Burgess Surname DNA Project

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Written by: Eric Burgess

 

I1-I4 Barnstable 

 

Two members of the Barnstable line have tested BigY, one from the line of Thomas Jr. and the other from his brother John Sr. both having lived in the 1600s. and are confirmed for SNP R-FGC54227 which is estimated to have arisen around 1550 CE. This is consistent with the known genealogy but does not shed any light on how the other ancestral families from Ontario, New Brunswick and New York families connect. The SNP block is rather large with 17 equivalents and has lots of potential for separating lines.  

 

Project members: 24
Terminal SNP: R-FGC54227

 

Ancestral Families:

Thomas Burgess of Barnstable Co. Massachussetts Terminal SNP: R-FGC54227
Benjamin Burgess of Saint John Co., New Brunswick, Canada Terminal SNP: Unknown
Thomas Burgess of York Co., Ontario, Canada Terminal SNP: Unknown
Josiah Burgess of Monroe Co., New York Terminal SNP: Unknown

 

 

 

Research Objectives:

 

1. Obtain a BigY result from a descendant of Jacob, the third branch.

2. Obtain a BigY result from each of the other ancestral families of New Brunswick, Ontario and New York. 

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