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Somerset / Re: Joel SINGLETON/Mary PATCH
« on: Saturday 23 May 15 21:22 BST (UK)  »
Hi Carlos,

Good to hear from your again! I have been concentrating on the DNA side, and I can understand your predicament. It may be worth seeing if we can follow up the male sibling lines from your female Singleton ancestor. I found a Singleton from Dorset on the Singleton FTDNA project site with similar results to mine, so we followed this up with the most advanced test that FTDNA do on the male line. This showed that the Dorset and Chillington lines separated quite early on, perhaps 650 years ago! These same tests reveal close links with the Byrne family in Ireland, descendants of one of the Leinster royal dynasties. The Dorset line may well be connected to a concentration in the Donhead villages in Wiltshire, not far from Shaftesbury. I really need to set some time aside to follow up this links down to today and encourage some DNA testing.

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Somerset / Re: Joel SINGLETON/Mary PATCH
« on: Monday 29 December 14 21:37 GMT (UK)  »
Hello Jon,

It is good to hear from another cousin - I believe that we would be 5th cousins, as my 3G Grandfather was Simon, born 1804 and brother to William. I continue to scout around for other written sources, but I am concentrating on the DNA front at the moment. The Stace link to the Singletons was also noted in a pedigree on Genes Reunited.

Best Wishes,

Martin

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Somerset / Re: Joel SINGLETON/Mary PATCH
« on: Thursday 01 May 14 21:49 BST (UK)  »
Hi Dave,

As a descendant of the Chillington Singletons I did some DNA tests to look at my ancient lineage (via FTDNA and Britain's DNA). Surprisingly it came out as Irish Celtic (Irish Sea Modal) with a specific concentration in Leinster. Some other Singletons with origins elsewhere in England have the same DNA type, but the connections go back several hundreds of years. I have been in contact with another Singleton with origins in Winsham, and he is also keen to establish a connection between the two villages with a DNA test: apart from the ancient lines, FTDNA do one that checks on more recent family connections, so I am hoping that this will determine a connection.

Best Regards,
Martin

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Somerset / Re: Joel SINGLETON/Mary PATCH
« on: Sunday 13 March 11 20:42 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Carlos,

It is good to here from you. My visit to Somerset confirmed that Joel lived in Chillington but I was unable to find any links further back. It is possible that John and Joel were brothers, as there were only a few Singletons at that time. How does your line descend from John? I am not sure about the Nottinghamshire link - I had seen this suggestion elsewhere. There was mention of a William Singleton in Chillington born circa 1659, which pre-dates the supposed link to Samuel and Francis Singleton of Southwell. Certainly the Singleton name does not appear much in Somerset. The surname implies an original connection with either the village in Lancashire or the one in Sussex. I am trying to arrange another visit to the SHC, but to look at the various deeds, surveys, etc. This would appear to be the main way forward to discover more links, as the parish records start quite late. I would be interested to be in touch and share our research.

Best Regards,
Martin Singleton (Oxford)

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Somerset / Re: SINGLETON/PATCH
« on: Saturday 26 February 11 22:15 GMT (UK)  »
Joel Singleton is definitely from Chillington. I have just returned from a visit to Somerset, to see Chillington and to do some research at the new Somerset Heritage Centre in Taunton. The microfiche copies of the parish registers include the marriage banns - these were read at Chillington church from the 20th April 1760 for Joel Singleton and Mary Patch of Seaborough. The registers survive only from 1750 and even then there is a gap between 1762 - 1780. The centre also has the bishop's transcripts for Chillington, including a hard-to-read reference to the birth of Edward Singleton, son of William and Jean? Singleton, March 2nd 1678. I wonder if this is the same Edward who married Joan Shole from Dowlish Wake (a neighbouring parish) in 1718. The date is interesting, as it may dispel the theory of the link with Southwell, Nottingham.

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