The Dna of this branch is unknown I was fairly sure that this connected to Greenholm and DNA3 as Greenholm ended up with some of the Carphin property This was because Barbara Nisbet of Carphin who has been shown as to died as an infant on some charts married 1681 to Robert Nisbet of Greenholm Often ...

As we know there are different DNA groups One of the reasons may be that people changed their surname after the name of property they lived on or purchased A good example in newer times I found in a newpaper article This is an ancestor from the Dean Dirleton and Craigentinnie branch DNA is unknown b...

DNA group is unknown (May 2012)
This is the oldest ancestor known that these branches descend from
HENRY provost of Edinburgh
*1535 + 1607
++ Greyfriars
test 19 Jul 1627
x Jonet Bannatyne +1621

This is also known as DNA group 1 and is the branch that is the same as our Clan Chief

It is only proven back to Adam ca1400

click on attachment to see chart

I will post different information here on the different branches

From "THE HISTORY OF COLDINGHAM, FROM THE EARLIEST DATE TO THE PRESENT TIME. COMPILED FROM THE MOST AUTHENTIC AUTHORS, ANCIENT AND MODERN. by WILLIAM KING HUNTER, OF STONESHIEL. (published 1858) The death of Thomas de Melsonby was hastened by an occurrence which nearly proved fatal at the time...

There was 2 different Thomas 's in different periods that were the Priors of Coldingham They were both monks and also were to live in celibacy and so there is little chance they were an ancestor of any NN line I will get back to them in another posting As I have seen one of these as an ancestor on N...

In 1858 the following was published that unfortunately is somewhat incorrect no doubt a misunderstanding because the Coldingham charters were undated This has lead to Thomas Prior of Coldingham thought to have been a Nisbet and part of the ancient line of Nisbet of that Ilk (and used as documentati...

Early research from the Coldingham charters was sometime incorrect as many were undated and thought to have belonged in same period Use of them now has been made easier as they have dated them into correct periods by using what they knew from when the different people mentioned in them They are now...

From New Aberdeen or the Scotch Settlement of Monmouth County New Jersey by James Steen A.M. 1899 Covenanters (in other publications that have tried to show an ancestor line from Hugh son of John in Hardhill this list has been changed -- and show Hugh as son of John Nisbet Hardhill instead of serva...