Nelson (Y-DNA)
Contents
Status summary
Completed as of April 15, 2021:
- Recruiting patrilineal (all male-line) descendants of John Nelson for NGS/WGS testing . Any male believing they qualify should Read me First
IMPORTANT: Read me Firt
Biography
For more information see Wakefield, Robert S., Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Vol. 18 part II (daughters Mary, Annna & Elizabeth), General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA, 2011.
First Generation
John Nelson was born Plymouth abt 1644, son of William Nelson and Martha Ford. He married three times, first Plymouth 28 Nov 1667 Sarah Wood,[1] second aft 30 Oct 1677 Lydia BARTLETT Barnaby[1] and third, Plymouth 4 May 1695 Patience Morton.[2] By his second wife, John had three children (born Plymouth): Samuel (1683), Joanna (bp 1686 dy) and Joanna (1689).
Second Generation
Samuel Nelson was born Plymouth 4 Jul 1683 and died bet. 1754-1758. He married three times, first Plymouth 13 Dec 1704 Hannah Ford, second Plymouth 1 Apr 1706 Bathsheba Nicholas and third Plymouth 12 Sep 1718 Sarah Holmes. By his first wife Samuel had four children (born Plymouth): Hannah (1707), John (1712), Samuel (1714-1724) and Sarah (1716). By his second wife Samuel had four more children (born Plymouth): Bathsheba (1719), Samuel (1721), Ebenezer (1723) and Patience (1725). Samuel had no children by his third wife.
Third Generation
John Nelson was born Plymouth 4 May 1712 and died there 21 Dec 1793. He married (int. Plymouth 25 Nov 1732) Mary Morton and they had seven children (Plymouth): Mary (1733), Lydia (1734-1737), Hannah (1737), Samuel (1739-1749), Thomas (1741-1748), John (1745-1746/7) and John (1747/8).
Samuel Nelson (II) was born Plymouth 9 Aug 1721 and died there 7 Aug 1798. He married Plymouth 6 Dec 1744 Elizabeth Warren (a gg-grandaughter of Richard Warren) and they had eight children (Plymouth): Alathea (1745 d.y.), Samuel (1747), Patience (1749), Sarah (1754), Alathea (1758), Joseph Warren (1761), Priscilla (1765) and Betty/Betsey (1768).
Ebenezer Nelson was born Plymouth 1 Aug 1723 and died there 29 Jun 1809. He married Plymouth 5 Dec 1754 Ruth Jackson and they had nine children (Plymouth): Ebenezer (1756), Hezekiah, Ruth (c1760), Samuel, Thomas (c1766), William (c1767), Hannah (1770), Lemuel (c1771) and Elisha (1775).
- ↑ John and Sarah had three children, but they do not descend from a Mayflower passenger.
- ↑ John and Patience had two daughters, but they do not descend from a Mayflower passenger.
DNA results I1-S19986
Previous Y-DNA testing
The Nelson Surname Project subgroup I-M253 lists one individual claiming William Nelson (1621-1670, likely father of John) as their Most Distant Known Paternal Ancestor (MDKPA). This individual has not done Y-SNP testing, but has 67 Y-STR tested. Plugging his Y-STR results into Nevgen gives a prediction of I1-M253>DF29>Y2592>CTS6364>CTS10028>S6346>L22>S19986 with a 58% certainty (with the other 42% being a currently unsupported clade).
Further needed testing
We need direct male-line descendants of William Nelson (and preferably of his son John) to WGS/NGS test to confirme and refine this prediction.
References & External Links
- Wakefield, Robert S., Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Vol. 18 part II (daughters Mary, Annna & Elizabeth), General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA, 2011
- Bartlett Genealogy Database
