Across the Pond

Lets get blogging. I would like to get us across the Atlantic so that we can try and find Daniel who came to America about 1652 or so. While trying to find information on Totelfield Prison I took note that the Middlesex Magistrates may have records pertaining to this prison. Since this is where the Cromwell prisoners were held for a time before being shipped to New England, Barabados and Virginia. The English kept fantastic accounts of many things and I have no doubt that we should be able to locate these records. Whether they will tell us the names of these prisoners or not is yet to be seen. Shipmasters kept logs, as well as port masters. There must be some way of finding out if our Daniel was recorded in some English records. I would appreciate any thought you all may have about this.

The Beginning

First time blogger here, never thought I would call myself a "BLOGGER". LOL
Lets all start talking about the Elliott Family. I know that DNA is the big thing in genealogy today
and after spending the afternoon with a many times removed cousin, Bob, he has shown me things that
got me excited. Bob will be joining the blog here and I will let him explain this wonderful chart that he and his wife Janet
have put together. Just let me say that I have a lot to learn about DNA, but Bob's chart sure makes it easier to wrap my head around. 
So lets start this discussion on our known ancestor Daniel Elliott, who was born in Massachusetts about 1665. We know his father was also Daniel Elliott, but we don't know for certain how he got to America but we sure do know he arrived.
There is much research left to be done on this family line. We do know that Daniel married Hannah Cloyce, and that they had 5 sons who all  grew to manhood and married and had children, and we are the product of that union.
I would anyone who is interested in this family line to weigh in, and share information as I have a lot of documents
and information on my Elliott family.