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A DF41+ Stevens/Stephens Group
I belong to a Stevens/Stephens family group that has tested DF41+ (P312>L21>DF13>DF41) and is part of a haplotype cluster with the following distinctive marker values: 390=23; 385=11-11; 447<=24; 464b=16; 534<=14; 413a<=22. The following values are also usually found in the cluster but not always: 458=16 and 439<=11.
I have done the most dna testing of anyone in my family group, with 111 STR markers and pretty extensive SNP testing. My two sons have also tested, the eldest to 37 markers and the youngest to 67. My father has tested thus far only to 12 markers, but he has a Geno 2.0 test in the works with the results due very soon (the test is 80% compete). A second cousin once removed (i.e., my dad's second cousin) has tested to 37 markers and is a match for the rest of us. He and I share the same second great grandfather, James Holmes Stevens, born 31 Dec 1835 in Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
My particular y-dna line descends from my 3rd great grandfather, Auguston Stevens, born 05 Feb 1804 in Wheeling, West Virginia, which was part of Virginia back then, since the state of West Virginia did not yet exist.
In addition to these known family members, I have a couple of matches at 111 markers and two at 37 markers with men who bear the surname:
Stephens, kit 208061 - 107/111 (MDKA born 1798 in Caswell County, North Carolina) - My closest 111-marker match.
Stevens, kit 212967 - 106/111 (MDKA born 1827 in Indiana) - My next closest 111-marker match.
Stevens, kit 312416 - 35/37 (MDKA born 1798 in Maryland)
Stevens, kit 191492 - 34/37 (MDKA born in 1795 in Pennsylvania)
These last four, although they are almost certainly relatives within genealogical time, cannot be connected up to my y-dna line in terms of a paper trail. The first two, kits 208061 and 212967, have both tested DF41+.
What we really need is a Stevens/Stephens with a solid paper trail to the Old Country or one that would at least make clear our family connections. In the meantime, we have the following non-surname matches that would seem to indicate that our immigrant ancestor possibly came from Wales or nearby in western England:
Samuel, kit N104746 - 105/111 (MDKA born c. 1670 in Llanafan-fawr, Wales)
Webb, kit 163684 - 103/111 (MDKA born 1700 in New Jersey)
Beddoes, kit # unknown - 65/67 (MDKA not given, but Beddoes himself was born in Worcester, England, and told me his family was from Shropshire)
Price, kit 28470 - 60/67 (MDKA born 1730 in Virginia)
The surnames Samuel, Beddoes, and Price are Welsh. Webb is an English surname, but common in Shropshire on the Welsh border. Stevens/Stephens can also be a Welsh surname, but it is found in England, Scotland, and Ireland, as well. It is very common in Cornwall.
As you can see, the only matches I have with a traceable connection to the Old Country are Samuel and Beddoes. Both surnames are Welsh. Samuel has a solid paper trail to Wales. Beddoes was born in Worcester but says his family is from Shropshire, both locations very near the Welsh border.
I have done the most dna testing of anyone in my family group, with 111 STR markers and pretty extensive SNP testing. My two sons have also tested, the eldest to 37 markers and the youngest to 67. My father has tested thus far only to 12 markers, but he has a Geno 2.0 test in the works with the results due very soon (the test is 80% compete). A second cousin once removed (i.e., my dad's second cousin) has tested to 37 markers and is a match for the rest of us. He and I share the same second great grandfather, James Holmes Stevens, born 31 Dec 1835 in Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
My particular y-dna line descends from my 3rd great grandfather, Auguston Stevens, born 05 Feb 1804 in Wheeling, West Virginia, which was part of Virginia back then, since the state of West Virginia did not yet exist.
In addition to these known family members, I have a couple of matches at 111 markers and two at 37 markers with men who bear the surname:
Stephens, kit 208061 - 107/111 (MDKA born 1798 in Caswell County, North Carolina) - My closest 111-marker match.
Stevens, kit 212967 - 106/111 (MDKA born 1827 in Indiana) - My next closest 111-marker match.
Stevens, kit 312416 - 35/37 (MDKA born 1798 in Maryland)
Stevens, kit 191492 - 34/37 (MDKA born in 1795 in Pennsylvania)
These last four, although they are almost certainly relatives within genealogical time, cannot be connected up to my y-dna line in terms of a paper trail. The first two, kits 208061 and 212967, have both tested DF41+.
What we really need is a Stevens/Stephens with a solid paper trail to the Old Country or one that would at least make clear our family connections. In the meantime, we have the following non-surname matches that would seem to indicate that our immigrant ancestor possibly came from Wales or nearby in western England:
Samuel, kit N104746 - 105/111 (MDKA born c. 1670 in Llanafan-fawr, Wales)
Webb, kit 163684 - 103/111 (MDKA born 1700 in New Jersey)
Beddoes, kit # unknown - 65/67 (MDKA not given, but Beddoes himself was born in Worcester, England, and told me his family was from Shropshire)
Price, kit 28470 - 60/67 (MDKA born 1730 in Virginia)
The surnames Samuel, Beddoes, and Price are Welsh. Webb is an English surname, but common in Shropshire on the Welsh border. Stevens/Stephens can also be a Welsh surname, but it is found in England, Scotland, and Ireland, as well. It is very common in Cornwall.
As you can see, the only matches I have with a traceable connection to the Old Country are Samuel and Beddoes. Both surnames are Welsh. Samuel has a solid paper trail to Wales. Beddoes was born in Worcester but says his family is from Shropshire, both locations very near the Welsh border.
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