Origin of the Markhams and Marcums This is a description of the history and origin of my Markham and Marcum ancestral lines done with the help of Y DNA.
My Parents:
My Paternal Grandmother’s Marcum Family:
My Maternal Hughes Family:
Grandparents:
Great Grandparents:
2nd Great Grandparents:
3rd Great Grandparents:
4th Great Grandparents:
5th Great Grandparents:
6th Great Grandparents:
7th Great Grandparents:
Powder Horn Story. This is the story about the hunt for my 4th Great Grandfather’s Revolutionary War powder horn. Link: Benjamin Markham’s Powder Horn Story
Markham Dictionary. This is an informal dictionary of terms we have come across in our research. It is an ongoing work in progress, we add to it periodically. It’s a Word doc, if it doesn’t open automatically, you can save it to your device then open it. Link: Markham Transcriptions Dictionary
Markham Y DNA Story. Another Word document, this is the story of the Markham Y DNA, which is the paternal line (only males have Y DNA, it is passed from father to son), back to the beginning of humankind. My specific Y DNA group is called Isles B1. It starts with the general haplogroup I, then breaks down through several subgroups as I2a1a > P37 > M423 > L161 > S2639 > L1498 > Isles B1. Isles B1 is a subgroup of each of the proceeding group levels. Deacon Dan’s Y DNA would have been Isles B1, it was passed down nine generations to me. This paper was written by Jack Danel, who put a tremendous amount of time and research into it. I am very grateful to him. To find the story of my Markham paternal line back to the beginning of humankind is truly amazing. Link: Markham Y DNA Story