Huckins (mtDNA)
Contents
Status summary
Completed as of March 20, 2022:
- Recruiting matrilineal (direct female-line) descendants of Hannah HUCKINS Howland for mtDNA testing - anyone interested in submitting their DNA for testing should contact MayflowerDNA1620@gmail.com
Biography
First Generation
Hannah Huckins was born Barnstable 14 Oct 1653, daughter of Thomas Huckins and Rose ____ Hillyer, and died Barnstable 13 Feb 1727/8. She married Barnstable 24 Feb 1673 James Gorham and they had eleven children (Barnstable): Desire (1674), James (1676/7), Experience (1678), John (1680), Mehitable (1683), Thomas (1684), Mercy (1686-1689), Joseph (1689 unm.), Jabez (1690/1), Silvanus (1693 unm.) and Ebenezer (1695/6).
Second Generation
Desire Gorham was born in Barnstable 9 Feb 1674/5 and died probably in Chatham before Jan 1735/6.[1] She married twice, first abt 1695 Edward Springer and second, Barnstable 15 Dec 1715 (as his third wife) Daniel Hamilton. She only had children by her first wife (Newport, RI): James and Mary (both died young).
Experience Gorham was born Barnstable 28 Jul 1678 and died there 23 Dec 1733. She married (as his first wife) Barnstable 23 Apr 1697 Thomas Lothrop and they had thirteen children (Barnstable) infant son (1697/8-1697/8), Deborah (1699 d.y.), Mary (1701), James (1703), Thomas (1705), Ansel (1707), Joseph (1709), Seth (1712), John (1715 d.y.), Lydia (1716), Elizabeth (c1718), Mehitable (c1720) and Rebecca (c1722 unm.)
Mehitable Gorham was born Barnstable 20 Apr 1683 and died probably in Scituate bef 28 Sep 1747.[2] She married Barnstable (12 May 1715 (as his first wife) Joshua Oldham and they had one child (Scituate): Mehitable (bp 1717)
Third Generation
- ↑ Will of her second husband failed to name her.
- ↑ her heirs were named in the will of her brother Silvanus Gorham.
DNA results TBD
To date, we know of no matrilineal (all female line) descendants of Mary LEE Howland, who has taken a mtDNA test (and publicly posted their results). Anyone who believes they are a matrilineal descendant (ie mother's mother's mother's etc.) is encouraged to contact MayflowerDNA1620@gmail.com.
External resources and references
- White, Elizabeth Pearson, John Howland of the Mayflower, volume 2 (son John Howland), Picton Press, Camden, ME. 1993
