Ethnicity of Alvin and Clara's children:
12.5% prob. Irish *, 6.8% English †, 3.2% German, 0.4% Welsh, 0.2% Scotch, 0.01% Dutch
77% unknown. Even though we have identified over 190 of our direct ancestors, many of them have been in America for 4 or more generations and have not been traced back to their country of origin .

*According to Beryl, Nancy Ann Halloway had a thick Irish brogue, so must have been 100% Irish

† English is probably much higher since Many of these can be traced back 8 or more generations when the majority of Immigrants were English.

Clara was an 11th generation American going back to Joseph Cobb who came to Jamestown, VA. in 1613 and Alvin is a 9th generation American going back to Richard Sikes who came to Mass. sometime before 1639, George Soule, a Mayflower passenger in 1620 and others. We have at least 23 ancestors on the Sikes side and 13 on the Thomas side who came to America before 1650. The farthest back we go is to Thomas Squire (ca. 1400-1442, England) in the Sikes/Rockwell/Bennett/Wheeler/Sayer line or 1415 through the James Sikes Line which has not been proven.

Birthplaces:
Gen** Dates Places
6  (1839-1863): 2-CA, 1-OH, 1-PA
7  (1791-1845): 2-(MO, PA), 1-(MA, NY, OH, TN)
8  (1755-1822): 3-TN, 2-(CT, MA, PA, KY), 1-(AR, OH) 3-?
9  (1729-1805): 3-TN 2-(CT, KY, MA, NJ, PA, RI, SC), 1-VA, 14-?
10 (1698-1764): 5-CT, 4-(MA, NJ), 3-(PA, VA), 1-(Germany, NC, NY, RI), 40-?
11 (1673-1735): 10-MA, 7-CT, 4-Germany, 2-(VA, NJ, NY), 1-(NH, NC, RI)
All Gen: 19-MA, 16-CT, 10-PA, 8-NJ, 7-TN, 6-VA 5-Germany, 4-(NY, KY, RI), 3-OH, 2-(MO, SC, NC) 1-AR

Ancestors Identified >400
Number of potential ancestors doubles each generation, so by gen 15 we have 2,000
Gen	Birth	Num		Gen	Birth	Num		Gen	Birth	Num
6	1839-1863	4		11	1673-1735	30		16	1515-1573	6
7	1791-1845	8		12	1637-1709	41		17	1483-1538	5
8	1755-1822	13		13	1590-1668	52		18	1442-1503	4
9	1729-1805	17		14	1567-1655	83		19	1420-1470	2
10	1698-1764	21		15	1540-1620	117		20	1399-1440	1

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