Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2014 12:53:54 -0230 (NDT)
From: David Pike 
To: pike-dna-l@rootsweb.com
Subject: Two more results, and a birthday



Hi everybody.

I want to start this message by pointing out that today (27 July 2014) is 
our project's tenth anniversary.  We've come a long way since we began in 
2004, as we now have nearly 200 Y-DNA test results from Pikes living in at 
least twelve countries.  We have also been able to identify twenty 
distinct genetic clusters of Pikes/Pykes/McPikes.  Our work isn't yet done 
though, as there are many Pike families out there who remain to get 
involved, so let's hope that our next ten years will be as exciting and 
rewarding as the past ten.

Below are some details regarding two recent test results.



Christopher (kit 335231) traces his Pike line back to a Jacob Pike who 
lived in Claiborne County, Tennessee, where he was married in 1846.  One 
of the few clues regarding Jacob's parents is that the 1880 US census 
states that they were born in Virginia.

Christopher tested 37 markers and was found to be a perfect match with a 
member of our project's "Group 1" cluster.  In particular, Christopher is 
in the portion of "Group 1" that has a value of 24 for the second marker. 
This is consistent with the descendants of Samuel Pike who settled in 
Pasquotank County, North Carolina in the 1680s or 1690s.  While it is 
premature to conclude that Christopher descends from Samuel, this is now 
the leading theory regarding Christopher's ancestry.



Stephen (kit 343554) is able to trace his Pike ancestry back to a Joseph 
Pike who was born in 1856 at New Harbour, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland. 
Joseph's father was named George, and his mother is thought to have been 
Hannah Thorn.  Unfortunately some of the local church records were 
destroyed by fire long ago and we are unable to be certain about just who 
Joseph's parents and grandparents were.

Having tested 37 markers, Stephen has a perfect match with a member of our 
project's "Group 20", which (with Stephen's addition) now has three 
members in it, all with ancestry from New Harbour.  My suspicion about 
where this family might have originated prior to being in Newfoundland is 
that they likely came from Christchurch in Hampshire.  Key to this theory 
is that there was a George Pick from Christchurch who married at Trinity 
(on the other side of Trinity Bay) in 1794 and whose family appears to 
have migrated from Trinity to British Harbour to New Harbour while at the 
same time having their surname spelled as Pick, Peck and ultimately Pike.

As for Pikes at Christchurch, there was a prominent Pike family there in 
the 1700s, descendants of which can be found today in England, Australia 
and New Zealand.  I'm hoping that in time we will be able to get their 
family represented in our project so that we can compare their genetic 
profile with those of our "Group 20".

- David.