Bosworth (Y-DNA)
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Status summary
Completed as of March 28, 2021:
- Recruiting direct male-line descendants of Jonathan Bosworth for NGS/WGS testing - anyone interested in submitting their DNA for testing should contact Raymond T. Wing (email: wing.genealogist AT gmail DOT com)
Biography
First Generation
Jonathan Bosworth (II) was born about 1636, son of Jonathan Bosworth & Elizabeth ____. He died Swansea bef 10 Jun 1717. Jonathan married Swansea 6 Jul 1661 Hannah Howland and they had ten children (born Swansea): Mercy (1662 dy), Hannah (1663), Elizabeth (1665-1676), Jonathan (1666-1676), David (1669), John (1671), Jabez (1673), Ichabod (1676), infant son (1678) and Jonathan (1680).
Second Generation
David Bosworth was born Swansea 15 Sep 1669 and died Halifax 12 Jun 1747. He married twice, first Plymouth 18 Aug 1698 Mary/Mercy Sturtevant and second Patience _____. All children by first wife (born Plymouth): David (1699), Jonathan (1700/1), Nehemiah (1702/3) and Hannah (1705).
John Bosworth was born Swansea 6 Apr 1671 and died Barrington (now in RI) 20 Sep 1719. He married Swansea 10 (or 16) Jun 1702 Elizabeth Toogood and they had nine children (born Swansea): Elizabeth (1703), Mary (1705), Hannah (1706), Nathaniel (1709), John (1711), Lydia (1713), Rachel (1716 dy), David (1717/8) and Oliver (posth. 1720).
Jabez Bosworth
Ichabod Bosworth
Jonathan Bosworth
Third Generation
DNA results TBD
Current results
Family Tree DNA currently does not have a Bosworth Surname Project as of 28 Mar 2021. They list 37 kits with the Bosworth surname.
NGS/WGS testing
Y-DNA descendant(s) of Jonathan Bosworth need to publicly disclose their Y-DNA results in order to place their family.
External links & References
Lainhart, Ann Smith and Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 23 (Howland) Part 1 (First 4 generations of some children), General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA 2006
