Comments on: Will: William R. Wren, Dallas County, Alabama, 8 Dec 1837 http://wrenkin.com/2007/02/27/will-william-r-wren-dallas-county-alabama-8-dec-1837/ Official Website of the Wren Family Association Mon, 09 Jan 2012 01:04:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Allan D. Mitchell http://wrenkin.com/2007/02/27/will-william-r-wren-dallas-county-alabama-8-dec-1837/comment-page-1/#comment-3533 Allan D. Mitchell Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:04:21 +0000 http://wrenkin.com/2007/02/27/will-william-r-wren-dallas-county-alabama-8-dec-1837/#comment-3533 Could the sons, Marshall and Richard H, have migrated to Texas? I have them there, if they are the same ones. Could the sons, Marshall and Richard H, have migrated to Texas? I have them there, if they are the same ones.

]]> By: Jim Harris http://wrenkin.com/2007/02/27/will-william-r-wren-dallas-county-alabama-8-dec-1837/comment-page-1/#comment-3491 Jim Harris Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:10:43 +0000 http://wrenkin.com/2007/02/27/will-william-r-wren-dallas-county-alabama-8-dec-1837/#comment-3491 i'm kin to Iassc Wren & Hannah Owen i’m kin to Iassc Wren & Hannah Owen

]]> By: Bruce Hight http://wrenkin.com/2007/02/27/will-william-r-wren-dallas-county-alabama-8-dec-1837/comment-page-1/#comment-3181 Bruce Hight Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:45:45 +0000 http://wrenkin.com/2007/02/27/will-william-r-wren-dallas-county-alabama-8-dec-1837/#comment-3181 I'm a descendant of the Tappenes Adams mentioned in this will. Her name is usually spelled Tarphenas in Dallas County, Alabama land records. Her husband was Benjamin F. Adams, although I have an undated page from a Wren Kin Newsletter that says she married an Irvin Adams. If anyone wants more information on her descendants (some of whom included Wren in their first or middle names), or has more information on this Wren, please contact me. I’m a descendant of the Tappenes Adams mentioned in this will. Her name is usually spelled Tarphenas in Dallas County, Alabama land records. Her husband was Benjamin F. Adams, although I have an undated page from a Wren Kin Newsletter that says she married an Irvin Adams. If anyone wants more information on her descendants (some of whom included Wren in their first or middle names), or has more information on this Wren, please contact me.

]]> By: Bonnie Wren http://wrenkin.com/2007/02/27/will-william-r-wren-dallas-county-alabama-8-dec-1837/comment-page-1/#comment-1148 Bonnie Wren Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:15:14 +0000 http://wrenkin.com/2007/02/27/will-william-r-wren-dallas-county-alabama-8-dec-1837/#comment-1148 Mr. Wren, I am so glad you wrote. I've been adding African American Wren(n)s to our database whenever I find them in censuses or other vital records. If you can give me your information on your family, I would be eager to input it, as well as do research on your line. Please consider taking the DNA test, too. Y-chromosome DNA testing is a fantastic tool that can help black Wren(n)s pin down their roots. Most famously, the Y-chromosome test proved Sally Hemming's children's statements that they were fathered by Thomas Jefferson. See here: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/jefferson/true/ Barring non-paternal events (unrecorded adoptions, infidelity, rapes, or surname changes), a Y-chromosome test can help black Wren(n)s break through the brick walls that slavery created Bonnie Mr. Wren, I am so glad you wrote. I’ve been adding African American Wren(n)s to our database whenever I find them in censuses or other vital records. If you can give me your information on your family, I would be eager to input it, as well as do research on your line.

Please consider taking the DNA test, too. Y-chromosome DNA testing is a fantastic tool that can help black Wren(n)s pin down their roots. Most famously, the Y-chromosome test proved Sally Hemming’s children’s statements that they were fathered by Thomas Jefferson. See here:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/jefferson/true/

Barring non-paternal events (unrecorded adoptions, infidelity, rapes, or surname changes), a Y-chromosome test can help black Wren(n)s break through the brick walls that slavery created

Bonnie

]]> By: Bernard Wren http://wrenkin.com/2007/02/27/will-william-r-wren-dallas-county-alabama-8-dec-1837/comment-page-1/#comment-1147 Bernard Wren Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:40:50 +0000 http://wrenkin.com/2007/02/27/will-william-r-wren-dallas-county-alabama-8-dec-1837/#comment-1147 my name is bernard wren and i'm trying to search my history i would like to know about my african ancestors or slaves that carry the last name Wren we are mostly from mississippi my name is bernard wren and i’m trying to search
my history i would like to know about my african ancestors or slaves that carry the last name Wren we are mostly from mississippi

]]> By: Lou Clark Van Pelt http://wrenkin.com/2007/02/27/will-william-r-wren-dallas-county-alabama-8-dec-1837/comment-page-1/#comment-1134 Lou Clark Van Pelt Sun, 13 Jul 2008 06:03:47 +0000 http://wrenkin.com/2007/02/27/will-william-r-wren-dallas-county-alabama-8-dec-1837/#comment-1134 Ann Owen Wren was my great grandmother, b. 1852 Mechanicsburg Ohio to Isaac Henry Wren and Hannah Owen; m. John Thomas Music, d. 1817 in Illinois She is the only Wren in my tree and the only one of 7 children to Isaac and Hannah who bore a middle name of Owen. There is some reason to think she might have come to Isaac's family via a second marriage with said Hannah. Ever heard of my Ann??? 7/12/08 Ann Owen Wren was my great grandmother, b. 1852 Mechanicsburg Ohio to Isaac Henry Wren and Hannah Owen; m. John Thomas Music, d. 1817 in Illinois She is the only Wren in my tree and the only one of 7 children to Isaac and Hannah who bore a middle name of Owen. There is some reason to think she might have come to
Isaac’s family via a second marriage with said Hannah. Ever heard of my Ann??? 7/12/08

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