Hi, slowhands,

We have a family tree on Ancestry.com. I've only just learned of the DNA projects you mentioned. The little that we know of William comes in part through the journal of Priddy Meeks (1795-1886), who was a somewhat famous figure out in Utah (I am directly descended from his brother). He has his own Wikipedia page if you want to look him up. He was a frontier doctor and a prominent Mormon convert and polygamist. He had 19 children. Of course, the Mormons are very interested in genealogies. William entered what is now the U.S. through Virginia and his children ended up in North Carolina, South Carolina, Illinois, and Kentucky. I was hoping to find out why William left England/Wales and who he left behind.

Priddy's journal has been published but is only available from various university libraries here in the U.S.

Thanks,
Darla Meeks