Judith Vassall (mtDNA)
Contents
Status summary
As of September 27, 2020
- Page created for Judith Vassall, wife of Resolved White
- recruitment of individuals who are mtDNA descendants of Judith (Vassall) White. Folks who are mtDNA descendants are encouraged to contact Raymond T. Wing (email: wing.genealogist AT gmail DOT com)
Background
Biography
Judith Vassall was born in England about 1616[1] daughter of William Vassall and Anna King (daughter of George King of Cold Norton, Essex, England).[2] Her father was one of the original Assistants to the Massachusetts Bay Company (which was formed in England prior to their emigration to Boston, MA)[3] While her father emigrated to form the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the Spring of 1630, likely aboard the flagship, Arabella[4], his wife and family (including Judith) waited until 1635, when they came over on the Blessing.[5] The family moved from the Boston area to Scituate in 1635, which is where she married Resolved White on 5 Nov 1640.[6] The White family moved to Marshfield, where Judith was buried 3 Apr 1670.[7]
Judith and Resolved had eight children[8]; three daughters and five sons (William, John, Samuel, Resolved & Josiah
Second Generation
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- ↑ Aged 16 in 1635 (TGMB III:1872 from Hotten 94). She also joined the Scituate Church (almost certainly as an adult, ie aged at least 18) on 16 Jul 1637 (NEHGReg 2:280)
- ↑ TGMB III:1872
- ↑ ibid.
- ↑ ibid.
- ↑ Roser, Mayflower Passenger References from Hotten:93-94
- ↑ Plymouth Colony Records 8:19 and Scituate VRs I:325)
- ↑ published Marshfield VRs:10
- ↑ published Scituate VRs I:409-10
References and External links
Roser, Susan E., Mayflower Passenger References (from contemporary records & scholarly Journals, Second Edition 2015, Canada [www.stewartbooks.com Stewart Publishing & Printing]
Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633 vol. III: P-W, 1995 Boston, New England Historic Genealogical Society
Sherman, Ruth W. and Robert M. Sherman, comp. Robert S. Wakefield, ed., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: vol. 13 White, 2006, Plymouth, General Society of Mayflower Descendants
mtDNA Results
At least one mtDNA descendant of Judith (Vassall) White has taken a full mtDNA test and had their results publicly released. The family falls under Haplogroup H6a1b2a. According to Haplogroup.org, this haplogroup is roughly 1,750 years old (+/- 300 years or so). How this individual descends from Judith is
Thus, mtDNA results cannot solely be used to conclusively proves someone is a mtDNA descendant of Judith (Vassall) White, but it can be used to conclusively disprove such a relationship. In addition, we need another mtDNA descendant of Judith (hopefully descended from a different daughter than the original tester) to prove the original testers line is valid.
