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

Edward married second (his surname given as Doten) at Plymouth, 6 Jan 1634/5 Faith Clarke.[5]. Edward died at Plymouth 23 Aug 1655.[6] Edward and Faith had nine children; three daughters and six sons (Edward, John, Thomas, Samuel, Isaac & Joseph).

Second Generation

Edward Doty (II) was born about 1637 (eldest son in father's will) and died Plymouth 8 Feb 1690. He married Plymouth 26 Feb 1662/3 Sarah Faunce.[7] and they had eleven children; seven daughters and four sons (Edward, John, Samuel, Benjamin)

Thomas Doty was born about 1640. He married twice, first to Mary Churchill bef 1675 (he had an illegitimate daughter by her in 1672) They only had one other daughter. His second wife (married by 1679) was Mary _____. By this second marriage, he had one son, Thomas.

John Doty was born about 1642. He married twice. His first wife was Elizabeth Cooke (first child born Plymouth 24 Aug 1668[8]). He married second, Plymouth 22 Nov 1694 to Sarah Jones. John Doty and first wife Elizabeth Cooke had nine children (surnamed Doten); two daughters and seven sons (John, Edward, Jacob, Isaac, Samuel, Elisha & Josiah). John Doty and second wife Sarah Jones had three daughters (surnamed Doten).

Samuel Doty was born in 1643. He married at Piscataway, NJ 13 Nov 1678 to Jane Harman. Samuel died between 18 Sep - 9 Nov 1715 at Piscataway, NJ. Samuel Doty and Jane Harman had thirteen children; three daughters and ten sons (Samuel, Isaac, Edward, James, John, Jonathan, Benjamin, Joseph, Daniel & Nathaniel)

Isaac Doty was born 8 Feb 1647/8.[9] He married by 1673 Elizabeth Wood. He died in 1678 at Oyster Bay, Long Island (New York). Isaac Doty and Elizabeth England had six sons (Isaac, Joseph, Jacob, Solomon, Samuel & James)

Joseph Doty was born 30 Apr 1651.[10] He married in the summer of 1674 to Deborah Ellis.[11] Joseph was accused of being the father of the unborn child of Elizabeth Warren on 27 Oct 1674.[12] Joseph Doty and Deborah Ellis had nine children; five daughters and four sons (Theophilus, Ellis, Joseph & John)


  1. 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.
  2. 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)
  3. 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.
  4. Roser's Mayflower Passenger Reference states she may have died in the 1633 infection of the Colony.
  5. Plymouth Colony Records 1:32 and published Plymouth VRs:652
  6. Plymouth Colony Records 8:17 and published Plymouth VRs:662
  7. Plymouth Colony Records 8:23
  8. Plymouth published VRs, p. 5
  9. Plymouth Colony Records 8:5
  10. Plymouth Colony Records 8:12
  11. Joseph married twice more, but had no children by his other wives.
  12. Plymouth Colony Records 5:156

DNA Results FT78842

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 R-L21>DF13>ZZ10_1>Z16423>Z255>L159.2>Z16429>Z16433>A1248>A1245>A1254>FT78842[3].


  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

Lines DNA tested

Some members of the Doty Surname Project have identified their lineages. These lines are:

 Edward1 (b1599-1656)
   Isaac2 (1649-1728)
     Jacob3 (b1683-    )
       Joseph4
         Orm____5
           Peter6
             Silvanus7
               Elmer8
                 DeF______9
                   Charles10
                     Charles11
   Joseph2 (1651-1734)
     Ellis3 (1677-c1728)
       Edward4 (1705-    )
         Zurishaddai5 (1731-    )
           Ezra6 (1760-1840)
             Nathan7 (1796-1884)
               Edwin Faxon8 (1824-1894)
                 Charles Lewis9 (1850-    )
                   Frederick Lewis10 (1882-    )
                     Robert Gordon11 (1916-    )

References and External links

  • Doty, Ethan Allen, The Doty-Doten Family in America Brooklyn, NY 1897 (contains some records from primary documents now lost)
  • 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 Mayflower Migration: Immigrants to Plymouth, 1620 New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA 2020, pp. 73-79
  • Hill, Peter B., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: vol. 11 Family of Edward Doty part I (descendants of Edward & John) 1996, rev. 2009; part II (Thomas, Samuel, Desire & Elizabeth), 1996; part III (Isaac, Joseph & Mary), 2000. Plymouth, General Society of Mayflower Descendants