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Was born in Gloucester, England. After emigrating to America, he ultimately settled in Delaware.
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Julie (Fiscus) Ricketts is 1/2 Swedish.
Julie (Fiscus) Ricketts is ?? Dutch).
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Paternal relationship is confirmed by a 3383.6057128906 cM Family Finder match between Julie (Fiscus) Ricketts and her father Robert Fiscus.
Maternal relationship is confirmed by a 987.9 cM match between Julie Ricketts GEDmatch and her maternal 1st cousin Ohlsson-23 GEDmatch . (GEDmatch kit #s redacted for privacy)
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships by comparing test results with Julie or other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA.
Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
Julie (Fiscus) Ricketts:
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test HVR1 and HVR2, haplogroup H2a1, FTDNA kit #397672, MitoYDNA ID T12662[compare]
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Julie:
100.00% 100.00%
Julie (Fiscus) Ricketts:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T443412[compare], yourDNAportal JUL56c96dc7, FTDNA kit #397672
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Hi Julie. I was doing some DNA investigating into your paternal Fiscus line to Rheinland-Pfalz. My maternal line is also from that region. Initially, there was no match between us on GEDmatch, but when I shorted it to 3 cM, I picked up a matching 5.1 cM segment, so it appears that we might share a tiny 0.142% of DNA together. Cousin?
Better late than never -- I wanted to thank you for your help during the Connect-a-thon and later, when I was trying to change a person's LNAB. Your willingness to help some random person is very much appreciated! All the best, Kathleen.
You're welcome. This appears to be a branch on my paternal side that hasn't had a lot of attention yet. I have a copy of Owen County Cousins by Rosemary (Faulk) Lovell, and by doing some digging on Newton, I've uncovered some problems with her documentation of his siblings, etc.
Thanks for the opportunity. :-D
I hope to get back to work on it later this evening. If you have additional information about him to share, I'd love to hear it.
Thanks, Beryl! I'm working on incorporating that info into the bio and finding some more about their families. I've found Benjamin's father's name -- Welcome Covert. :-)
Thank you for your participation in October 2020’s Source-a-thon. Your contributions helped us to clear over 57,000 profiles that needed sourcing. This makes our Shared Tree all that much better.
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You're welcome!! I hope the notes made sense. Do you have anything to confirm the connection to his parents on Find-a-Grave??
If you feel comfortable that he's their son, please feel free to make the connection. I should probably just orphan his profile, anyway. I came to him while working on the husband of his daughter Sarah Elizabeth ("Sallie").
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Thanks so very much for your participation in the spring Clean-a-thon! Every suggestion you cleared (over 300!) made our Tree that much better. The WikiTree community appreciates YOU!
Only 28 steps?! That's pretty cool. I wish I had gotten over here before I was removed from the Connection Finder. I do have lots of Dutch on my paternal grandmother's side. I bet that's where the connection is.
Julie if you need any at your Dutch ancestords as you are so busy at other things.
Just send me links and I can take a look at them to find you sources, so we will be soon only 8 steps away. I want to be closer to you!!!! :D Hahahaha. Thank you for all you do at WT Julie.
Hi, Amy! I love connecting with new cousins. :-) I see we go all the way back to the New York / New Jersey Coursens/Corsens/Korssen (etc haha) ... nice to "meet" you!
(For some reason, it's showing us as 8th cousins when I check. Weird.)
Julie, I have entered the Native American parentage for both John and William Underwood because family history has been passed down through a lot of years to that effect. Geni has both Thomas and Chelo Underwood as Chickasaw Indians, however Chickasaw Indians never lived in Fauquier County VA but the Doeg tribe and the Underwoods did before the Underwoods moved to Surry Co. NC and appear there in Tax lists in 1770s. They moved to Greenville Co. SC and Tenn. This Doeg tribe scattered and disbanded as many members joined other tribes. Members of our Niblett/Underwood/Harris family lived among other tribes in GA, MS, TX Much has been written about the Doeg Tribe and other tribes who lived along the Potomac River in VA. I have studied all of these tribes who lived near this river.
Just FYI, Russell County, Kentucky was formed in 1825, primarily from Wayne County, Kentucky. Thanks for your assistance with the merges to the McClendon family of Wayne and Russell Counties.
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I'll try to figure out how best to do this so that as much accurate information as possible is preserved.
If you'd like me to put the merge through, I'd be happy to. I have a lot of experience in that area. :-)
You're welcome. This appears to be a branch on my paternal side that hasn't had a lot of attention yet. I have a copy of Owen County Cousins by Rosemary (Faulk) Lovell, and by doing some digging on Newton, I've uncovered some problems with her documentation of his siblings, etc.
Thanks for the opportunity. :-D
I hope to get back to work on it later this evening. If you have additional information about him to share, I'd love to hear it.
Thank you!!
Julie
See the 1850 census note I added. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Covert-1285
Thank you for your participation in October 2020’s Source-a-thon. Your contributions helped us to clear over 57,000 profiles that needed sourcing. This makes our Shared Tree all that much better.
And, thank you for your always cheerful and upbeat hosting of the thon's live chats. I missed a few, but the ones I watched were so much fun and a much needed break from the work of the thon. The chats are one of the things I look forward to during thons.
Pippin Sheppard WikiTree’s Appreciation Team
If you feel comfortable that he's their son, please feel free to make the connection. I should probably just orphan his profile, anyway. I came to him while working on the husband of his daughter Sarah Elizabeth ("Sallie").
THANK YOU very much for helping me straighten out my Granville Edwards ancestry. This was a major stumbling block in my tree.
Sharon Edwards Linville
edited by Sharon (Edwards) Linville
Thanks for all the work you accomplished during our Connect-A-Thon 2020. It is amazing how many more profiles were created and added to our Shared Tree. You have every right to be pleased with your efforts!
I also want to thank you for your dedication to the live chats during the Thon. You have such a happy disposition. And, of course, I love your dogs!
Kind regards,
Pippin Sheppard ~ WikiTree’s Appreciation Team
Thanks for having a big heart ❤ and adopting those Orphaned Profiles. And thank you for all that you do on WikiTree! You have some beautifully sourced profiles. Every ancestor you honor in this way is beneficial to our global tree.
Mindy ~ WikiTree Mentor
Thanks so very much for your participation in the spring Clean-a-thon! Every suggestion you cleared (over 300!) made our Tree that much better. The WikiTree community appreciates YOU!
Pip Sheppard WikiTree’s Appreciation Team
PS: Really, I do love the live chats!
Luv you Mum. Missing you! But Aunt Debi does very well!
Sweet regards from The Netherlands, your WT adopted daughter,
A
Only 28 steps?! That's pretty cool. I wish I had gotten over here before I was removed from the Connection Finder. I do have lots of Dutch on my paternal grandmother's side. I bet that's where the connection is.
Luv you back, adopted daughter!! lol
Just send me links and I can take a look at them to find you sources, so we will be soon only 8 steps away. I want to be closer to you!!!! :D Hahahaha. Thank you for all you do at WT Julie.
Thank you for being my WT adoption MUM.
edited by Astrid (Schellenberger) Spaargaren
That line is pretty far back, but it's not proven. There's always more to do!!
And thank *you* for all you do here, too! You are always busy!!
That's actually one of the more straightforward connections I've seen!! lol
(For some reason, it's showing us as 8th cousins when I check. Weird.)