Doty (Y-DNA)

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Status summary

As of December 30, 2015:

  • Doty surname project contacted
  • Recruiting Doty for Y Elite Y-DNA descendants of Edward are encouraged to contact Raymond Wing (email: wing DOT genealogist AT gmail DOT com) as well as undertake Next Generation Sequencing or Whole Genome Sequencing (NGS/WGS) testing.

Biography

First Generation

Edward Doty[1] was born probably not long before 1599.[2][3]. He was called "of London" in the 1622 Mourts Relation[4] He married twice, with his first marriage occurring sometime after the 1627 Cattle Division. She died shortly afterwards,[5] apparently without any surviving children.

Edward married second (his surname given as Doten) at Plymouth, 6 Jan 1634/5 Faith Clarke.[6]. Edward died at Plymouth 23 Aug 1655.[7]

Edward and Faith had nine children; three daughters and six sons (Edward, John, Thomas, Samuel, Isaac & Joseph).

Second Generation

Edward Doty (II)Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag He died at Plymouth 8 Feb 1690.

Edward and Sarah had eleven children; seven daughters and four sons (Edward, John, Samuel, Benjamin)


John Doty was born about 1638. He married twice. His first wife was Elizabeth Cooke (first child born Plymouth 24 Aug 1668[8]). He married second, 1695 to Sarah.


Thomas Doty was born about 1640. He married twice, first to Mary Churchill bef 1675 (he had an illegitimate child by her in 1672). His second wife (married by 1679) was Mary _____.


Samuel Doty was born about 1642. He married at Piscataway, NJ 13 Nov 1678 to Jeane Harman.


Isaac Doty was born 8 Feb 1647/8.[9] He married by 1673 Elizabeth England.


Joseph Doty was born 30 Apr 1651.[10] He married in the summer of 1674 to Deborah Ellis. Joseph was accused of being the father of the unborn child of Elizabeth Warren on 27 Oct 1674.[11]


  1. Pilgrim Edward Doty Society genealogy
  2. He signed the Mayflower Compact of Dec 1620, so was then at least 21 years old, but he was also fathering children in the 1650's. As he was a servant to Stephen Hopkins aboard the Mayflower he was most likely then under 25 years of age.
  3. Gustav Anjou claimed Edward was the son of John Doughty and Ann Holland born 14 May 1598. However, Anjou was well known for fabricating information and it is clear from reputable sources where this was simply one of his many fabrications. (TAG 63:215)
  4. This may simply mean he was not a member of the Leiden Congregation, but rather was recruited from the London area by the Merchant Adventurers.
  5. Roser's Mayflower Passenger Reference states she may have died in the 1633 infection of the Colony.
  6. Plymouth Colony Records 1:32 and published Plymouth VRs:652
  7. Plymouth Colony Records 8:17 and published Plymouth VRs:662
  8. Plymouth published VRs, p. 5
  9. Plymouth Colony Records 8:5
  10. Plymouth Colony Records 8:12
  11. Plymouth Colony Records 5:156

DNA Results

Previous Y-DNA testing

Previous Y-DNA testing through the Mayflower Society[1] and the Doty/Doughty surname DNA project[2] has indicated that the Mayflower Doty lineage belongs to the R1b-L21 Y-DNA haplogroup, which is quite common in Northwestern Europe, particularly the British Isles. More specifically, the Doty lineage has been found to belong to the subgroup defined by DF13>FGC11134>A146/Z16250>Z255>L159.2>Z16433[3]. Next Generation Sequence or Whole Genome Sequence (NGS/WGS) of another Y-DNA descendant of Edward Doty would further refine the haplogroup for the family and delineate the Doty lineage.


  1. https://www.familytreedna.com/public/mayflowersociety/default.aspx?section=ycolorized
  2. https://www.familytreedna.com/public/Doughty-Doty?iframe=ycolorized
  3. http://www.ytree.net/DisplayTree.php?blockID=127&star=false

Summary of findings

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References and External links

Roser, Susan E., Mayflower Passenger References (from contemporary records & scholarly journals), Second Edition, 2015, Canada [www.stewartbooks.com Stewart Publishing & Printing]

Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633 vol. I A-F. 1995, Boston, MA, New England Historic Genealogical Society

Hill, Peter B., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: vol. 11 Family of Edward Doty in 3 parts, 2009. Plymouth, General Society of Mayflower Descendants


Pilgrim Edward Doty Society genealogy