Merrill DNA Genealogy

Chronology of Selected Correspondence

Deane Merrill

6 July 2008

 

Abbreviations are listed below the table.

 

date

from

to

subject

location

9/9/05

David W (TX)

list

Free DNA testing by SMGF

0509/smgf

9/12/05

SMGF

Deane

Comparison of testing labs

0509/smgf

9/12/05

Ysearch

Deane

Created Ysearch user account H52NK

0509/dna

9/15/05

SMGF

Deane

Recommended reading

0509/smgf

9/20/05

Deane

SMGF

Submitted DNA sample and pedigree

0509/smgf

9/29/05

SMGF

Deane

SMGF received Deane's DNA sample

0509/smgf

10/1/05

Gary

Howard

Nathaniel Merrill is Haplotype G

0510/misc

10/4/05

Deane

Group1

Many questions from Deane

0510/misc

10/5/05

Gary

Deane

Gary's background; general DNA info

0510/misc

10/5/05

Gary

Deane

G Haplogroup

0510/confidentiality

10/5/05

Gary

Deane

ROOTS-L group;cladograms

0510/confidentiality

10/6/05

Deane

Group1

Deane offered to start a web page

0510/confidentiality

10/6/05

Gary

Group1

FTDNA vs. DNAH

0510/confidentiality

10/6/05

Gary

Group1

Marriner Wood Merrill

0510/confidentiality

10/6/05

Grant

Deane

Grant background and contact info

0510/misc

10/8/05

Deane

Group1

Proposed Database Format

0510/database

10/9/05

David

Gary

Graham Bass, Dr. John Merrill in England

0510/misc

10/13/05

David W (TX)

Yahoo

Staten Island Merrills: Yahoo database

0510/misc

10/14/05

Howard

Yahoo file

William Merrill of Hopewell NJ

Yahoo files

10/15/05

Deane

Group1

First draft database

0510/database

10/17/05

David W (TX)

Gary

Marcellus Stanley Merrill

0510/misc

10/17/05

David W (TX)

Gary

FTDNA vs. DNAH

0510/misc

10/17/05

Howard

David W (TX)

Steve Merrill's ancestry

0510/misc

10/20/05

Gary

Deane

Reasons for the Merrill DNA group

0510/misc

10/20/05

David W (TX)

Yahoo file

John Merrill c1640, Bedfordshire, England

Yahoo files

10/24/05

David W (TX)

Deane

National Geographic Genographic project

0510/misc

10/25/05

Gary

Group1

Determining Haplogroups

0510/misc

10/26/05

David W (TX)

Group1

Grant C Merrill DNA markers

0510/misc

10/26/05

Deane

Group1

NEHGS request for feedback on DNA testing

0510/misc

10/27/05

David W (TX)

Deane

David W (TX) contact info

0510/david_merrell

11/1/05

David W (TX)

Group1

Pedigree[?] of Grant C. Merrill

0510/invitations

11/1/05

David W (TX)

M.Stanley

Welcome to M. Stanley Merrill

0510/invitations

11/10/05

Yahoo

Yahoo

Yorkshire Merrills

Yahoo

11/18/05

Deane

Group1

Howard's DNA results

0511/misc

12/9/05

David W (TX)

Group1

David's SNP test results

0512/snp

12/28/05

David W (TX)

Group1

Dr. John Merrill in England

0512/misc

1/10/06

Gary

Group1

DNAH testing at reduced price

0601/DNAH

1/10/06

Deane

DNAH

Purchased DNAH 43-marker test

0601/DHAH

1/18/06

Deane

DHAH

Deane returned sample to DNAH

0601/DNAH

1/18/06

David W (TX)

Group1

Maps of Merrills in UK

0601/misc

1/19/06

David W (TX)

Group1

M.S. Merrill

0601/misc

1/19/06

David W (TX)

Group1

John Arthur Merrill, ysearch S3ARK

0601/misc

1/19/06

David W (TX)

Group1

David W, John A., Steve, M.Stanley

0601/misc

1/24/06

Gary

Cc: Deane

DNAH testing at reduced price

0601/misc

1/24/06

Gary

Cc: Deane

William of NJ, and Richard of Staten Island

0601/misc

1/25/06

DNAH

Deane

Deane's sample received at DNAH

0601/misc

1/25/06

David W (TX)

Cc: Group1

Message to J.A. Merrill

0601/misc

1/31/06

David (AZ)

David W (TX)

David Merrill (Flagstaff, AZ) joined Yahoo

0601/misc

2/3/06

Deane

Jon Merrill

Recommending DNAH testing

0602/misc

2/4/06

Gary

Cc: Grou1p

Merrill lines we are seeking

0602/misc

2/5/06

Gary

Rootsweb

Project Status: 10 R1B, 10 G

0602/misc

2/5/06

Gary

Cc: Group1

Richard M. Merrill: submitted (to SMGF?)

0602/misc

2/10/06

Gary

Group1

DNA-Fingerprint - additional markers

0602/misc

2/10/06

Gary

Deane

Deane's DNA results

0602/misc

2/20/06

David W (TX)

Group1

Merrills in UK Census data

0602/misc

2/21/06

David W (TX)

Yahoo

Requesting contact from UK Merrills

0602/misc

2/21/06

Gary

Group1

Merrills in UK

0602/misc

2/23/06

Howard

Group1

Merrills in UK

0602/misc

2/25/06

Deane

Group1

Includes Gary's LineageChartRev2

0602/misc

2/25/06

Gary

Group1

Nathaniel had 5 sons, none by Abel[sic].

0602/misc

2/25/06

Howard

Group1

All 5 sons probably had descendants

0602/misc

2/25/06

Howard

Group1

Includes Gary's 2/11/06 Lineage Chart

0602/misc

2/25/06

Gary

Group1

Staten Island Merrills

0602/misc

3/5/06

Gary

Group1

Nathaniel Merrill's SNP results

0603/misc

3/6/06

David W (TX)

Group1

Resistance to DNA testing

0603/misc

3/7/06

Gary

Group1

Other Hg G families near Wherstead

0603/misc

3/23/06

David W (TX)

Cc: Group1

Staten Island Merrills

0603/misc

3/24/06

Deane

Group1

Living descendants of Nathaniel(2)

0603/misc

3/24/06

DNAH

Deane

Deane's Oracle Access codes

0603/misc

3/24/06

Deane

Group1

Deane's results on ybase: IQPJ6

0603/misc

3/26/06

David W (TX)

Cc: Group

William of Maryland

0603/misc

3/30/06

Deane

Group1

Finding living people

0603/misc

3/30/06

David W (TX)

Group1

David W (TX) wants his results public

0603/misc

3/30/06

David W (TX)

Group1

Privacy issues

0603/misc

3/30/06

Deane

Group1

Version04 database

0603/misc

3/30/06

David W (TX)

Group1

Database format

0603/misc

3/31/06

Gary

Group1

Status: 15 R1B, 11 G

0603/misc

3/31/06

David W (TX)

Group1

R1B status

0603/misc

3/31/06

Gary

Group1

Breakdown of 15R1B's by subgroup

0603/misc

3/31/06

David W (TX)

Group1

Reluctance to DNA testing

0603/misc

3/31/06

David W (TX)

Group1

Most complete list of STR markers

0603/misc

4/1/06

Gary

Group1

Network software, R1B analysis

0604/misc

4/1/06

David W (TX)

Group1

Robert Tarin's software

0604/misc

4/2/06

David W (TX)

Group1

FLUXUS software; R1B analysis

0604/misc

4/3/06

David W (TX)

Group1

Using FLUXUS software

0604/misc

4/3/06

David W (TX)

Group1

World Wind software

0604/misc

4/5/06

David W (TX)

Deane

Open Office software

0604/misc

4/6/06

David W (TX)

Group1

Y-str's tested by each lab

0604/misc

4/20/06

Gary

Rootsweb

Status report: 27 individuals tested

0604/misc

4/23/06

David W (TX)

Deane

Includes Gary's 2/11/06 Lineage chart

0604/misc

4/23/06

Gary

Group1

Staten Island (Warwickshire) haplotype

0604/misc

4/24/06

Gary

Cc: Deane

Status: 18 R1B, 11 G tested

0604/misc

4/24/06

Deane

Gary

Merrills in the United States, 1850-1996

0604/misc

4/25/06

Gary

Deane

Maps of Merrills

0604/misc

4/25/06

David W (TX)

Group1

Maps of Merrills

0604/misc

4/25/06

Deane

Gary

UK Censuses 1841-1901

0604/misc

4/26/06

David W (TX)

Cc: Deane

K. Merrill, ysearch R48SV

0604/misc

4/25/06

Gary

Cc: Group1

Status: 18R1B, 12 G

0604/misc

4/26/06

Gary

Group1

Markers 464a-e

0604/misc

5/1/06

Gary

Cc: Group1

Ken Merrill's ancestry

0605/misc

5/9/06

Gary

Group1

R1B modal haplotypes

0605/misc

5/20/06

Gary

Cc: Group1

G modal haplotype HX7F8

0605/misc

6/20/06

David W (TX)

Group1

DNA testing costs

0606

6/21/06

David W (TX)

Yahoo

Invitation to post files

0606

7/12/06

David W (TX)

Group1

William of Maryland

0607/misc

7/13/06

Graham Bass

Yahoo

Merrills of Cheshire; Dr. John Merrill

0607/misc

7/15/06

Gary

Group1

Cluster plot of R1B Merrills

0607/misc

7/16/06

Howard

Group1

William of Maryland

0607/misc

7/17/06

David W (TX)

Yahoo

David W (TX)'s lineage

0607/misc

7/19/06

Yahoo

Deane

Deane's Yahoo ID dwmerrill2

0607/misc

7/19/06

Roy Stanley

Yahoo

William Merrill of Maryland

Yahoo files

7/29/06

Gary

Group1

SMGF updates; marker 464

0607/smgf

9/4/06

David W (TX)

Rootsweb

Merrill-L changed to Merrill@rootsweb

0609/misc

9/12/06

Gary

Yahoo?

DNAProjectUpdate.rtf as of 9/12/07

0703/gary

9/17/06

Deane

David W (TX)

New address: dwmerrill@charter.net

0609/misc

1/21/07

David W (TX)

Group1

David Merrell (AZ), Hopewell descendant

0701

2/9/07

David W (TX)

Yahoo

Announcement to get group going

0702

2/9/07

Deane

Yahoo

Ted Merrill of Shelburne Falls

0702

2/12/07

Howard

Group1

Geographic Distribution of Merrills in US

0702

3/2/07

Ysearch

Deane

Deane Merrill, ysearch FFEAK

0703/misc

3/2/07

Gary

Ted

What does it mean to be a Merrill?

0703/gary

3/3/07

David W (TX)

Group2

David R. Merrill (UT) joined group

0703/david_r_merrill_ut

3/3/07

David R (UT)

Group2

Greeting from David R. Merrill (UT)

0703/david_r_merrill_ut

3/4/07

David R (UT)

Group2

Certificate from David R. Merrill (UT)

0703/david_r_merrill_ut

3/4/07

David R (UT)

Deane

Typo with Mathias Merrill

0703/david_r_merrill_ut

3/4/07

Deane

Group2

Deane's G Haplotype Lineage chart

0703/david_w_merrell_tx

3/4/07

Gary

Deane

Markers for Hood and Bigler

0703/gary

3/4/07

David W (TX)

Group2

John Merrill DYS19 should be 15 not 19

0703/david_w_merrell_tx

3/4/07

Howard

cc: Group2

Howard's paper trail

0703/hjmerrill

3/4/07

Gary

David R (UT)

Marker h4

0703/marker_h4

3/4/07

William (CT)

Deane

William Merrill, Enfield CT

0703/william_merrill_ct

3/5/07

Gary

Group1

Marker 464

0703/marker464

3/6/07

David R (UT)

Howard

Marriner Wood, etc.

0703/david_r_merrill_ut

3/6/07

Howard

Group2

Lineage of William Hood Merrill

0703/william_hood_merrill

3/6/07

David W (TX)

Deane

Addresses of Marcellus and John Arthur

0703/david_w_merrell_tx

3/6/07

Gary

Cc: Deane

9[sic] G's in SMGF; contact info

0703/david_w_merrell_tx

3/6/07

Howard

Group2

Frederick Winkley, son of

0703/frederick_winkley_merrill

3/6/07

Gary

Deane

SMGF; confidentiality

0703/gary

3/6/07

Gary

Deane, David1

G Haplotype in Britain

0703/gary

3/7/07

Gary

Group2

SNP's

0703/snp

3/7/07

Deane

Group2

Deane's markers in SMGF

0703/smgf

3/7/07

Yahoo

Group2

Steve Merrill joined Yahoo group

0703/new_member

3/7/07

David W (TX)

Deane

John Arthur Merrill, Jan 2006

0703/john_arthur_merrill

3/7/07

David W (TX)

Group2

J.A. Merrill, ysearch S3ARK

0703/john_arthur_merrill

3/8/07

David R (UT)

Group2

Revised Merrill_DNA2.xls

0703/david_r_merrill_ut

3/10/07

Gary

David R (UT)

Reuben Merrill and other R1B's

0703/reuben_merrill

3/10/07

Howard

Group1

Steve's email address

0703/hjmerrill

3/11/07

Deame

Group2

Questions about FLUXUS

0703/fluxus

3/11/07

Gary

Deane

Answers about FLUXUS; R1B tree

0703/fluxus

3/11/07

Deane

Group2

Contact info for 15 G Merrills

0703/contact_info

3/11/07

Howard

Deane

Email of Ernest Leo's mother

0703/contact_info

3/12/07

Deane

Group2

G Network Analysis Interpretation

0703/fluxus

3/12/07

Gary

Group1

Comments about G Network Analysis

0703/fluxus

3/12/07

Howard

Group2

Pedigrees of four G Merrills

0703/hjmerrill

3/12/07

Gary

Group2

New R1B's in SMGF

0703/smgf

3/12/07

Steve (US)

Deane

Steve Merrill contact info

0703/steve_merrill

3/13/07

Deane

Gary

G Merrill updates in SMGF

0703/gary

3/13/07

Deane

Gary

How many Merrills tested so far?

0703/gary

3/13/07

Howard

Group 2

Some new R1B's in SMGF

0703/hjmerrill

3/14/07

Gary

Deane

Summary of R1B Merrills tested so far

0703/gary

3/14/07

Howard

David W (TX)

Worldfamilies.net

0703/hjmerrill

3/16/07

David W (TX)

Group2

Worldfamilies.net; Bill Merrill in NJ

0703/david_w_merrell_tx

3/18/07

Howard

Group2

Lineage of David W (WA)

0703/ david_w_merrill_wa

3/25/07

David W (WA)

Deane

Lineage of David W (WA). No middle name.

0703/david_w_merrill_wa

3/26/07

David R (UT)

Group2

G Haplogroup Web Site

0703/david_r_merrill_ut

3/27/07

Gary

Yahoo

George W. Merrill

0703/gary

4/2/07

Deane

Group2?

New York Times: Stalking Strangers' DNA

0704/misc

4/14/07

Gary

Group1

Gary's reservations regarding SMGF

0704/misc

4/15/07

Gary

Group1

Gary's opinion of DNA testing labs

0704/misc

4/17/07

truemerrillgirl

Moderator

g-gdaughter of Merrill Memorial author

0704/approve

4/19/07

Steve

Group1

Should Merrill newsletter be free?

0704/newsletter

4/20/07

David W (TX)

Group1

Stephen (UK)

0704/stephen_merrell_uk

4/21/07

Gary

Group1

Stephen (UK)

0704/stephen_merrell_uk

4/21/07

Stephen (UK)

Group2

Stephen (UK) family history

0704/stephen_merrell_uk

4/21/07

David W (TX)

Group3

Contacted Graham Bass in UK

0704/graham_bass

4/21/07

Graham Bass

Group3

Merrills in Cheshire (UK)

0704/graham_bass

4/22/07

Stephen (UK)

Group2

Stephen (UK) pedigree

0704/stephen_merrell_uk

4/22/07

Deane

Group3

Updated pedigree_DNA.pdf

0704/gary

4/22/07

Gary

Deane

G networks from Ray Banks

0704/gary

4/23/07

Gary

Deane

Gary's file of G Haplotypes

0704/gary

4/23/07

Deane

Deane

Gary's file in Deane's order (memo to self)

0704/gary

4/29/07

Pat Patterson

Deane

Bob Davidson's research on Staten Islanders

0704/pat_patterson

5/1/07

Gary

Deane

Info about some haplotype G Merrills

0705/gary_merrill

5/5/07

Deane

Howard

Living Merrills in Pittsfield, MA

0705/hjmerrill

5/5/07

Howard

Deane

Descendants of Thomas of Saybrook (report file)

0705/hjmerrill

5/5/07

Jack

Deane

Descendants of Thos. of Saybrook (text file)

0705/jack_merrill

5/5/07

Deane

Jack Merrill

Advice on DNA testing

0705/jack_merrill

5/6/07

Gary

Rootsweb

Russel Merrell 1831, desc. of Thos. of Saybrook

0705/thomas_saybrook

5/6/07

Deane

Group2

Jack Merrill will have his DNA tested

0705/jack_merrill

5/6/07

Jack

Deane

Descendants of Thos. of Saybrook (GEDCOM file)

0705/jack_merrill

5/6/07

Howard

Deane, Gary

Thos. of Saybrook; sharing of Howard's data

0705/hjmerrill

5/6/07

Jack

Deane

Jack's 1994 visit to Wherstead

0705/jack_merrill

5/7/07

SMGF

Deane

Update of Sorenson database

0705/smgf

5/7/07

Gary

Deane, Howard

No evidence that Nathaniel, Thomas were cousins

0705/gary_merrill

5/22/07

Deane

Cc: Group1

R. Merrill

0705/r_merrill

5/22/07

Gary

Cc: Group1

R. Merrill

0705/r_merrill

5/25/07

Deane

Steve (AL)

Ideas for mobile web sites

0705/steve_merrill

5/26/07

David W (TX)

Deane

Edward D. Rockstein, Richard descendant

0705/dave_merrell

5/26/07

Gary

Steve (AL)

Ancestry of Thomas of Saybrook

0705/thomas_saybrook

6/28/07

Stephen (UK)

Group4

37 markers for Stephen (UK)

0706/stephen_merrell_uk

5/28/08

Thomas (OH)

Deane

Ysearch DXGTK

0806/celtan24

7/6/08

Deane

Deane

draft update, all G and R1B Merrill/Merrell

0807/merrill_dna

 

Abbreviations:

David (AZ) = David Merrell of AZ

David R (UT) = David Richard Merrill of UT

David W (TX) = David Wayne Merrell of TX

David W (WA) = David W Merrill of WA (initial, no middle name)

DNAH = DNA Heritage = www.dnaheritage.com

Deane = Deane Merrill of NC

FTDNA = Family Tree DNA = www.familytreedna.com

Gary = Gary Merrill of IN

Group1 = David W (TX), Deane, Gary, Howard

Group2 = Group + David R (UT)

Group3 = Group2 + Stephen (UK)

Group4 = Group3 + Graham Bass

Howard = Howard and Jean Merrill of LA

Jack = John Harold "Jack" Merrill of CA

John A. = John Arthur Merrill

Moderator = Moderator of Yahoo group

Rootsweb = merrill-l@rootsweb.com; changed to merrill@rootsweb.com 9/4/06

Roy Stanley = Roy Stanley Merrill

SMGF = Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation, www.smgf.org

Steve (AL) = Steve Merrill of AL

Stephen (UK) = Stephen Merrell of UK

Ted = Ted B. Merrill

Yahoo = Merrill-DNA-Genealogy@yahoogroups.com

Ysearch = www.ysearch.org

 

Locations of email archives (private)

9/05: dennie2:\\c:\dwmerrill\Eudora05\0509.fol\genealogy.fol\ (dna, smgf )

10/05: dennie2:\\c:\dwmerrill\Eudora05\0510.fol\genealogy.fol\ (confidentiality, database, misc )

2006: dennie2:\\c:\Documents and Settings\dwmerrill\Application Data\Qualcomm\Eudora\06**\genealogy

2007: dennie2:\\c:\Documents and Settings\dwmerrill\Application Data\Qualcomm\Eudora\07**\genealogy

2007: dennie2:\\c:\Documents and Settings\dwmerrill\Application Data\Qualcomm\Eudora\07**\genealogy\merrill-dna

 

 

Yahoo Merrill-DNA discussion group (open to registered group members)

discussion group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Merrill-DNA-Genealogy/

Yahoo files: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Merrill-DNA-Genealogy/files/

Yahoo database:  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Merrill-DNA-Genealogy/databasse\

 

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Deane Merrill

96 Beverly Road, Asheville NC 28805

merrill@crocker.com