Please talk with your living relatives
With the holidays coming up, people will be visiting with relatives they don't see everyday.This may be a good time to talk with relatives about genetic genealogy.
Remember, Y-DNA is passed from biological father to biological son.Only males have Y-DNA.
Even if you have done an autosomal DNA test, you still need the Y-DNA information.The autosomal DNA tests just don't go back far enough.Please talk with your Stevens (Stephens) relatives about joining the Stephens-Stevens Y-DNA Project:
http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Stephens-Stevens/default.aspx?section=yresultshttp://www.familytreedna.com/public/Stephens-Stevens/default.aspx?section=yresults
I'm still hoping the Y-DNA of my Stevens (Stephens) line from Lunenburg/Mecklenburg County, Virginia in the mid-1700's will be identified someday.
My last male ancestor with the Stevens (Stephens) surname died around 1794.I have been trying to trace his male descendants to learn if his Y-DNA still lives.Here is what I have so far:
1 Thomas (Sr.) Stevens
..+ ( first wife ) {Stevens}
....2 John Stevens
......+ Mary "Polly" Cunningham
....2 Thomas (Jr.) Stevens b: ~1750 d: ~1794
......+ ( first wife ) {Stevens}
........3 John Stevens b: ~1770
..........+ Keziah Kendrick b: ~1773 d: 14 Mar 1833
............4 Greenberry Stevens b: ~1792
............4 Asa Stevens b: ~1794 d: 5 May 1848
..............+ Susannah "Susan" Turner b: ~1801
................5 William Stevens
................5 Martha Ann Stevens
..................+ William (Jr.) Baker
................5 John Stevens
................5 Hezekiah Stevens
................5 Thomas Stevens
................5 Susan Stevens
..............+ Violet Dunn b: ~1804
................5 Samuel Stevens b: ~1830
................5 Jane Stevens b: 1834 d: 1927
................5 Asa Berry Stevens b: ~1836
................5 Elizabeth Stevens b: 9 Dec 1839 d: 1 Apr 1925
..................+ Robert A. Puckett b: 25 Nov 1839 d: 17 Apr 1903
........3 Mary "Polly" Stevens b: ~1770 d: ~1826
..........+ John Carter (of Oglethorpe Co GA) d: 21 Jul 1838
......+ Deborah "Debby" {Stevens} [ ?? Johnson ?? ] b: ~1760
........3 Joshua Stevens b: ~1780 d: Bef 1820
..........+ Frances "Fanny" "Phanny" Kitchen ( Ketchen )
........3 Deborah Stevens b: ~1782 d: ~1825
..........+ Jesse (Sr.) Carter d: ~1845
........3 Joseph Stevens b: 9 Mar 1787 d: 2 Oct 1858
..........+ Martha "Patsy" Carter b: 22 Apr 1787 d: 5 Sep 1860
............4 Obadiah Stevens b: ~1809 d: ~1881
............4 John Hailey Stevens b: ~1811 d: ~1873
............4 Allen Stevens b: ~1812 d: ~1879
............4 Jasper Henry Stevens b: 27 Sep 1813 d: 23 May 1866
..............+ Mahala Smith b: 6 Aug 1814 d: 29 Mar 1897
................5 Cynthia Stevens b: 31 Oct 1835 d: 13 Dec 1916
..................+ Thomas Seaborn Cunningham b: 22 Sep 1836 d: 28 Feb 1866
................5 Sarah F. Stevens b: 4 May 1837 d: 16 Jun 1906
..................+ Robert Glenn
................5 John C. G. Stevens b: 12 Jan 1840 d: 9 Feb 1912
..................+ Susan Pinkney Graham b: 5 Dec 1845 d: 31 Dec 1916
....................6 Willie Stevens b: ~1875
....................6 Bessie Stevens b: ~1880
....................6 Essie Stevens b: 26 Sep 1880 d: 7 Jul 1955
......................+ Milner Patton b: 7 Jul 1878 d: 30 Aug 1958
....................6 Ernest Stevens b: ~1883
....................6 Hardie Stevens b: 4 Sep 1885 d: 30 May 1887
....................6 Pearl Stevens b: ~1887
................5 Martha Stevens b: ~1844
................5 William Callaway Stevens b: 17 Aug 1853 d: 16 Feb 1936
..................+ Zilpha Elizabeth Watkins b: 1 Aug 1855 d: 12 May 1921
............4 Thomas Stevens b: ~1818
............4 Elizabeth Stevens b: ~1822
............4 Martha Stevens b: ~1824 d: ~1911
............4 Newton Stevens b: ~1825 d: ~1863
............4 Walton Stevens b: ~1829
............4 William Callaway Stevens b: ~1831
..............+ Martha Colquitt
................5 Zilpha Terlula Stevens b: 25 Dec 1855 d: 15 Apr 1856
................5 Adolphus Stevens b: ~1859
................5 William T. N. Stevens b: ~1864
........3 Hailey Stevens b: ~1789
..........+ Catherine Brewer b: ~1795
............4 Zadock Daniel Stevens b: 23 Nov 1814
..............+ Charity Jones
..........+ Susannah R. Freeman b: ~1806
............4 Dabory Stevens b: ~1829
............4 Joseph N. Stevens b: ~1835
............4 Sarah Stevens b: ~1837
............4 Nancy Stevens b: ~1841
............4 Joel Stevens b: ~1845