Morey (Y-DNA)
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Status summary
Completed as of April 15, 2021:
- Recruiting patrilineal (all male-line) descendants of Jonathan Morey for further NGS/WgS testing. Any male believing they qualify should Read me First
IMPORTANT: Read me First
Biography
For more information see Wakefield, Robert S., Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Vol. 18 part II (daughters Mary, Annna & Elizabeth), General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA, 2011.
First Generation
[1]Jonathan Morey[1] was baptized at Salem 2 Apr 1637, son of Roger Morey/Mowry[2] and Mary Johnson. Jonathan died Plymouth 19 May 1708. He married twice, first Plymouth 8 Jul 1659 Mary BARTLETT Foster[2] and second, abt 1693-4 Hannah PINCEN Young Witherell. He only had three children by his first wife (born Plymouth): Jonathan (c1661), John (c1666 unknown if marr.) and Hannah (c1674).
Second Generation
Jonathan Morey (II) was born Plymouth about 1661 and died bet. 1 Sep 1732 and 26 Apr 1733. He married Plymouth 24 Jan 1689/90 Hannah Bourne and they had eight children (born Plymouth): Benjamin (1690), Maria (1692), Mary (1694), Thankful (1695/6), Jonathan (1699), Reliance (1702), Cornelius (1706-b1732 unm.) and Joseph (1710)
Third Generation
Benjamin Morey was born Plymouth 10 Nov 1690 and died there bef. 3 Apr 1744. He married Sandwich 3 Nov 1715 Thankful Swift and they had seven children (first five born Plymouth, last two Sandwich): Mary (1716), Maria (1718/9), Mercy (1721), Benjamin (1727 unk. if marr.), John (1729 m Jerusha Swift), Cornelius (bp 1731 m Sarah Johnson) and Elijah (bp 1733/4 unk. if marr.).
Jonathan Morey (III) was born Plymouth in Aug 1699 and died at Preston, CT. He married Sandwich 13 Jan 1728 Elizabeth Swift and they had three children: Jonathan (1730 unk. if marr.), Thomas (1732 m Sarah Crosby) and Elizabeth (1734).
Joseph Morey was born Plymouth 19 Jan 1710 and died aft 1754. He married aft 25 Apr 1733 Mary Swift and they had ten children: Abigail (1733), stillborn dau. (c1735), Joseph (1737), Mary (1739), Elisha (1741), Philemon (1743), Hannah (1745), Samuel (1750), Lathrop (1753) and Ruhamah (1755).
- ↑ The surname of his father and his brothers morphed into Mowry in Rhode Island, but Jonathan's descendants used Morey & Mory.
- ↑ Emigrated to Salem in 1630.
DNA results TBD
Previous Y-DNA testing
The Morey surname DNA Project currently does not list any Y-DNA descendants of Roger Mowry/Morey in its database.
Further needed testing
We need additional direct male-line descendants of Roger Mowry (and preferably of his son Jonathan Morey) 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
- An American Adventure: Morey family
- Bartlett Genealogy Database
