About us
The photo in the masthead was taken in 2008 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, near Wrightstown, which is where the first probable ancestor of the U.S. members of Family 1 originally settled. (photo credit: Linda Stokesbury Brennan)
1. To identify related and unrelated lines within the United States, and around the world, including all the variant spellings such as Stokesbury, Stokesberry, Stokesbary, Stretchbury, Stuchbury, Stutchbury, Stooksbury, Stookesberry, Stotesbury, Stitchberry, Stichbury, and other variants of the surname. Stutchbury is the original spelling of all of these surnames except for Stotesbury, but none of the U.S. descendants of retained the original spelling. The DNA Test results of this project's participants, have proven that the Stutchbury and Stotesbury families are two distinct, UNRELATED families.
2. To help determine the time frame for the most recent common ancestors.
3. To help determine the country or countries of origin for the family name. This goal has been met; we now know that the surname originated in the village of Stotesbury, later called Stuchbury. Although the village no longer exists, it is still a place name in England and can be found on the map, about 60 miles Northwest of London. Both the Stutchbury family and the Stotesbury family, though unrelated, had their origins in this small village
4. To help prove or disprove some of the common family legends that have been handed down through the generations.
5. To provide new directions for our family history research, and new ways to connect with cousins and collaborate on family history.
6. To contribute to the advance of genetic DNA testing, by participating in the citizen science dna project, and preserve your DNA for future generations to compare theirs to.
Please consider joining in this effort to further the legacy of our family, and to honor and remember our mutual ancestors. We invite males with any variation of the surname to participate. If you are a female, you can sponsor a test for one of your male family members who share your maiden surname. You may also contribute funds to help others who may not be able to afford to participate. We encourage you to consider taking the 67-marker test if you are not sure if you belong in this project. If you are sure of your genealogy back at least three or four generations, your best bet is the 111-marker test, or the Big Y700. You can start with the lower level, and then upgrade later on if an upgrade is warranted.
Please feel free to contact the Project Administrator for further information: Admin@Stokesbury.org.