Whiston (Y-DNA)
From Mayflower DNA
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Status summary
Completed as of April 14, 2026
- Recruiting patrilineal (all male-line) descendants of John Whiston 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 14, 2026
- NGS/WGS test multiple John Whiston direct paternal (Y-DNA) descendants to firmly place family clade as well as discover any subclades unique to descendants lines
Biography
First Generation
John Whiston was presumably born England abt 1616 date, place and parentage currently Unknown. He died Scituate bef 4 Oct 1664. He married abt 1641 Susanna Hanford and they had five children: Joseph (c1641-1666 presum. unm.), Sarah (c1643), John (c1648), Susanna (c1650), Increase (bp 1656) and Bathsheba (bp 1660).
Second Generation
John Whiston (II) was born Plymouth abt 1647 and died Scituate 1 Apr 1693. He married twice, first bef 1678 Abigail Lombart, then Hannah ____. He had: Marcy (bp 1678 d.y.), Abigail (1680 d.y.), Bathsheba (1681 d.y.), Joseph (bp 1683), John (bp 1687) and Susanna (bp 1688).
Third Generation
Joseph Whiston
DNA results
Previous Y-DNA testing
Family Tree DNA currently does not have a Whiston surname DNA Project.
External Links and References
- Anderson, Robert Charles, The Pilgrim Migration: Immigrants to Plymouth Colony 1620-1633. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 2004. Pages 493-495.
