Esther/Hester Mahieu (mtDNA) - Revision history

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 Sarah Taber was born Dartmouth 28 Jan 1674/5 and died 1735. She married Dartmouth 1 Dec 1702 William Hart and they had Archipas (c1703), Luke (1708) and William (1710).
-Mary Taber was born Dartmouth 18 Mar 1676/7 and died there 6 Jul 1753. She married Manasseh Morton and they had Mary (c1718 m. William Dexter) and Seth (1722).
+Mary Taber was born Dartmouth 18 Mar 1676/7 and died there 6 Jul 1753. She married [[Morton (Y-DNA)#Third Generation |Manasseh Morton]] and they had Mary (c1718 m. William Dexter) and Seth (1722).
 Bethiah Taber was born Dartmouth 3 Sep 1687 and died 24 Apr 1753. She married before 1710 Caleb Blackwell and they had Jane (1710/1 likely d.y.), Sarah (1714 m. George Nye), John (1717/8), Mary (1720 prob. d.y.), Bethia (1722 m. ___ Nye), Alice (1725 m. Nicholas Crapo) and Seth (1729)

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 Bethiah Taber was born Dartmouth 3 Sep 1687 and died 24 Apr 1753. She married before 1710 Caleb Blackwell and they had Jane (1710/1 likely d.y.), Sarah (1714 m. George Nye), John (1717/8), Mary (1720 prob. d.y.), Bethia (1722 m. ___ Nye), Alice (1725 m. Nicholas Crapo) and Seth (1729)
-Abigail Taber was born Dartmouth 2 May 1693 and died after 1785. She married Tiverton (now part of RI) 1 Dec 1715 Ebenezer Taber and they had Paul (1716), Thomas (1717), Mary (1719 m. John Taber), Joseph (1721), Hannah (1723 m. ___ Hart), Lydia (1728 m. Fortner Taber), Walter (1731) and Jacob (1735).
+[https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Taber-44 Abigail Taber] was born Dartmouth 2 May 1693 and died after 1785. She married Tiverton (now part of RI) 1 Dec 1715 [[Taber (Y-DNA)#Third Generation |Ebenezer Taber]] and they had Paul (1716), Thomas (1717), Mary (1719 m. John Taber), Joseph (1721), Hannah (1723 m. ___ Hart), Lydia (1728 m. Fortner Taber), Walter (1731) and Jacob (1735).
 '''Bathsheba Reed''' was born about 1676 and died 1722. She married before 1699 Nicholas Porter and they had (first two Weymouth, rest Abington) Nicholas (1699), William (1702), '''Bathsheba''' (1707), Daniel (1708), Susanna (1710 m. Abner Bradford), Job (1714), Esther (1716 m. Joshua Fobes), Abner (1718) and Sarah (1722).

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 ===First Generation===
 Given the fact [https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Mahieu-1 '''Esther/Hester'''] was [https://www.wikitree.com/photo.php/1/1c/Granny_s_pictures-214.jpg married] about Jun 1603 and her last child was born circa 1626, it is believed she was born circa 1582-1585.<ref>https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=16220034&ref=acom</ref>
-[https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220043457188784&set=gm.318978590215550 She] was the daughter of Jacques and Jeanne (Unknown) (le) Mercier.<ref> http://mayflowerhistory.com/cooke-francis/ </ref> The family were originally French Walloons from the Lille, Flanders (at that time part of the Spanish Netherlands, but now part of Normandy France).<ref> Edward Winslow, "Hypocrasie Unmasked" version available online at: https://archive.org/details/hypocrisieunmask00wins</ref> The family moved from Lille to Canterbury, Kent, England. Whether they moved before or after Esther/Hester was born is unknown.  They later moved to Leiden, Holland shortly before Esther/Hester's marriage.<ref> Her marriage record called Esther of Canterbury</ref> She was married to [[Cooke (Y-DNA)|Francis Cooke]] in Leiden about 30 Jun 1603 (see [[Media:Marriage record of Francis Cooke and Esther Mahieu.jpg]] and [https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=5075871552480530&set=gm.296936162419793 transcript]).<ref>MD 8:48-49</ref>
+[https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220043457188784&set=gm.318978590215550 She] was the daughter of Jacques and Jeanne (Unknown) (le) Mercier.<ref> http://mayflowerhistory.com/cooke-francis/ </ref> The family were originally French Walloons from the Lille, Flanders (at that time part of the Spanish Netherlands, but now part of Normandy France).<ref> Edward Winslow, "Hypocrasie Unmasked" version available online at: https://archive.org/details/hypocrisieunmask00wins</ref> The family moved from Lille to Canterbury, Kent, England. Whether they moved before or after Esther/Hester was born is unknown.  They later moved to Leiden, Holland shortly before Esther/Hester's marriage.<ref> Her marriage record called Esther of Canterbury</ref> She was married to [[Cooke (Y-DNA)#First Generation|Francis Cooke]] in Leiden about 30 Jun 1603 (see [[Media:Marriage record of Francis Cooke and Esther Mahieu.jpg]] and [https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=5075871552480530&set=gm.296936162419793 transcript]).<ref>MD 8:48-49</ref>
 It is said the Cooke family went to Norwich, Norfolkshire, England in 1606 <ref> http://mayflowerhistory.com/cooke-francis/ </ref> but were back at Leiden in early 1607 <ref> ibid. </ref> Francis Cooke, and his eldest surviving son, John, emigrated to the New World aboard the Mayflower in 1620. Esther/Hester and the rest of the children stayed behind, but came over in 1623 in either the ''Ann'' or ''Little James''. The Cookes spent the rest of their life at Plymouth Colony. Francis' simple will gave his entire estate to his wife with no provisions regarding how the estate was to be divided after her death. On 8 Jun 1666 the widow and children wrote out an agreement to divide the land at Rocky Nook (now Kingston) into five shares, with the eldest son, John receiving two shares, and the other children receiving one share apiece.<ref>Anderson, The Great Migration Begins I:469, citing PCLR 3:73</ref> This is the last known record of Esther. It is presumed she was deceased before her grandson (John Wright) wrote his will on 18 Dec 1675.

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-==mtDNA results '''J1c2+16519+16153''' Haplotype: F4572244==
+==mtDNA results '''J1c2ca''' Haplotype: F4572244==
-According to the Mayflower DNA project at Family tree DNA<ref>https://www.familytreedna.com/public/mayflowersociety?iframe=mtresults</ref> the project currently<ref>as of 21 Apr 2024</ref> has four members who apparently are matrilineal (all female line) descendants of Esther/Hester. They all fall under the J1c2+16519+16153 Mitotree haplogroup.
+According to the Mayflower DNA project at Family tree DNA<ref>https://www.familytreedna.com/public/mayflowersociety?iframe=mtresults</ref> the project currently<ref>as of 21 Apr 2024</ref> has four members who apparently are matrilineal (all female line) descendants of Esther/Hester. They all fall under the J1c2ca Mitotree haplogroup.
 [https://discover.familytreedna.com/mtdna/J1c2ca/story FTDNA] predicts this haplogroup originated roughly 550 CE. Thus not everyone who falls into this haplogroup would descend from Esther, but all of her matrilineal descendants must fall under this clade (and possibly a subclade).

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                     Almira Drew Dean Smith (1842-1914)
                       Etta Rosella Makepeace (1873-1941)
-                        ''mother of tester'' <!--
+                        ''mother of tester'' <!-- Gladys Marion Packard (1904-1981) -->
-                          ''tester'' <!--* Patricia (adopted KENNA) Craffey (deceased) FTDNA kit # 140356 in both Mayflower DNA Project and J-mtDNA Project. No FTDNA tree.  POSSIBLY test taker MAY have been her DAUGHTER Patricia CRAFFEY Miranda.-->
+                          ''tester'' <!--* Patricia (adopted KENNA) Craffey (1926-2014) FTDNA kit # 140356 in both Mayflower DNA Project and J-mtDNA Project. No FTDNA tree.  POSSIBLY test taker MAY have been her DAUGHTER Patricia CRAFFEY Miranda.-->
          Sarah Washburn (c1675-1746)
            Sarah Ames (1702[/3]-1770)

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      Jane Cooke (b1614-b1641)
        Elizabeth Mitchell (c1628-c1683)
-         Mary Washburn (b1662-1740)                                 (A Heteroplasmy occured somewhere along this line- Haplotype: F1016242)
+         Mary Washburn (b1662-1740)
            Mary Kinsley (c1698-c1770)
              Rhoda Willis (1727-1802)

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                     Cora Antoinette "Nettie" Hovenden (1865-1945)
                       Verna Sytheria Holmes (1904-1982)
-                        ''mother of tester'' <--* Verna Coralice Lawson -->
+                        ''mother of tester'' <!--* Verna Coralice Lawson -->
-                          ''tester'' <--* Kent Allen Fritz FTDNA tested (NOT in J-mtDNA Project) -->
+                          ''tester'' <!--* Kent Allen Fritz FTDNA tested (NOT in J-mtDNA Project) -->
      Mary Cooke (b1627-1714/5)
        Esther Tomson (1652-c1706)