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Continuing with that Mitochondrial theme, this is 3 generations of mothers – the baby is me, Cathy.  My mother, Lois, is holding me.  And the face on the far left looking down at me is her mother, Gertrude.  Happy Mother’s Day to all moms.

May 3 is the anniversary of the death in 1895 of JOHN CAMERON.  He was born in Hancock County, Virginia between 1805 and 1819 according to various census records and specifically, on 12 Nov 1805 if I have found the correct headstone for him.  He was living in Augusta, Carroll County, Ohio in 1850; in Wayne, Jones County, Iowa in 1860 and 1870; in Canton, Benton County Iowa in 1880; and I believe he was living with his son, Henry,…

May 2nd is the anniversary of the death of John Perley in Ipswich, MA, 1725 according to History and Genealogy of the Perley Family.  John Perley m. Jane Dresser in Ipswich and had 8 children.  Their daughter, Martha Perley, b. 24 Aug 1704 in Topsfield, Essex, MA was the mother of Johnny Appleseed.  For years, the parents of my ancestor, Perley (or Parley) Flagg, remained a mystery.  Connecting him to John Chapman aka Johnny Appleseed made solving the challenge so much more…

April 27 is the anniversary of the burial of Joan Smith Clayton (abt. 1610 – 1644) who was buried at Boxgrove, Sussex, England in 1644.  Joan married William Clayton (probably October 30,  1631 in Boxgrove) and was the mother of five children.  Their oldest child, William was the immigrant to Pennsylvania.

Member of the U5B2 haplo group.  I had mitochondrial DNA tested about 3 years ago and have been surprised by the number of Scandinavian matches.  My own direct maternal line goes back through Manchester, Adams County, OH and across the river to Mason County or Lewis County, Kentucky.  I recently started the process of contacting other researches through Family Tree DNA with exact matches to see if any connection can be found.

Time to update the Brinkman Family site is long overdue!  Starting over from scratch.