I am listing my DNA results used to determine ancestry. This is
becoming a more common technology in searching patterns when paper records are
not available. Of course I was interested in the Native American connection in
our family and Catherine Butler. According to the oral history that I got from
Cleo Strong, my Dad's sister, Catherine was the daughter of a Maidu woman and a Spanish raider whose
group killed the males in the tribe and kidnapped the women. We have found records
of Catherine (Brown?) and her marriage to James Butler in Mariposa, CA in
September 1867. Of course, 5 of their 6 children had been born by that time but
the Catholic Church wasn’t built until about then so I am assuming that James,
being Catholic, wanted to be married in the Church. Edward, Agnes’ father, was
born in 1866 and died in Edwall in 1890 of TB. We found his grave as well as
his father’s in Sprague WA. Catherine was not listed but I spoke with the
historian at the Catholic Church and Catherine is listed there as buried next to
James, so we have added her name to the gravestone.
I have been exchanging information
with the Moomaw family who have also been researching the Butler family. Ellen
Butler, the eldest child in the family, married Samuel Truman Moomaw in
Pendleton Or in 1881, on their way to Edwall. We were both interested in the
Native American ancestry and submitted our DNA for analysis. The results for
both of us was a bit surprising in that we had twice as much native American
DNA than expected. This confirms that Catherine was actually 100% Native and
that her father was a Native. I suspect that he was part of the Spanish raiding
party. I expected that I was 1/32 Native American but these results put me at
1/16.There is
an error rate of 0.56%. Ted Moomaw also was
more than expected.
The other information of interest is
that the tribal origin seems to be Mayan (Ted got the same result). It may be
that Catherine’s tribe migrated north over time and came from either central
America or Columbia as suggested from the attached map. The Middle East result
was another surprise but there seems to be a high percentage of people in the
studies who have this admixture and, of course, we all come from this part of
the world if you go back far enough.
Having now documented the Strong lineage back to England through Elder John Strong, the first Strong in the Americas in 1630.
Having now documented the Strong lineage back to England through Elder John Strong, the first Strong in the Americas in 1630.
" John Strong (Elder) born
in Taunton, England in 1605 whence he removed to London afterwards to
Plymouth.Having strong Puritan sympathies he sailed from Plymouth for the New
World Mar 20 1630 in company with 140 persons, in the ship Mary & John, and
arrived at Nantucket, Massachussetts (Hull) after a passage of 70 days (Sunday,
May 30, 1630). After searching for a suitable place in which to settle,
they decided upon the spot which they called Dorechester from their dear home
in England, which many of them had left. In 1635 after having assisted in
founding and developing the town of Dorchester, John Strong removed to Hingham,
Mass and in 1636 took the freeman's oath at Boston. From there he removed to
Taunton, and Plymouth, after which he was appointed one to settle Windsor,
Connecticut. In 1659 he removed to Northampton, Mass.. Here he lived forty
years and was a leading man in the affairs of town and church. He was a tanner
by trade and a prosperous business man, His tannery was located in what is now
the Southwest Corner of Market and Main Streets.
In
1630 he married (2nd marriage) Abigail Ford of Dorchester with whom he lived 58
years. She died the mother of 16 children, aged 80. He died April
14, 1699 aged 94. He had up to the time of his death 160 descendants. 18
children, 15 of whom had families. 114 grandchildren and 33 great
grandchildren."
Below are my DNA results
Continent (Subcontinent)
|
Population
|
Percentage
|
Margin of Error
|
Europe (Western European)
|
Orcadian
|
82.67%
|
±2.65%
|
Native American
|
Columbian, Mayan
|
8.00%
|
±0.56%
|
Middle East
|
Druze, Iranian, Jewish,
Palestinian, Adygei, Bedouin, Bedouin South
|
9.34%
|
±2.97%
|
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