VAUGHAN FAMILY   

DNA

  We have for a number of years been trying to trace the birth place of Thomas Vaughan the oldest ancestor  we have found.

                           We know he was born about 1745, but not where.  He married Hannah Ellis at Ashford Parish Church, Ashford, Kent, 12th May 1776.  This is the oldest bit of the paper trail that we have found for him.

                     Family stories say that he moved with his brother to Kent after his father had died in Wales and left the family farm to the eldest son. The two younger sons left Wales for a new life in Kent. We can find no record of a brother to Thomas in Kent. 

Thomas rented Dunn Street Farm in Westwell, Nr Ashford and went on to have 5 children with Hannah.  

                    So we thought that we would try DNA and hope that the results would match with someone else, so we could find out where Thomas came from.  We looked for a direct male descendant of Thomas to have his DNA taken.

        Our descendant chosen is Brian Vaughan and was tested for 67 markers with  FamilyTreeDNA .

                                If you think that you could be related to Thomas Vaughan                           Please contact Brian Vaughan via the contact button above.

Thank you.

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