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This website was established for those of you who are interested in your family history and genealogy. Please take your time and poke around the website. Try out the various displays of information. Be sure to click on the various sources because they can contain additional images.

This is an on-going project subject to change due to the dynamic nature of family relationships and to corrections and additions that other individuals may submit from time-to-time. I believe that our family history should be shared and honored, not hidden away and forgotten by following generations.

My intent was to share the information I have been collecting since 1968. I believe that this web site can and should be used as a place where family members who are interested in preserving and sharing 'accurate' information can coordinate research efforts, add new family information, and correct old information about our shared families. I like the ability to 'show' the source documents, i.e. census images, cemetery headstones, bible pages, certificates, etc. I feel strongly that copies of such important documents and photographs should be shared and stored in more than one place "just in case" something should happen to the original. I am especially interested in photographs of our ancestors. I think it is sad indeed to have photos of our families that have been cherished for a time only to have the next generation throw them away in the trash because they (the photos) were not labeled or the individuals were not identified.

If you have any photographs you would like to share please let me know. It is really nice to have a "face" to put with a name.

Any information that you would like to share, see corrected, or if you have any questions or comments about the information on this site, please contact me. I look forward to hearing from you.

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The Peden DNA Research Project seeks to identify as many of the various Peden male descendants, regardless of location, and determine if they are related and indeed descend from one common ancestor.

I have labeled the various groups as follows:

Peden01 (DNA Group 1): The Pedens of Kentucky: Descendants of John Peden (1734-1815) and Mary Smith (1734-1806).

Peden02 (DNA Group 2): The Pedens of South Carolina: Descendants of John Peden (1702-1792) and Margaret "Peggy" McDill (1715-1788).

Peden03 (DNA Group 8): The Pedens of Pennsylvania: Descendants of Samuel Peden (1730-1810) and Lydia Susan Potter (1728-1810).

Peden04 (DNA Group 9): The Pedens of Maryland: Descendants of James Hiram Peden Sr. (1764-1844) and Jane Isobel Calhoun (1769-1819).

Peden05 (DNA Group 7): The Peadens of North Carolina: Descendants of Bartlett Peaden (1802-1892) and Martha Ann Sprawls (1810-1869).

Peden06 (DNA Group 4): The Peedens of North Carolina: Descendants of James Peeden (1740-1790) and Patience (1745-1800).

Peden07 (No DNA test yet): Descendants of Robert Paden Sr. (1764-1831) and Elizabeth McCready (1767-1856).

Peden08 (DNA Group 4): The Peedens of North Carolina: Descendants of William Peden (1790-1875) and Mary Anne Clemens (1791-1876).

Peden09 (DNA Group 9): The Pedens of Maryland: Descendants of John Paden Sr. (1766-1849) and Tabitha.

Peden10 (No DNA test yet): Descendants of Benjamin Pedan (1737-1813) and Jane Griffin ( - Bef 1812).

Peden11 (No DNA test yet): Descendants of Joseph Peden (1777-unk) and Ruth Blain).

Peden12 (No DNA test yet): Descendants of Joseph Paden (1816-unk) and Matilda Lucas (1821-unk).

Peden13 (No DNA test yet): Descendants of William Paden (1779-1849) and Mary Hosack (1781-1869).

Peden14 (DNA Group 1): Descendants of John Peden (1695-unk) and Griselda Scott (1704-unk).

Peden15 (No DNA test yet): Descendants of John Paden (1820-1880) and Magdelena "Mary" Stine (1825-unk).

Peden16 (DNA Group 1): Descendants of Mungo Peden (1741-1830) and Isobel Swinton (1744-1823).

Peden17 (DNA Group 3): Descendants of William Paden (1787-1871) and Catharine Hall (1804-1866).

Peden18 (No DNA test yet): Descendants of Robert T. Paden (1812-1863) and Sarah (1811-1880).

Peden19 (No DNA test yet): Descendants of Crawford Paden (1813-unk) and Mary Ann Anderson (1817-1874).

Peden20 (No DNA test yet): Descendants of Henry Paden (unk-unk) and Ellen Harper (unk-unk).


To learn about the Peden/Paden DNA project and how to participate please click here.

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