Anabaptist Meyer Family R1a Haplogroup
Location: [unknown]
Surnames/tags: Meyer Myers Moyer
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R1a Cluster
This is the largest y-DNA matched cluster identified within the Baschi Project. At December 2023, the family appears to comprise the immigrants :
- Hans (1666-1722) of Conestoga, Lancaster
- Martin (1695-1754) of Manheim, Lancaster
- Ulrich (1668-1741) of New Providence, Montgomery
- Christian (c.1676-1751) of Franconia, Montgomery
A number of testers have upgraded to Big Y, and results indicate that the family comprises two main branches separating in the 17th century, one carrying the parent BY56978 haplogroup and the other carrying the BY67620 haplogroup.[1]
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| Y-DNA matched descendant lines for R1a haplogroup Anabaptist Meyer family |
Of the four immigrants identified here, earlier researchers had hypothesised that Hans (1666-1722), Ulrich (1668-1741) and Christian (1676-1751) were related (and were descendants of Baschi Meyer b.c.1600), but that Martin (1695-1754) was from a different family originating in Birmensdorf.[2][3] These family structures evidently need to be reconsidered.
Unplaced matches
A number of other testers appear in the same y-DNA matched cluster in the R1a haplogroup, but their Meyer ancestors can not yet be definitively linked to any of the known Meyer immigrants. These ancestors include :
On the R-BY56978 branch :
- Jonathan (c.1756-1825) of Washington, MD
- Abraham (c.1754-1825) of SC, OH and KY
On the R-BY67620 branch :
- Abraham (c.1730-1791). Abraham is popularly believed to be the grandson of the immigrant Hans (1666-1722) of Conestoga, Lancaster, but this can not be the case since they appear on different branches of the tree.
- Jacob (1787-1862). Jacob is often recorded in online trees as being the son of Nicholas Meyer of Adams, PA, but this can not be the case since descendants of Nicholas's family test in a completely different haplogroup.
- John (c.1785-1863) of Carroll, IN.
- Abraham (c.1776-1821) of Harrison, WV. Descendants of Abraham have the haplogroup R-FTD9531, which formed c.1700 from R-BY67620.
Origins
See here for a discussion of the possible origins of this family.
Sources
- ↑ FamilyTreeDNA Myers Surname DNA Project (R1a Haplogroup #01).
- ↑ Best, Jane Evans (1998). "Meyer Families Update", Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, pp.31-36, April 1998.
Identifiers :- MC13 : Hans Mier (1665-1722)
- ?MC41 : Ulrich Moyer (1668-1741)
- ?MC42 : Christian Mayer (1672-1751)
- ?MA152 : Martin Meyer (1695-1752)
- ↑ Davis, Richard Warren (1995) Emigrants, Refugees and Prisoners Vol. 2
Identifiers :- 13 (p.294) : Hans Mayer (166-1722)
- 41 (p.304) : Ulrich Moyer (1668-1741)
- 42 (p.306) : Christian Meyer (1672-1751)
- 411 (p.280) : Martin Mayer (1695-1754)
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