
* Matriarchs of the Brittons of Ireland Project - https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Matriarchs_of_the_FTDNA_Brittons_of_Ireland_Project
* DNA confirmed ancestors of the Brittons of Ireland Project - https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Brittons_of_Ireland_DNA_Project_-_DNA_Confirmed
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(NOTE: The table that previously appeared will not now appear on the site after pasting - this is an FTDNA issue. Reported 2023).
In the meantime here are the oldest 'DNA confirmed' ancestors so far:
Fermanagh - Patriarch Britton line - believed to be all same family
* Catherine Britton c1788 (m Stephen Cassidy) via sons Thomas and Phillip;
* James Britten c1788 (m Mary Laird) via son George;
* John Britten c1785 (m Mary Hamilton) via sons George and Noble;
* Jane Britten c1768 (m Henry Brooks) via daughters Margery and Rebecca.
We are aware of other Britton confirmed connections but descendants have not yet joined the project:
* Catherine Britton c1788 (m Stephen Cassidy) via son James;
* James Britten c1788 (m Mary Laird) via son Andrew;
* Jane Britten c1768 (m Henry Brooks) via daughter Elizabeth.
Galway - Britton line
* Thomas Britton c1830 (m Bridget Keane) via sons Michael and Martin.
Donegal - Patrick Britton c1690 line
* Thomas Britton 1835 (m Mary Ann Young) via daughters Caroline, Ellen and Mabel.
Other lines represented but not yet DNA confirmed within the project:
* John Brittain 1768 VA (m Mary Edwards/Baker?), d 1838 Georgia USA
* John Brittain 1812, Bedfordshire, England
* Alexander Bratton, 1590 Antrim, Ulster
* Patrick Britton 1858, Tipperary (m Fanny Hore)