Bearse (Y-DNA)
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Status summary
Completed as of November 14, 2021:
- Recruiting direct male-line descendants of Austin Bearse (and preferably through his son James) for NGS/WGS testing - anyone interested in submitting their DNA for testing should contact MayflowerDNA1620@gmail.com
Biography
First Generation
James Bearse was born in Barnstable the end of July 1660, son of Austin Bearse. James later moved to Plympton (now Halifax) where he died 7 Oct 1728. He married Barnstable about 1685 Experience Howland. While there is no contemporary record proving where the wife of James Bearse was the daughter of (Lieut.) John Howland (II) and Mary Lee the rarity of the given name Experience, plus the fact James and Experience had sons named John and Shubael (neither name previously found in the Bearse family) leads most researchers to conclude Experience was almost certainly their daughter. The General Society of Mayflower Descendants has recently decided to accept lines of descent from this couple. James and Experience had eight children:[1] Thankful (c1685), Shubael (c1687), James (c1689), Experience (c1692), Priscilla (c1694), Mary (c1696), John (c1698) and Rebecca (c1705)
Second Generation
Shubael Bearse was born abt 1687 and poss. died in Halifax in Feb 1774.[2] He married Plympton 16 Nov 1709 Thankful Ford and they had six children (Plympton): Hannah (1712), Shubael (1715), Andrew (1716), Jacob (1718), Hezekiah (1720) and Thomas (1723).
James Bearse was born abt 1689
John Bearse
Third Generation
- ↑ It is currently unknown when the family moved from Barnstable to Pembroke, so it is unknown where the children were born.
- ↑ It is currently unknown if this death date pertains to this Shubael, or his son Shubael.
DNA results R1a-Y128954
Previous Y-DNA testing
The Bearse/Bearce Family DNA Project currently (as of 14 Oct 2021) lists three descendants of James Bearse.
NGS/WGS testing
One of the three James Bearse descendants has taken a Big Y test and has been found to fall under the R1a-Y128954 haplogroup. No other Bearse/Bearce Y-DNA descendant in the Bearse/Bearce Family DNA Project has taken a Big Y test so further testing of descendants would almost certainly result in further refining the haplogroup of the family.
Further needed testing
We need direct male-line descendants of this Crocker family to WGS/NGS test to discover where this family falls in the Y-DNA tree.
References & External Links
- Gay, Eldon, "Experience (?Howland), wife of James2 Bearse of Barnstable and Plympton, Massachusetts", The American Genealogist"" 90:31-36
