Date: 1 Jan 2001 [unknown]
Location: worldwide

Contents 1 Introduction 2 Resources 3 Description 4 Lineages

Introduction

This is a DNA Group Project for ALL Hatcher families. The lineages listed here are associated with the Hatcher Group Project at FamilyTreeDNA.com. Please contact the Group Administrator there for more information or reach out to William Watson-19068 or Bill Schultz-2165 through their profiles here at WikiTree. The Y-DNA project got its first results in early 2001, some of the earliest at FTDNA for any project.

This DNA project is assocaited with the Hatcher one-Name Study which has information on other Hatcher research efforts. Visit that page here: Space:Hatcher_Name_Study

Resources

You can find out more about the project through the project page at FTDNA

You can view the public STR results at FTDNA, though they present something of an "eye chart".

The Hatcher Families Genealogy Association website has more information on Hatcher families generally, including

a Listing of the STR results organized by genealogy

You can find some basic background on DNA testing, including suggested steps for joining the project.

You may find something of interest in a page with a great number of links to information on DNA and DNA testing.

Description

This project is open to anyone worldwide, with the goal of defining and/or connecting the Hatcher families. We welcome all Hatcher descendants to join the project.

This project is coordinated with the Hatcher Family Genealogy Association, which has its own web site and genealogical database at https://HatcherFamilyAssn.com. On that site, you can find more details about the individuals and their families.

Lineages

(This is just a start. Several different families exist, with different Y-DNA patriarchs.)

• The Hatchers of Henrico County, Virginia with patriarch William Hatcher (1613-1680, Hatcher-46). This is the largest Hatcher family by far, with tens of thousands of descendants, and perhaps fifty sets of Y-DNA test results. You can see a listing of the DNA descendants of "William the Immigrant." and also at the Hatcher association site a diagram showing many of the early generations of his descendants in America and the Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms that have appears with his birth.

Other lines associated with this family include those from

Nancy Hatcher (1750-1820, Hatcher-421) was a descendant of William, above, and gave all her children her maiden name. She appears to have been married to James Milam, and he the father of her children. You can see a listing of Nancy's DNA descendants

John Hatcher (1767-1856, Hatcher-1100) appears to have been the son of a Chaney man and Sarah Hay (1737-1792, Hay-908). After the Chaney left the picture (presumably died), she married Jameston Hatcher, Jr. (1738-1818, Hatcher-419), and all her children by her first marriage got the Hatcher name.

• The Quaker / Dorset / Newfoundland Hatchers

These distinct families were initially connected by Y-DNA test results, and later records were discovered that show the connections. All appear to be descendants of John Crowter a.k.a. Hatcher (1555-1617, Hatcher-3710). You can see a diagram that shows how these families connect at the Hatcher association site. The Quaker and New Jersey Hatcher families appear to descend from William Hatcher, Sr. (1700-1781, Hatcher-36). He was born in Marnhull, Dorset, England, but emigrated to America some time before 1724. You can see a listing of William's DNA descendants

• The Waccamaw Hatchers with patriarch James Hatcher (Hatcher-572, needs some work to disentangle two different men). "Waccamaw John" was born about 1787 in South Carolina. Y_DNA test results show connections to men with the Lankford surname, and an ancestor shared with them born about 1650 CE. You can see a listing of his DNA descendants
  
• The English Hatchers from Somerset are descendants of Richard Hatcher, born about 1730 in Somerset, England. Many of his descendants can be found in South Africa.
• The English Hatchers from Kent have perfect Y-STR DNA matches to each other, but not all have documented connections. Many are descendants of John Hatcher, born about 1794 in Chart Sutton, Kent (Hatcher-3381).