Journal of Clan Ewing Volume 13 – Number 4 November 2007 Published by: Clan Ewing in America 513 Cherokee Drive Erie, Pennsylvania 16505 www.ClanEwing.org Clan Ewing in America 513 Cherokee Drive Erie, Pennsylvania 16505 www.ClanEwing.org CHANCELLOR David Neal Ewing DavidEwing93 at gmail dot com PAST CHANCELLORS 2004 - 2006 George William Ewing GeoEwing at aol dot com 1998 - 2004 Joseph Neff Ewing, Jr. JoeNEwing at aol dot com 1995 - 1998 Margaret Ewing Fife 1993 - 1995 Rev. Ellsworth Samuel Ewing OFFICERS Chair Treasurer Secretary Mary Ewing Gosline Robert Hunter Johnson Eleanor Ewing Swineford R.Gosline at worldnet dot att dot net ClanEwing at verizon dot net louruton at futura dot net BOARD OF DIRECTORS David Neal Ewing George William Ewing James Gilbert Ewing DavidEwing93 at gmail dot com GeoEwing at aol dot com JGEwing at valkyrie dot net Joseph Neff Ewing, Jr. Mary Ewing Gosline JoeNEwing at aol dot com R.Gosline at worldnet dot att dot net Robert Hunter Johnson James R. McMichael William Ewing Riddle ClanEwing at verizon dot net JimMcMcl at gmail dot com Riddle at WmERiddle dot com Jill Ewing Spitler Beth Ewing Toscos JEwingSpit at aol dot com 1lyngarden at verizon dot net ACTIVITY COORDINATORS Archivist Editor Genealogist Betty Ewing Whitmer William Ewing Riddle James R. McMichael AirReservations at hotmail dot com Riddle at WmERiddle dot com JimMcMcl at gmail dot com Membership Merchandise Web Master Jill Ewing Spitler Robert Hunter Johnson William Ewing Riddle JEwingSpit at aol dot com ClanEwing at verizon dot net Riddle at WmERiddle dot com Journal of Clan Ewing Volume 13 Number 4 November 2007 Published by: Clan Ewing in America, 513 Cherokee Drive, Erie, Pennsylvania 16505. Web Site: www.ClanEwing.org. The Journal of Clan Ewing is published quarterly. Members of Clan Ewing in America receive the Journal as part of their membership. For members: copies of previous issues, $4.00 each, and copies of previous volumes, $12.00 ($18.00 for overseas mailings). For copies of previous issues or volumes, contact William E. Riddle (+1 505.988.1092, Riddle at WmERiddle dot com). All contributions are subject to editing. Clan Ewing in America does not assume liability for statements of fact or of opinion made by contributors but proven errors will be corrected. In addition, the opinions of contributors are not necessarily those of Clan Ewing in America or its officers, board members or activity coordinators. © 2007, Clan Ewing in America. All rights reserved. i Journal of Clan Ewing Vol. 13, No. 4 (November 2007) Editor's Note William Ewing Riddle, Editor (+1 505.988.1092, Riddle at WmERiddle dot com) Two article series continue in this issue of the Journal: • Two articles extend the genealogical and historical context for the upcoming 2008 Gathering, Echoes of the Shenandoah, Winchester, Virginia, 18-21, 2008. The second part of Evelyn Jones Ewing's report on the descendants of John Ewing of Carnashannagh treats the descendants of John's son William (c1711-1781) and William's son Samuel (1767-1840/50). Darryl DaHarb's companion article details the descendants of William's son John (1754-1832). These two articles, along with Evelyn Jones Ewing's article in the previous issue of the Journal, provide very complete genealogical data on this branch of the Ewing family. • David Neal Ewing's twelfth article on the results of the Ewing Surname Y-DNA Project speaks about participants in the project who are not related to one another or the large group of closely related Ewings. He explains how these men fit into the classification schemes of several other researchers. In a related article, Steven Colson talks about a DNA cluster that he believes is specific to Strathclyde, Scotland, and about how two of the Ewing Surname Y-DNA Project participants fit into this cluster. In a delightful third article in this issue, Jane Gilbert chronicles her search, using Y-DNA testing evidence, for the genealogical data for the father, Oscar Ewing, of one of the Ewing Surname Y-DNA Project's participants, David Lee Ewing. Data vs. Information I hope you have noticed my attempt to move the Journal from relating data to providing information. Data are important, but every day you and I discover additional new data, some of which brings existing data into question. As such, data should be provided in some malleable, easily changed medium—a place (for example the Clan Ewing web site) where the data can be continuously updated to provide "best known to date" data—rather than in an unchangeable medium—such as the Journal—in which once the data have "gone to press" they can not be changed. The Y-DNA articles demonstrate one way to minimize data and emphasize information. They analyze traditional genealogical data with respect to Y-DNA test results and provide insight into how the results may be applied in practice. The articles providing a context for the 2008 Gathering give "sociological" information that goes beyond the facts and figures of birth/marriage/children/death/burial data provided by many genealogical reports to give insights about our ancestors' lives. I will continue to actively seek articles that move the Journal in the direction of providing insightful, interesting information rather than merely reporting genealogical data. Go Green! Previously, we invited members to receive issues of the Journal electronically rather than by regular, Snail, mail. The response was somewhat under-whelming. Please consider this option and let me know if you would like to get your issues earlier than they would appear in your mailbox, to receive color copies, and to help Clan Ewing reduce its expenses! Wm E. Riddle Journal of Clan Ewing Volume 13 Number 4 November 2007 CONTENTS Editor's Note .............................................................................................................................. ii Data vs. Information ............................................................................................................................. ii Go Green! ............................................................................................................................................ ii Chancellor's Message ...............................................................................................................1 Chair's Message ........................................................................................................................3 Membership News.....................................................................................................................5 Membership Renewals......................................................................................................................... 5 Deaths.................................................................................................................................................. 6 New Members … Welcome Aboard! .................................................................................................... 6 Echoes of the Shenandoah: Tenth Gathering of Clan Ewing in America .............11 Ewings of Shenandoah Valley, Virginia (Part 2)................................................................................. 13 John Ewing, Son of William Ewing, Grandson of John Ewing of Carnashannagh.............................. 26 Ewing Surname Y-DNA Project – Article 12............................................................................32 Update on the Ewing Y-DNA Project.................................................................................................. 32 Grouping Ewing Y-DNA Data ............................................................................................................. 32 Distinguishing Haplogroups................................................................................................................ 34 Haplogroup I.......................................................................................................................................37 Haplogroup R1b .................................................................................................................................40 Subdividing R1b .................................................................................................................................43 To Join or Get More Information.........................................................................................................54 A Brittonic Y-DNA Cluster ....................................................................................................... 55 Oscar Ewing and His DNA Odyssey....................................................................................... 62 Reviews................................................................................................................................... 66 Oppenheimer, Stephen. The Origins of the British, A Genetic Detective Story: The Surprising Roots of the English, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh, Carroll & Graf, New York, 2006, 534 pages. ....................66 Sykes, Bryan. Saxons, Vikings, and Celts: The Genetic Roots of Britain and Ireland, Norton & Co., New York, 2006, 306 pages. ..............................................................................................................66 Web Site News........................................................................................................................ 68 Recent Changes and Additions ..........................................................................................................68 Information