Finding George Courtney c1841

In 2020, Jim Barlett posted on his segment-ology blog, a process using cluster analysis designed to tease out family groups from shared matches.  You can read about it here .  It was based on the Leeds method, a methodology developed by Dana Leeds that you can read here . I was inspired to apply the process to my mothers results from AncestryDNA in the hope that it might assist me with drawing conclusions about her paternal line.  I used the application of the process as an opportunity to also run a webinar session on my outcomes.  The session was developed for the DNA Research Group at the Society of Genealogists and can be viewed on You Tube . At the end of the process, I had 71 clusters, consisting of: 43 clusters - Maternal side 61% 20 clusters - Paternal side 28% 8 clusters - Unidentified 11% - Priority Of the paternal clusters: 2 clusters - Unclear if connected via Edward Roberts or Abigail Courtney - Priority 5 clusters - Connected via Edward Roberts b1869 7 ...

I have long been fascinated with the village of Barton Stacey and whether it holds the key to unlocking the mystery of my mysterious Mr Courtney.   Very early on in my research I discovered an Elizabeth COURTNEY , the wife of William BOUND of Barton Stacey who had connections to the PAICE and JOYCE families.   As it turns out some time later I found she was a descendant of William Courtney, gentleman, who had been involved in the Swing Riots of 1830 .  Some of Williams descendants had the middle name Hinxman, a quite unusual name.  However it is also a family name in my Paice family, Thomas HINXMAN being the second great grandfather of Abigail Paice the wife of the mysterious Arthur George Courtney.  Many years later a group of unknown DNA matches connected to the Australian convict Silas COLE from Barton Stacey also emerged.  It would seem these matches are somehow connected to our Paice family from Kingsclere Hampshire.  You can read...