The Benton DNA Test

I have been looking trough old e-mail and court papers. I found an obituary for Garth Benton, whose full name is Paul Garfield Benton, the same as his father. There is a DNA test for the Benton family. I just found a Francis Marion Benton who lived in South Carolina, and appears to have been named after Francis Marion ‘The Swamp Fox’. Did he fight alongside Francis and Samuel Rosamond, whose kindred were also named after Francis Marion.

Jon Presco

Copyright 2012

http://www.familytreedna.com/public/BENTON/default.aspx?section=results

Background
In May 2001 a group of BENTON Cousins provided the first DNA samples for the Benton DNA Project. Since that time, numerous matches have occurred proving the long-held belief that several of these cousins descend from a common ancestor which they cannot otherwise prove due to the lack of extant paper records.

If you descend from a Benton line, participating in this DNA project could help…