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While Thomas Rogers of the Mayflower had two sons who both lived in Plymouth Colony, the younger son, John (1606-1692) has no surviving patrilineal (Y-DNA) descendants. Thus, this project in effect traces the patrilineal descendants of Thomas' eldest son, Joseph (1602/3-1677/8). Joseph Rogers had four sons who married, but the eldest: Joseph (1635-1660) had no children and we currently do not know if there is any surviving patrilineal descendants for Thomas (1638-1678). We do have Big Y results for descendants of Joseph's other two sons: John (1642-1714) and James (1648-1678).
All patrilineal descendants of Joseph Rogers who have taken the Big Y test have been found to fall under the R-FGC59523 clade. According to https://discover.familytreedna.com/y-dna/R-FGC59523/scientific?section=variants this clade is currently comprised of five SNPs and the clade is estimated to have formed about 1441 C.E. We know Joseph Rogers and all of his patrilineal descendants would be positive for all of these SNPs (as well as all of the SNPs belonging to the parent clades), but we currently do not know whether Joseph's father Thomas was positive for all of the SNPs in the FGC59523 clade.
As more individuals take the Big Y-700 test, we are able to discover subclades below the FGC59523 clade. For instance we know John Rogers (1642-1714) must have been the first individual with the FGC59541 mutation. In addition descendants of (Col.) James[4] (James[3], James[2], Joseph[1]) have tested positive for FGC59523>FTA36182. Descendants of John[2] (Joseph[1]) have two different subclades with descendants of Ebenezer[4] (John[3], John[2], Joseph[1]) testing positve for FGC59523>FGC59541>FT260099 where descendants of Moses[4] (Eleazer[3], John[2], Joseph[1]) test positive for FGC59523>FGC59541>FGC59531.
We currently cannot pinpoint exactly when some of these mutations occcurred, but we can say the FTA36182 mutation occurred either within James[2] James[3] or (Col.) James[4]. The FT260099 mutation occurred either within John[3] or John[2] while the FGCC59531 mutation occurred either within Moses[4] or Eleazer[3]. As more individuals test, we will find additional subclades as well as possibly identify the individual who first had these mutations.
All patrilineal descendants of Joseph Rogers who have taken the Big Y test have been found to fall under the R-FGC59523 clade. According to https://discover.familytreedna.com/y-dna/R-FGC59523/scientific?section=variants this clade is currently comprised of five SNPs and the clade is estimated to have formed about 1441 C.E. We know Joseph Rogers and all of his patrilineal descendants would be positive for all of these SNPs (as well as all of the SNPs belonging to the parent clades), but we currently do not know whether Joseph's father Thomas was positive for all of the SNPs in the FGC59523 clade.
As more individuals take the Big Y-700 test, we are able to discover subclades below the FGC59523 clade. For instance we know John Rogers (1642-1714) must have been the first individual with the FGC59541 mutation. In addition descendants of (Col.) James[4] (James[3], James[2], Joseph[1]) have tested positive for FGC59523>FTA36182. Descendants of John[2] (Joseph[1]) have two different subclades with descendants of Ebenezer[4] (John[3], John[2], Joseph[1]) testing positve for FGC59523>FGC59541>FT260099 where descendants of Moses[4] (Eleazer[3], John[2], Joseph[1]) test positive for FGC59523>FGC59541>FGC59531.
We currently cannot pinpoint exactly when some of these mutations occcurred, but we can say the FTA36182 mutation occurred either within James[2] James[3] or (Col.) James[4]. The FT260099 mutation occurred either within John[3] or John[2] while the FGCC59531 mutation occurred either within Moses[4] or Eleazer[3]. As more individuals test, we will find additional subclades as well as possibly identify the individual who first had these mutations.