James Brown (Y-DNA)
Contents
Status summary
Completed as of October 6, 2020:
- Recruiting additional descendants of James Brown for further SNP testing - anyone interested in submitting their DNA for testing should contact Raymond T. Wing (email: wing.genealogist AT gmail DOT com)
- Predicted to fall under R-L2 based on 111 STR marker test of a descendant.
Still to do as of October 6, 2020
- NGS/WGS test for subclade under R-L2.
Biography
Parentage of James Browne
John Brown(e)[1] was born about 1591[2] and died at Rehoboth 10 Apr 1662.[3] He married by about 1616[4] to Dorothy _____ who died at Swansea 27 Jan 1673/4 "being the ninety and eighth year of her age or thereabouts"[5]. They had three children (daughter Mary and sons James & John).
First Generation
James Brown was born before 1627Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag He lived in Barnstable his entire life where he married Sarah Cobb 27 Dec 1686[6] and he died in 1723[7] after leaving a will dated 31 Aug 1722[8] His widow died 8 Jan 1742/3.[9]
Samuel and Sarah had four daughters and seven sons: Thomas, Samuel, John, Joseph, Jacob, Seth & Benjamin.
John Chipman was the youngest son of John & Hope. He was born at Barnstable 3 Mar 1670/1[10] He was married three times. He first married Mary Skiffe either at Barnstable or Sandwich[11] about 1691.[12] Mary died at Sandwich 12 Mar 1711.[13] John next married Elizabeth Handley, widow successivley of Thomas Pope and William Russell about 1715.[14] She died 29 Jan 1725/6.[15] His final marriage was to Hannah Hoxie (likely a widow) of Rhode Island, who died 21 Feb 1747.[16] Moved to Rhode Island after 1727 and died at Newport, RI 4 Jan 1756.[17] John had a total of five daughters and seven sons: John (died in infancy), James, John, Perez, Stephen (only had 1 daughter so no living Y-DNA line), Ebenezer, & (by second wife) Handley.[18]
References
- ↑ Anderson, The Great Migration I:420-429
- ↑ based on estimated date of marriage.
- ↑ Published Rehoboth VRs p. 804
- ↑ The Great Migration I:426
- ↑ Published Swansea VRs, p. 26
- ↑ Ibid. Marriage is below record of parents family.
- ↑ transcription of gravestone, West Barnstable Cemetery
- ↑ probate copy of will proved 17 Jun 1723
- ↑ gravestone, West Barnstable Cemetery
- ↑ See birth record for brother Samuel (above).
- ↑ Mary was from Sandwich and the family settled there after marriage.
- ↑ Chipman Family (1920) First child born 1692.
- ↑ ibid.
- ↑ ibid.
- ↑ gravestone Acushnet Cemetery, Dartmouth (now Acushnet) surname Chapman.
- ↑ Chipman Family (1920) p. 16
- ↑ gravestone, Common Burying Ground, Newport
- ↑ Chipman Family (1920), p. 16. Some records state he also had a son Benjamin by his second wife.
Previous Y-DNA testing R-P312>>U152>L2
37 Y-STR marker testing of one Chipman descendant give a predicted haplogroup of I-M223. NGS/WGS testing still needs to be done to determine where the family falls under I-M223.
