Ford (Y-DNA)
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Status summary
Completed as of April 15, 2021:
- Recruiting direct male-line descendants of Michael Ford for SNP testing - anyone interested in submitting their DNA for testing should contact MayflowerDNA1620@gmail.com
Still to do as of April 15, 2021
- NGS/WGS test multiple descendants of William Ford (and preferably of his son Michael) to place the family clade as well as test descendants to discover any subclades unique to descendants lines
Biography
For more information see Wakefield, Robert S., Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Volume 18 Part III Richard Warren, 5th Generation of Abigail, Nathaniel and Joseph 2001, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA.
First Generation
Michael Ford was born abt 1635, son of William Ford and Ann _____. Michael died Marshfield 27 Mar 1729. He married twice, first Marshfield 12 Dec 1667 Abigail Snow and second Marshfield 20 Mar 1683 Bethiah Hatch.[1] By his first wife, Michael had seven children (born Marshfield): Lydia (c1668), Hannah (1670), William (1672), James (1675), Abigail (1679) and Patiende (1682 dy).
Second Generation
William Ford was born Marshfield 26 Dec 1672 and died there 22 Dec 1761. He married twice, first Elizabeth ____ and second Marshfield 6 Mar 1749 Patience Dilley (no children). By his first wife William had three children (born Marshfield): William (1696), Samuel (1701) and Elizabeth (1703).
James Ford was born Marshfield in Apr 1675 and died there 28 Jun 1735. He married Marshfield 28 Feb 1698 Hannah Dingley and they had six children (born Marshfield): James (1699), Abigail (1701), Hannah (1705), Michael (1710), Barnabas (1714, no further record) and Ebenezer (1719 dy).
Third Generation
William Ford was born Marshfield Sep 1696 and died there bef 26 Feb 1787. He married Marshfield 7 Dec 1721 Hannah Trouant and they had five children (Marshfield): Silence (1722), Abner (1724), Abigail (c1726), Nathan (1727), Levi and Elijah (1731).
Samuel Ford was born Marshfield 11 May 1701 and died there 5 Feb 1781. He married Marshfield 16 Jan 1728 Sarah Rogers and they had eight children (Marshfield): Jemima (1729), Keziah (1732), Samuel (1735, likely never married), Sarah (1738), Luke (1741, d. young), Peleg (1746/7, d. young), Betty (1747) and Lydia (1748)
James Ford was born Marshfield 15 Feb 1699 and died New Concord, CT 5 May 1756. He married Marshfield 1726 Elizabeth Bartlett and they had seven children (all but oldest Norwich, CT): Ann (bp Marshfield 1727), James (1734), Joseph (1737), Ichabod (1740), Hannah (1743), John (1745) and Sarah (1749).
Michael Ford was born Marshfield 23 Apr 1710 and died there May 1754. He married Marshfield abt 1738 Orphan Waterman and they had ten children: Seth, Sarah, James, Luce, Waterman, Michael, Lydia, Elizabeth, Hannah and Ann.
- ↑ Michael and Bethiah had eleven children but they have no Mayflower passenger ancestry.
DNA results TBD
Previous Y-DNA testing
The Ford DNA Project currently does not list anyone claiming William Ford (father of Michael) as their Most Distant Known Paternal Ancestor (MDKPA).
Further needed testing
We need additional direct male-line descendants of William Ford (and preferably of his son Michael) to WGS/NGS test to discover the haplogroup/clade for the family.
References & External Links
- Wakefield, Robert S., Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Vol. 18 part II (daughters Mary, Annna & Elizabeth), General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA, 2011
