Difference between revisions of "Bradford (Y-DNA)"

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Status summary

As of September 13, 2020:

• Bradford surname project contacted
• Recruiting men whose Y-DNA ancestor is Gov. William Bradford for Next Generation Sequence/Whole Genome Sequence (NGS/WGS) testing. Interested individuals can contact Raymond Wing email: wing (DOT) genealogist (AT) gmail (DOT) net

Background

Paper trail

William Bradford was baptized at Austerfield, Yorkshire, England on 19 Mar 1589/90, son of William Bradford (II) and Alice Hanson. His father, William (II), died 15 Jul 1591 and William (III) went to live with his paternal grandparents, William Bradford (I) and Alice Morton. His Bradford grandparents died by 1600 and his mother died in 1597, so before he was aged ten, the future Gov. was raised by an uncle, Robert Bradford.

Some sources list a pedigree for Gov. Bradford beyond his grandfather, William (I), but this pedigree has not been verified.

Bradford married his first wife at Amsterdam, Holland on 9 Dec 1613. She had only one child, John (born about 1618) before her death at Plymouth Harbor in December 1620. This son (John) married Martha Bourne, widow of (Lieut) Thomas Tracy. Martha had several children by Tracy, but none by her second husband. Thus, all of the descendants of Gov. Bradford are by his second wife.

Bradford married his second wife, Alice Carpenter at New Plimouth Colony, 14 Aug 1623. This was the fourth marriage to occur within this colony. They had a daughter, Mercy (born before the 1627 Land Division) and two sons (who both carried on the Y-DNA of the Bradford family):

Second Generation

(Maj.) William (IV) born 17 Jun 1624. He was married four times and a total of 15 children, with 10 being sons.

Joseph born 1630. He married Jael Hobart (daughter of Rev. Peter) at Hingham 25 May 1664. They had three sons: Joseph, Elisha & Peter.

DMA Results

Previous Y-DNA testing

Previous Y-STR testing through the Mayflower Society^[1] and the Bradford surname DNA project^[2] has indicated that the Bradford lineage belongs to the Y haplogroup I-M253, which is quite common in Northern Europe and Northwestern Europe. Plugging in the modal 111 STR values for the family into the Nevgen Haplogroup Predictor tool gives a prediction the family falls under: I-M253>DF29>Z63>BY151>BY351 with a 95.6% probability.

NGS/WGS testing

NGS/WGS testing of Bradford descendant(s) would further refine the clade as well as possibly differentiate the branches of descendants.

1. ↑ https://www.familytreedna.com/public/mayflowersociety/default.aspx?section=ycolorized
2. ↑ https://www.familytreedna.com/public/bradford?iframe=ycolorized (Group 3)

Results

One individual of the Bradford Y-DNA Project has taken a Big Y test and his results documents he falls under I-M253>DF29>Z58>Z59>CTS8647>Z62>Z61>Z60>Z140>Z141>CTS6739>F2642>Y1854. He shares this haplogroup/clade with individuals with other surnames, so additional NGS/WGS testing is needed to further refine the haplogroup/clade.

Summary of findings

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References and External Links

• Wakefield, Robert S. and Lainhart, Ann Smith, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: vol. 22 Bradford General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA. 2004
• Roser, Susan E., Mayflower Passenger References, (from contemporary records & scholarly journals) [www.stewartbooks.com Stewart Publishing & Printing], Canada. Second edition 2015
• Wikipedia biography of Gov. William Bradford
• History Channel biography of Gov. William Bradford
• Caleb Johnson's Mayflower History biography of William Bradford
• "A William Bradford Web Page
• Wikipedia article on Bradford's Of Plymouth Plantaion
• excerpts from Bradford's novel Of Plymouth Plantation
• Of Plymouth Plantation available for download in various formats