Elizabeth Walker (mtDNA)

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Status summary

As of September 25, 2020

  • Page created for Elizabeth (Walker) Warren
  • mtDNA results from Mayflower DNA Project
  • recruitment of individuals who are mtDNA descendants of Elizabeth (Walker) Warren. Folks who are mtDNA descendants are encouraged to contact Raymond T. Wing (email: wing.genealogist AT gmail DOT com)

Background

Biography

Elizabeth is said to have been baptized at Baldock, Hertfordshire, England in Sep 1583[1] the daughter of Augustine Walker.[2] Elizabeth married Richard Warren at Great Amwell, Hertfordshire on 14 Apr 1610.[3] Their children were not baptized at Great Amwell (in fact, no baptismal records can be found for their children) so it is believed the couple likely joined the Separatists faith.


  1. ↑ TAG 78:84
  2. ↑ ibid. She was not the daughter of his wife Mary (Stringer) Walker, who was buried 26 Dec 1614 as they were married at Great Amwell on 27 Jun 1597.
  3. ↑ ibid, p. 82

Ancestry

Several articles in The American Genealogist[1],The Mayflower Quarterly[2] and The Howland Quarterly[3] have revealed much information on the ancestry of Elizabeth. For the purpose of this wiki, we shall only look at the "umbilical"/mtDNA line.

Elizabeth was the daughter of John Tilley and Joan (Hurst) Rogers. Joan was baptized at Henlow 13 Mar 1567/8, daughter of William Hurst & Rose Marshe. She married first, Thomas Rogers. Rose was born about 1537 presumably in Chipping Barnet, Hertfordshire, England (where she married), daughter of John Marshe & Joan _____.

  1. ↑ TAG 52(1976):198-205; 85(Jan 2011):1-8
  2. ↑ MQ AUG 1991:232; NOV 1991:342
  3. ↑ HQ 71:1[MAR 2006]:10-13

mtDNA Results

We know from the results of three mtDNA tests from two different daughters of Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland, the "umbilical" line falls under haplogroup H1a1 with no extra mutations. The RSRS values for the HVR/Control Regions, as reported by ftdna.com, are 146T, 152T, 195T, 247G, 522.1A, 522.2C, 315.1C, 16129G, 16162G, 16187C, 16189T, 16209C, 16223C, 16230A, 16278C, 16311T.

In addition, according to the H1 mtGenome Project the following Coding Region mutations also fall under H1a1 3010A (H1); 73G![back mutation](H1a); 6365C (H1a1). This project also dates the H1a1 clade as originating approximately 2500 B.C.E., so it is a VERY old haplogroup.

One of the mtDNA descendants results was inputted into James Lick's mthap utility. The result came up with an exact match to the H1a1 haplogroup with no additional mutations (besides the flaky 315.1C and 16519C mutations).

Thus mtDNA testing cannot be used to conclusively prove someone was a mtDNA descendant of Elizabeth Tilley, but it can be used to conclusively disprove such a relationship. In addition, mtDNA testing can be used to support a conclusion about a line being descended from Elizabeth, but additional evidence is also needed.

mtDNA Descendants

Joan Hurst had one daughter by her first husband (Thomas Rogers), Joan, baptized at Henlow 26 May 1594.[1] This daughter married Edward Hawkins at St. Paul Church, Bedford on 27 Jun 1620.[2] Edward and Joan had four sons & two daughters,[3] but only two sons and one daughter (Elizabeth, wife of William Fell) were still alive when Edward wrote his will (18 Dec 1658 proved 26 Jan 1658[/9])[4] Elizabeth Hawkins married William Fell at St Paul Church, Bedford 1 Oct 1643 and had one son and one daughter, Ann (bp. 14 Jan 1648[/9]) baptized there.[5]

Joan and her second husband (John Tilley) had Rose (bp. 23 Oct 1597, died young), John (bp. 26 Aug 1599),[6] Rose (bp. 28 Feb 1601/2), Robert (bp. 25 Nov 1604), and Elizabeth. Only the descendants of Robert (and Elizabeth) have been traced to date.[7]


Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland had six daughters, all who married and had children of their own. At least one "umbilical"/mtDNA descendant of daughters Desire & Lydia have released their mtDNA results to the public, showing where they are an exact match.


Second Generation:

Desire (c1625-1683) married Capt. John Gorham and had six daughters. FTDNA Kit #337121 descends from Desire.

Hope (1629-1683/4) married Lieut. John Chipman and had eight daughters.

Elizabeth (1631-1691/2) married Ephraim Hicks (no children) and Capt. John Dickinson (five daughters). Her eldest daughter, Elizabeth (1652-) is said to have married Caleb Wright and Gershom Lockwood. However, no contemporary record proves this relationship, so the GSMD does not currently accept descendants of Caleb & Elizabeth. If a mtDNA descendant of Elizabeth is tested, and found to be a match to Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland's DNA, then there is a chance the GSMD may accept this line.

Lydia (1633-1710) married Maj. James Brown and had one daughter who survived infancy and married, Dorothy (1666-1727). Dorothy had three daughters who married. FTDNA Kit #159230 (deceased) descends from this line.

Hannah (1637-1705) married Jonathan Bosworth and had one daughter who married, Hannah (1663-1723). Hannah had two daughters who married (Hannah & Elizabeth) but mtDNA descendants only continue from Hannah (1690-1738).

Ruth (1646-1679) married Thomas Cushman and had one daughter, Desire (1673-1762). Desire married Ens. Samuel Kent and had one daughter, Hannah (1702-1796). Hannah had six daughters who married.


  1. ↑ TAG 52 (1976):204
  2. ↑ England Marriages 1538-1973 at familysearch.org and Ancestry.com
  3. ↑ England Births and Christenings at FamilySearch.org
  4. ↑ Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858, images available at Ancestry.com
  5. ↑ England Marriages and Births & Christenings at Familysearch.com
  6. ↑ The son John MAY have been the John Tilley of Cape Ann & Dorchester who was killed by Indians near Saybrook (now Connecticut) in Oct 1636, but (dis)proof is lacking.
  7. ↑ TAG 52:203.


Allied Families

The following families are connected to John Howland via marriage to descendants:

Gorham (Capt. John Gorham married Desire Howland). Y-DNA predicted to fall under I-M253 based on STR markers for two descendants

Chipman (Elder John Chipman married Hope Howland). Y-DNA predicted to fall under I-M223 based on 37 STR markers for a descendant

Dickinson (Capt. John Dickinson was the second husband to Elizabeth Howland).[1]

Hawes (John Hawes married Desire Gorham). Y-DNA predicted to fall under I-M253 based on the 37 STR markers for two descendants

Baxter (Thomas Baxter married Temperance Gorham)


  1. ↑ Elizabeth married first, Plymouth 13 Sep 1649 to Ephraim Hicks. Ephraim died three months later (on 12 Dec 1649) and they had no children.

References & External links

Davis, Edward J., The Marriage of Richard Warren of the Mayflower The American Genealogist (TAG), 78:81-86

Wakefield, Robert S., Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Vol. 18 part I (First four generations of Richard Warren), General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA, Third Edition 2004

Wakefield, Robert S., Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Vol. 18 part II (daughters Mary, Anna & Elizabeth), General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA, 2011

Wakefield, Robert S., Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Vol. 18 part III (Abigail, Nathaniel & Joseph), General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA, 2001


Caleb Johnson's MayflowerHistory.com webpage for Richard Warren (no separate page for his wife Elizabeth)

Everybody Wiki article on Elizabeth (Walker) Warren

Wikipedia webpage for Richard Warren (no separate page for his wife Elizabeth)

Wikitree webpage on Elizabeth (Walker) Warren

Pilgrim Migrations biography for Richard Warren (no separate page for his wife Elizabeth)

mtDNA results from Mayflower DNA Project

mtDNA Phylotree (official classification of mtDNA)

Information on H1a1 haplogroup.

Mayflower "Five Generations" Project (Silver Books)

Find-a-Grave for Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland

Y-DNA and mtDNA descendants of John & Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland

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