Pope (Y-DNA)
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Status summary
Completed as of April 13, 2026
- Recruiting patrilineal (all male-line) descendants of Thomas Pope for NGS/WGS testing. Any male who believes they are such a descendant should Read me First
IMPORTANT: Read me First
Still to do as of April 13, 2026
- NGS/WGS test multiple Thomas Pope direct paternal (Y-DNA) descendants to firmly place family clade as well as discover any subclades unique to descendants lines
Biography
First Generation
Thomas Pope was born, presumably in England abt 1608 date, place and parentage currently unknown. He died Dartmouth 4 Aug 1683. He married twice, first Plymouth 28 Jul 1637 Anne Fallowell then Plymouth Colony 19 May 1646 Sarah Jenney. By his first wife he had Hannah (1638) and by his second wife he had: Seth (1648), Susanna (c1649), Thomas (1651), John (1653-1675 unm.), Joanna (1656), Sarah (c1658) and Isaac (1663).
Second Generation
(Capt.) Seth Pope was born Plymouth 13 Jan 1648 and died Dartmouth (now Fairhaven) 17 Mar 1727. He married twice, first Sandwich abt 1670 Deborah Perry then 19 Feb 1711 Rebecca ____ (no ch.) By his first wife he had: Alice (c1672), John (1675), Thomas (1677), Susannah (1681), Sarah (1683), Mary (1686), Seth (1689), Hannah (1693), Elnathan (1694) and Lemuel (1696).
Thomas Pope (II) was born Plymouth 25 Mar 1651 and died there bef 4 Aug 1683. He is not known to have married.
[hhttps://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Pope-327 Isaac Pope] was born Plymouth abt 1663 and died Dartmouth bef 15 Sep 1736. He married Dartmouth bef 1687 Alice Freeman and they had: Abigail (1687), Margaret (1690), Deborah (1693), Thomas (1695), Isaac (1697), Joanna (1700) and Elnathan (1702).
Third Generation
DNA results
Previous Y-DNA testing
The Pope surname DNA Project Group "8. Descendants of Thomas Pope of Plymouth Colony" currently contains two testers, one claiming Thomas Pope as the Most Distant Known Patrilineal Ancestor (MDKPA) and the second being a close Y-STR match. Based on their Y-STR tests, FTDNA predicts they fall under haplogroup: L-M20
NGS/WGS testing
One of the individuals has taken the Big Y-700 test and been found to fall into the following clade: L-FGC36819>FGC42567>Z34120>B374>BY96401>FTB85133>FTB82042>FTB79765 NGS/WGS testing of additional patrilineal (direct male line Y-DNA descendants) would confirm the haplogroup for the family and possibly define subclades for descendants. Anyone who believe they are Y-DNA descendants of Thomas Pope is encouraged to Y-DNA test and contact Raymond Wing email: MayflowerDNA1620@gmail.com
External Links and References
- Anderson, Robert Charles, The Pilgrim Migration: Immigrants to Plymouth Colony 1620-1633. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 2004. Pages 362-365.
