David James

Ancestors

Son of Robert Elwood James and Dorothy (Mitchell) James

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Biography

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David James was born in New Brunswick, Canada.

David James is a Military Veteran.
Served in the United States Army 1971-1974, end rank E-5
Defense Language Institute-East Coast Branch (Slovene); Interrogation School, Fort Huachuca, AZ; Linguist, 528th MI Co., Fort Meade, MD

Descendant of Alfred the Great, King of the Anglo-Saxons.

Descendant of Rhodri the Great, King of Wales.

Descendant of Charlemagne, Holy Roman Emperor.

Descendant of St. Olga, Princess of Kiev.

Descendant of Constantine VII Porphyrogennitos, Emperor of Constantinople.

Descendant of St. Vladimir the Great, Grand Prince of Kiev.

Descendant of Yaroslav I, "the Wise", Grand Prince of Kiev and Prince of Novgorod.

Descendant of Brian Boru, High King of Ireland.

Descendant of Harald III Hardrada, King of Norway.

Descendant of Harold II Godwinson, last Saxon King of England.

Descendant of William I, the Conqueror, King of England.

Descendant of Duncan I, King of the Scots.

Descendant of Robert I, the Bruce, King of the Scots.

Descendant of Arthur Golding.

Descendant of John Howland, Mayflower passenger.

Descendant of PGM migrant Edmund Littlefield.

Descendant of PGM migrant Mary Barrett Dyer.

Descendant of PGM migrant George Martin.

Descendant of PGM migrant The Rev. Stephen Bachiler.

Descendant of Samuel Scott. Samuel was a patriot in the American Revolution.

Descendant of Nathaniel Bailey. Nathaniel was a United Empire Loyalist.

Descendant of Reuben Craft. Reuben was a United Empire Loyalist.

Descendant of James Wetmore. James was a United Empire Loyalist.

David is a native of Maine, where his ancestors go back 10 generations, to the first period of European settlement. He grew up in Princeton and, thanks to his parents, who learned of the opportunity, had the good fortune to receive a full scholarship to Hebron Academy, ^[1] which he considers to have been his biggest break in life, and went on from there to McGill University, graduating in 1971 with a B.A. in History (Byzantine and Eastern European History, with a minor in Russian).

Before his retirement in 2007, David was marketing director for North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly, Massachusetts. ^[2] During his 25-year career there, he created one of the largest subscription audiences in the country, with 28,000 subscribers at its peak, and developed bus tours and group sales as a key component of the theater’s success. As a fundraiser and member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, ^[3] he worked with other members of the leadership staff to craft grant proposals that led to federal, state and local grant awards for NSMT’s respected education program and nationally-known development program for new musical theater works. In 2007, after he retired, he spent half a year studying Russian in St. Petersburg and Moscow, that included an internship in the PR department of the Mariinsky Theatre. ^{[4] [5]}

He spent the next two years translating the Church Slavonic version of the Psalter into English, which was published in 2011 and has since gone through several editions. ^[6]

He and his life-partner of over 40 years, Jon Kimbell, were married at Rye, New Hampshire, 26 Dec 2012, after it became legal to do so that year.

Since moving to Skowhegan in 2013, he has taken bread-baking courses at the Maine Grain Alliance ^[7] and has been working hard to improve his schoolboy French.

David has been researching his family roots since the mid-1980s. Over the years, his genealogical interests have broadened to include Maine's Washington County as a whole, as well as the areas of New Brunswick, Canada, that border Maine.

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DNA

Maternal relationship is confirmed by a GEDmatch test match between David Mitchell James, GEDmatch T151295 and his second cousin, Susan Marie Mitchell, GEDmatch A511437. Their most-recent common ancestors are their great grandparents Peter Cosmas Mitchell and Alice Maude Decker. Total Half-Match segments (HIR) 104.8cM (2.921%). Estimated number of generations to MRCA = 3.5. 6 shared segments found for this comparison. 620252 SNPs used for this comparison. 55.933% SNPs are full identical.

Maternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between David James and his third cousin, Mitch Wood, a son of Ann Boutelle Mitchell. Their most-recent common ancestors are their great great grandparents, John Mitchell and Elizabeth Lynch. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 3rd Cousins, based on sharing 63 cM across 4 segments.

Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between David James and his third cousin, James Heath, a son of Lorna May Fraser and Gerald Heath. Their most-recent common ancestors are their great great grandparents, Andrew Taylor and Lucy Jane Bragg. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 3rd Cousins, based on sharing 64 cM across 4 segments.

Paternal relationship is confirmed by a triangulated group on GEDmatch.com, consisting of Kit A577393 (Robert James), Kit RF7840094 (C.T., a sister of Susan Tupper), and Kit M450569 (J.P.W.), who all share 10.3 cM on chromosome 14. The most-recent common ancestors shared by all three are Joshua Warren Dodge and Jane Shaw.

Paternal relationship is confirmed by a triangulated group on GEDmatch.com, consisting of Kit T151295 (David James), Kit JZ2117208 (Susan Tupper), and Kit M175159 (M.A.M.), who all share 10.3 cM on chromosome 3. The most-recent common ancestors shared by all three are Joshua Warren Dodge and Jane Shaw.

Paternal relationship is confirmed by a GEDmatch test match between David James GEDmatch T151295 and his father Bob James GEDmatch A577393. Their MRCAs are Bob’s parents Raymond Dodge James and Lulu Ethel Jones. Estimated number of generations to MRCA = 1.0, based on sharing 3,583.5 cM across 26 matching segments.

Paternal relationship is confirmed through Y-chromosome DNA testing at Family Tree DNA. David James, FTDNA kit #24887, and his father, Bob James, FTDNA kit #46257, match at a Genetic Distance of 0 on 711 markers, thereby confirming their direct paternal lines back to their MRCA Raymond Dodge James. FTDNA indicates that the probability the two share a common ancestor within the last 3 generations is 81.94% and within the last 6 generations is 96.74%.

Paternal relationship is confirmed through Y-chromosome DNA testing at Family Tree DNA. David James, FTDNA kit #24887, and his 5th cousin, three times removed, a son of Gerald James, FTDNA kit #N41089, match at a Genetic Distance of 5 on 111 markers, thereby confirming their direct paternal lines back to their MRCA, John James. FTDNA indicates that the probability the two share a common ancestor within the last 8 generations is 76.14% and within the last 12 generations is 95.62%.

Maternal relationship is confirmed by a GEDmatch test match between David James GEDmatch T151295 and his mother Dorothy Ardelle Mitchell GEDmatch A072930. Their MRCAs are Dot’s parents John Melvin Mitchell and Addie Mae Dean. Estimated number of generations to MRCA = 1.0, based on sharing 3,586.7 cM across 23 matching segments

Paternal relationship is affirmed through Y-chromosome DNA testing at Family Tree DNA. David James, FTDNA kit #24887, and his second cousin, once removed, Franklin Willis James, FTDNA kit #50505, match at a Genetic Distance of 3 on 67 markers, thereby confirming their direct paternal lines back to their MRCA Josiah Eaton James. FTDNA indicates that the probability the two share a common ancestor within the last 5 generations is 60.31% and within the last 10 generations is 93.6%.

Paternal relationship is affirmed through Y-chromosome DNA testing at Family Tree DNA. David James, FTDNA kit #24887, and his sixth cousin, once removed, Unlisted, FTDNA kit #80923, match at a Genetic Distance of 4 on 67 markers, thereby confirming their direct paternal lines back to their MRCA John James. FTDNA indicates that the probability the two share a common ancestor within the last 6 generations is 49.21% and within the last 10 generations is 83.71%.

Paternal relationship is confirmed by a GEDmatch test match between David James, GEDmatch kit no. T151295, and his second cousin, once removed, Richard Hoyt James, GEDmatch kit no. T294272. Their MCRA's are Josiah Eaton James and Mary E. Glidden. Estimated number of generations to MRCA = 3.8, based on sharing 77.8 cM across 4 matching segments.

Paternal relationship is confirmed by a GEDmatch test match between David James GEDmatch T151295 and his second cousin, Teri Bergin, GEDmatch A019447 and A468268. Their MRCAs are Onslow Harry Jones and Elizabeth Ann Taylor. Estimated number of generations to MRCA = 2.7, based on sharing 356.3 cM across 14 matching segments.

Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Linwood Grant and his first cousin, once removed, David James. Their most-recent common ancestors are Merton James and Georgia Dodge. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 1st-2nd Cousins, based on sharing 571 cM across 27 segments.

Paternal relationship is confirmed by a triangulated group on GEDmatch.com, consisting of Kit T151295 (David James), Kit NB3590316 (Brian James) and Kit A136183 (a granddaughter of William Howard Lansing), who share a 10.6 cM segment on chromosome 12. The most-recent common ancestors shared by all three are Benjamin James and Sarah Glidden.

Maternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between David James and his half second cousin, a son of Darrell Fickett. Their most-recent common ancestor is their great grandmother, Mary Alice King. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 3rd-4th cousins, based on sharing 126 cM across 8 segments.

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.hebronacademy.org/
2. ↑ https://www.nsmt.org/
3. ↑ https://afpglobal.org/
4. ↑ https://www.mariinsky.ru/en/
5. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariinsky_Theatre
6. ↑ A Psalter for Prayer, ISBN: 978-0-88465-474-2 (hardback, 7 x 10); 978-0-88465-188-8 (hardback, 8.5 x 11); 978-0-88465-418-6 (pocket edition); 978-0-88465-198-7 (ePub); 978-0-88465-234-2 (Mobi/Kindle).
7. ↑ http://kneadingconference.com/

• First-hand information. Entered by David James at registration.