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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: J-M241 / J2b2 in England
« on: Monday 27 August 18 04:54 BST (UK)  »
Rena,
Thank you for your reply and for putting thought and time into it. That is an interesting fact that I hadn't known regarding "ing", which is why message boards are often so useful. My Joseph (b.1776-77) had a good amount of offspring, one being a shoemaker. I haven't ever found anything on Joseph's original profession. He was only listed as a farmer, presumably because he was given a land grant in Nova Scotia by the crown. I have run across two other shoemakers related to the surname, one being a William Jestings of Sherborne b. 1717 and a Henry Cross who married an Elizabeth Jestings and would have been an uncle to some of the male Jestings in the town (IF) it wasn't a misspelling of the name. Many IFs of course. No one in Dorset or Somerset can come up with anything for me so I am scrambling for new ideas. I will investigate these new tidbits. Thanks so much!
April

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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: J-M241 / J2b2 in England
« on: Monday 27 August 18 01:24 BST (UK)  »
I agree...would someone start a board for J-M241 in England?
Hello. I have been trying to bust through my 4thGGF's brick wall for over 20 years! Joseph Jestings married in Nova Scotia in 1806. All census records and children's death and marriage records state Joseph's origin of birth as simply "England". Family rumor has it that generations ago the name was changed from something like "Justin". There are a small number of Justins in Sherborne, Dorset, England and a few close surrounding areas but no obvious connections seem to exist and I have found no one searching the name or ANY Jestings at all in England, Canada or the U.S. by the name of Jestings except the descendants that branch directly from my Joseph.

I have now discovered from testing my brother and father that our Y haplogroup/subclade is J-M241. Nothing comes up as a match. I have considered there may be illegitimacy, adoption, straight up name change for unknown reasons...you name it. Where would you turn next if it was your paternal line? My dream is to visit his birth village in "England". Thanks so much, April J-W

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