Sproat/Sprout (Y-DNA)
Contents
Status summary
Completed as of October 31, 2020:
- Recruiting direct male-line John Richmond descendants for SNP testing - anyone interested in submitting their DNA for testing should contact Raymond T. Wing (email: wing.genealogist AT gmail DOT com)
Biography
First Generation
John Richmond was born in Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire, England about 1594, son of Henry Richmond alias Webb & Elizabeth Christian. He died Taunton 20 Mar 1664. He married Ashton Keynes in 1631 to Elizabeth Nicholas. They had five children: Edward, John, Sarah, Mary & Amy.
Second Generation
(Capt.) Edward Richmond was born in Ashton Keynes about 1632 and died at Little Compton (now part of Rhode Island) in Nov 1696. He married twice, first Abigail Davis & second Amy Bull. He had eight children by his first wife: Abigail, Edward, John, Elizabeth, Mary, Esther, Silvanus & Sarah. By his second wife he had two more children: Henry & Ann.
John Richmond (II) was born in Ashton Keynes about 1637 and died Taunton 7 Oct 1715. He married Taunton 1663 to Abigail Rogers. They had seven children: Joseph, Edward, Samuel, Sarah, John, Ebenezer & Abigail.
Third Generation
DNA results TBD
As of 13 Mar 2021 the Sproat DNA Project does not have any Y-DNA descendants of Robert Sproat/Sprout of Middleborough.
Anyone who believes they are a Y-DNA descendant of Robert is encouraged to contact Raymond Wing: email wing (DOT) genealogist (AT) gmail (DOT) com.
External links and References
Sherman, Robert Moody & Ruth Wilder Sherman (ed. Robert S. Wakefield), Mayflower Families Through Five Generations. Vol. 20 (Samson) Part 1 (first four generations), General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA 2000
