My sister has an interesting possible Nicholson common ancestor with a match at Ancestry. This is how it looks:
Maybe I have looked at this before as it appears I must have Edward Percy Fenn in my Ancestry Tree. However, I do not see this in my Nicholsono DNA Tree:
My DNA Tree only shows descendant from three children of Matthew Nicholson born 1798. Those are Henry, Lydia and William.
I was able to find a better Nicholson Chart on my laptop which I emailed to my home computer:
In addition to William Nicholson, this Tree has the Matthew children Henry, John, Sarah and Lydia. This probably explains why I was researching the John Clayton Nicholson Line in the past.
Working on AE’s Genealogy
Here is the paternal part of AE’s tree:
One of AE’s great-grandfathers is listed as Edward Penelope Fenn. I’m not sure the Penelope part is right as I have Percy as a middle name. At this point, I have a two generation gap between AE and Edward Fenn. I would recommend finding out more about Edward Fenn. This is what I have now in my tree:
Death records would be helpful:
As the mother and father information mathces with what I have, I feel like I am on the right track. This seems to be about all I can find easily.
Updating the Nicholson DNA Tree
This is how I see it:
When I check AE and Lori’s shared matches, I don’t see MR but I do see someone who has no tree with the surname of Colton. That shows up a typo on my Nicholson DNA Tree. George Cotton should be George Colton.
Summary and Conclusions
- AE’s two missing generation of ancestors between him and Edward Fenn made the analysis a little difficult
- However, I did not have to go back many generations. I already had the genealogy up to Edward Fenn but with not many details.
- The more branching I have, the more likely the Nicholson DNA Tree is right.
- The tree is also supported by shared matches.