Merrick (Y-DNA)
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Status summary
Completed as of March 24, 2021:
- Recruiting additional direct male-line William Merrick descendants for NGS/WGS 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
William Merrick (II) was born prob. Duxbury 15 Sep 1643, son of William Merrick[1] & Rebecca Tracy. He died Harwich 30 Oct 1732. He married Abigail, daughter of Giles Hopkins and they had nine children: Rebecca (1668), William (1670-1670/1), Stephen (1673), Benjamin (1674), Nathaniel (1675), John (c1680 m. but appar. no ch.), Joshua (c1680), Ruth (1684) and Samuel (d unm.).
Second Generation
Third Generation
- ↑ William is said to have been the oldest of four brothers who emigrated to Charlestown aboard the James in the Spring of 1636.
DNA Results R1b-Z375
Previous testing
The Meyrick, Merrick Family Project does not publicly disclose their DNA results. However, the administrator has developed a variety of online sites. One of his sites documented the 67 Y-STR results of a Merrick descendant as published at Y-Search.org (now defunct). Plugging in these Y-STR results into the Nevgen.org haplogroup predictor gives a predicted Haplogroup of: R1b U106>Z18>Z17>>L257>>Z375 with a probability of 98.48%.
NGS/WGS testing
NGS/WGS testing of other known William Merrick Y-DNA descendants would refine the haplogroup for the family and possibly define subclades for descendants.
External Links and References
- Austin, John D., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: vol. 6 Hopkins, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA. Third edition 2001
- Pilgrim Hopkins Heritage Society Lineage database
