The Williams DNA Project was established in January 2003 with the purpose of gaining a better understanding of all the various Williams lineages in the world. Hardly a family can say they don't have a Williams line in their ancestry. This project has proven very successful in helping many researchers prove and disprove their genealogies. Could it help you?
Latest News and DNA Results -
September 23, 2010
It's incredible how fast time moves the older you get. Of course having an incredibly busy personal life seems to speed it up even more. I am currently working on getting some help with the project...and it seems every time I start working on that, something else jumps in the way but at least the results are current now!!
I've just finished updating all the latest results that have come in over the last few months. It's been a busy one for our project. Our project continues to grow by leaps and bounds. We are now up to an amazing 770 participants and 104 matched groups...simply INCREDIBLE! Just in this update alone, we've seen the creation of nine new groups. And, I'm anticipating another large update here in the near future. If you haven't been matched and are only tested to 12 markers, I can't stress how important upgrades can be in identifying accurate matches...especially for the folks who have only tested 12 markers. If possible please consider upgrading your test!!!
I'm hoping to have some time in the near future to take care of a couple housekeeping items. One is to put some guards in place to prevent the bot activity on the forums and in the lineages underway section...it's about to drive me nuts. Also, I'm going to take a hard look at what I need to do to the results table to display all 67 markers instead of just limiting it to 37. No promises on when but know that these items are definitely on my radar!
I am also interested in in any feedback that anyone may have regarding the format. Please let me know if this works or if you have an idea on how to improve it. Contact me at stickamw@earthlink.net. And again, if you are able, please consider donating to the fund.
Current Statistics:
Date of Last Update: 03 Jan 2012
Number of Participants: 885
Number of Unique Families: 236
Number of Matched Groups: 109
Number of Kits Not Yet Returned: 46
Legend:
In the table, there are a number of features. First, click on any of the
underlined participant or group names to access their pedigree information. Clicking on the underlined kit number
will allow you to email the owner of that kit! If there is a "Y" in the column entitled "Web",
it means that this participant has a website and you can access it by clicking on the "Y". The DYS numbers in
red are considered fast mutating markers. Finally, Haplogroups that have been confimed by SNP testing are in
bold green text.
Matched Group Results:
This first page of
information details the results for all of the projects matched groups. All of these groups have been
identified by carefuly analysis of all available data including, number of markers tested, number of
mismatches, which markers were mismatched and existing genealogies. Except in rare occasions, once a
matched group is identified, they are assigned a permanent group number and are referred to in the
future by that number.
Note to IE7 Users! - There is a known issue with using Internet Explorer v7 with the matched group
and no match group scrolling tables. I am working on getting a solution for this and during the interim,
you have a couple of possible options. First, these tables have been tested using other browsers and
works fine in IE6 and Firefox. The other is to use the printable results table. This works fine in the IE7
browser but doesn't have the scrolling table feature...it basically creates one very long page. I appreciate
you patience!! - adrian
Group 2 – Our family starts with an unkn Williams father and sons Isaac, John, Ambrose, James & Hardin. We are presently trying to connect Sherrod 1776 & Philip E. 1792 of Franklin County, TN & the unknown ancestors Davis 1764, James 1806 & Joseph 1829 of the South Carolina matching DNA participants.
Ambrose abt 1725 seems to be the most documentated with 8 generations, then James abt 1730. Philip "Buckspike" 1756 is part of this group.The family names Ambrose, Hardin, Philip, Sherrod & Davis seem to appear in each generation, several times. Sgt. Alvin York married into this Williams family.
* My Family Sherrod Williams site by invitation only*
Rootsweb DNA tree at:
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=tenennesse
Group 3 - Thomas Barnes and Hannah (Pinson Williams circa abt 1790 South Carolina.
The participants in Group 3 descend from three different sons of Thomas Barnes and Hannah (Pinson) Williams. Thomas B. (sometimes known as Barney) was born in South Carolina abt 1790 and the first known records of him show up early in Laurens Co about 1813. In abt 1831 Thomas B., Hannah and their children emigrated to Carroll Co., GA. Many of the descendants stayed there but many spread on into Alabama, Mississippi and beyond. For more information see the following: http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~devore/williams/williams1.htm
Group 5 is one of our most challenging groups to date. Not only are these participants blessed with the 3rd most common surname in the US, they also have one of the most common y-DNA signatures in the R1b Haplogroup. And, a couple of these participants have what is called the Western Atlantic Modal Haplotype. The Western Atlantic Modal Haplotype is THE most common Y-DNA signature of Europe?s most common Haplogroup, R1b. Simply put their ancestors have experienced a dramatic population explosion over the past 10,000 years and did more than their ?fair share? in populating Western Europe. Because they share both an incredibly common surname AND a very common Haplogroup, the 12-marker testing isn't sufficient in identifying matches. So, this is a sort of "holding area" for them until we have more information from either the 25 or 37 marker tests.
Group 6 The earliest ancestor for this group is an Unknown Williams. Two participants (Robert and Albert) to this Unknown Williams are descendants through son Nathanial b. 1794 NC; d. 1834 Monroe Co., MS. He married Lucy Mallory 3-9-1816 in Madison Co., AL-MS Territory. Lucy was the daughter of John and Lucy Southerland Mallory, b. 1798 GA; d. 1829 near Amory, Monroe Co., MS. North Carolina was also the earliest recorded record for participant (Joel) with his ancestor Joseph b. ca 1778, NC; d. Bet. 1860 and 1870, Fayette Co., AL; m. Rebecca Unknown b. ca 1780 NC; d. Bet. 1860 and 1870, Fayette Co., AL. Ron and James G. noted their earliest ancestors as born in GA. Ron has a recorded earliest ancestor Elisha b. 1809 MS; d. Abt. 1860 Polk Co., TX m. Martha Richard in TX. James G. reports James W. b. ca. 1824, GA; d. 30 Dec 1893, LA m. Elizabeth R. Baker. It is noted the migrations of these families were along the southern states and more points west such as TX, NM, and CA.
Group 7 has a couple of very interesting points. The strong marker matching confirms that the three are related. Also, there is a very rare 3-step mutation on a DYS 385b, however, the rest of the markers are right on (with the exception of DY b which is expected to be different.) Adrian's family migration path begins in Surry Co., VA with Roger Williams (1638) then to Bertie Co., NC then finally Chatham Co., NC. Documentation indicates that Walt's ancestor, Jeptha Williams (1775) also came from NC (his wife appears to be from Chatham) but no obvious documented match has been found yet. Jim's family lines hit a wall ca. 1777 in SC with their ancestor Theophilus Williams. The name Theophilus was primarily used by the Arthur & John Williams families who also immigrated to IOW & Surry Co.'s VA and who later moved to Bertie Co., NC. This group is actively looking for descendants from this family to see if there is a connection. Haskel appears to be tied to Walter's kin. Finally, the latest member of the group, Kenneth, is a documented descendant of the brother Adrian's 5th g-grandad. Interestingly, Kenneth doesn't have the same 3-step mutation on 385b that Adrian does, meaning that this mutation is fairly recent in Adrian's lineage only.
Group 8 - Oldest known ancestor of participants is Charles Williams d 1692 Charles City, VA; had sons William and Charles. At least five participants are known DNA descendants of his son William (d 1717 Prince George, VA) through his son Charles (d 1752 Brunswick, VA) and three of Charles's sons (Thomas d 1754 Brunswick VA, William d c 1805 and Jones d 1807, both in Rutherford NC). Two others in DNA Group 8 descend from William, b 1760 Ft Pitt PA but moved to VA in 1762; later to Bourbon, KY (1795) and Preble, OH, through son Absalom (d 1868 Madison, IN); no connector has been found to either of Charles d 1692's sons thus far. Others in DNA group show earliest ancestors born as early as 1763, 1772 and 1803 in parts of NC; 1776 and 1800 in VA; or 1818 in TN. Other participants' earliest descendants are as late as 1864 (KY) and 1856 (FL), with descendants in KS, TX, MO, IN, KY and GA. Brunswick Co. VA seems to be an important location for many of this group's ancestors. For complete trees, go to our blog at http://williamseekers.blogspot.com/. Group 8 Coordinator – Judith.
Group 9
This is based on the pedigrees submitted and the sharing of information within Group 9 to affirm connection to this Williams Family. The Most Common Ancestor in America is suspected to have been from the descendancy of John Williams who married Ann Whitley on Feb 21 1669 in IOW, Halifax County, VA.
John had eight sons: Theophius (b. 1689-90),– died early; John Junior (b. 1673), m. Margaret and/or Ann Jones (possibly other wives, one with surname Sanders) ; William (b ca 1676) m. Mary Moore; Thomas (b ca 1678) m. Susannah Crews; Jonathan (b. 24 Jan 1679), m. Unknown ; Nicholas H. (b 1687) m. Ann Lewis; and Capt. Richard Williams (b. well bef 1710- his marriage date) m. Sarah Daughtry (Daugherty or Daughtrey).
Some of the descendants migrated from VA to NC (Bertie and Chowan Counties, possibly Martin and Nash) and some to So. Carolina, with others going on to Tennessee. From there they scattered to MO, KY, LA, GA, AL, AK, IL and eventually to Texas and beyond.
There are many in this group that have documented early ancestors in America with some of the earliest as: Britton b. ca. 1741 SC d. 8 Apr 1781 and wife Elizabeth as well as William Micajai Williams b. ca 1740 and purportedly his father Capt. Micajai Williams being born in England in 1715. Another is Isaac b. ca. 1663 and d. ca 1707 in NC m. Martha (poss. Hodges). Additionally there is Elisha Williams b. 1746 (wife Sarah Josey) John b. 1781 and d. 1833 who m. Rachel England as well as Daniel Williams born ca 1790 and d. ca 1844 Haywood Co., NC m. Ellenor (Jenkins)
Of course expanding any or all members to a larger marker such as the 25-37can narrow the number of generations of relativity. One of our members is of African American descent and his family, though known only a few generations back, came from Natchez, Mississippi into Louisiana, just across the Mississippi. There are several members who have not submitted their pedigree as yet. Other members have known ancestors of later dates and are still in a state of discovery of their descendancy.
