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The list below consists of the oldest identifiable forefathers of each of the participants in our project (more or less in the order that their descendants joined the project). For each patriarch, a list of the test kit numbers for each project member who is a descendant is provided. Most participants have provided details of their relationships to these patriarchs; you can examine these details by viewing each participant's paternal pedigree (just follow the links on the "Participants & Pedigrees" page).
A separate page is being maintained with details about various "Early Pike Lines", several of which are not yet represented in our project.
Patriarch #001
Participating Descendants:
David
23996
Name: | Thomas PIKE | ||
Birth: | |||
Marriage: | |||
Death: | Before April 1848 | location unknown, but probably Carbonear, Newfoundland | |
Spouse/Partner: | |||
Birth: | |||
Death: | |||
Remarks: |
Thomas is known to have had sons Henry and Moses, and is thought to have also had a son John.
Thomas' wife is believed to have been named Catherine, and that she was commonly
referred to as "Jersey Kitty".
The name of Thomas' father is known to be Thomas (but that's about all that is now known about him). It is strongly suspected that Thomas' forefathers resided in Poole, Dorset before settling in Newfoundland. For instance, it is known that in 1703 a Thomas Pike, mariner of Poole, left a will in preparation for sailing to Newfoundland; in his will he left property in Newfoundland to his sons John and Thomas. |
Patriarch #002
Participating Descendants:
Peggy/John
24697
Name: | John PIKE | ||
Birth: | About 1765 | North Carolina | |
Marriage: | unknown | North Carolina | |
Death: | After 1850 | Henderson County, Tennessee | |
Spouse/Partner: | unknown | ||
Birth: | |||
Death: | |||
Remarks: | John's children who stayed in Tennessee were John, Jacob, and Rhoda (who married William N FOWLER). Other children Samuel M, Hugh L, and Joseph all left Tennessee and moved to Panola County, Texas between 1845 and 1855. |
Patriarch #003
Participating Descendants:
Earl
28267,
Ronald
29676,
Dale
30937,
Roy
31483,
Allen
33139,
Ken
48887,
Jeffrey
57262,
Spencer
62105,
Roger
70909,
Gary
75905,
Richard
93897
Name: | John PIKE | ||
Birth: | October 1572 | South Hampton, Whiteparish, Wiltshire, England | |
Marriage: | 17 January 1612/13 | Whiteparish, Wiltshire, England | |
Death: | 26 May 1654 | Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts | |
Spouse/Partner: | Dorothy DAY | ||
Birth: | about 1592 | Boscombe, Wiltshire, England | |
Death: | between 16 August 1631 and 28 March 1632 | England | |
Remarks: |
John settled in Massachusetts in 1635.
He and Dorothy had 2 sons (named John and Robert)
and 3 daughters (Dorothy (who married Daniel Hendrick), Ann (called "Hannah", who married James Fisk), and Israel (who married Henry True)).
The book "The Family of John Pike of Newbury, Massachusetts - 1635-1995" by Allen R. Pike has plenty of information about John and his descendants. |
Patriarch #004
Participating Descendants:
Bryan
28606
Name: | Benjamin PIKE | ||
Birth: | August 1784 | Maine | |
Marriage: | 11 August 1811 | Newburyport, Massachusetts | |
Death: | |||
Spouse/Partner: | Abigail BENNETT | ||
Birth: | July 1794 | Exeter, New Hampshire | |
Death: | |||
Remarks: | Abigail is listed in the 1850 and 1870 census with her son Benjamin F Pike and family. The 1850 census also has an Edwin Pike in the household. |
Patriarch #005
Participating Descendants:
Thomas
24941
Name: | Thomas PIKE | ||
Birth: | Virginia | ||
Marriage: | |||
Death: | |||
Spouse/Partner: | Elizabeth MARKS | ||
Birth: | Kentucky | ||
Death: | |||
Remarks: |
Patriarch #006
Participating Descendants:
Philip
61275
Name: | William PIKE | ||
Birth: | unknown | ||
Marriage: | 04 December 1875 | Carbonear, Newfoundland | |
Death: | unknown | ||
Spouse/Partner: | Susannah MACLEAN | ||
Birth: | 1848 | Carbonear, Newfoundland | |
Death: | 06 June 1896 | Carbonear, Newfoundland | |
Remarks: | The identity of William's parents is not known. However, there is a connection with the family of Richard PIKE who married Sophia KNOWLTON on 26 May 1875. William and Richard's families are listed in a family Bible (page one, page two). |
Patriarch #007
Participating Descendants:
Margaret
32045
Name: | Joseph PIKE | ||
Birth: | about 1759/60 | ||
Marriage: | |||
Death: | 19 February 1842 | ||
Spouse/Partner: | Rebecca HAWKINS | ||
Birth: | 1763 | ||
Death: | 26 June 1817 | ||
Remarks: |
Joseph enlisted in the Revolutionary War from Hardwick, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
Joseph and Rebecca had 7 children between about 1790 and 1801:
Elisha (or Joseph Elisha), William, Robert, a daughter (Rachel?), Joel, Samuel, and Hiram.
Also resident in Hardwick at about the same time as Joseph was the family of one Elisha PIKE (who is believed to be descended from James PIKE of Charlestown and Reading, Massachusetts), but it is not known if Elisha and Joseph were related. |
Patriarch #008
Participating Descendants:
Roger
33184,
John
61290,
Kenneth
87449
Name: | Archibald PIKE | ||
Birth: | 1658 | ||
Marriage: | |||
Death: | 1728 | ||
Spouse/Partner: | Mildred | ||
Birth: | |||
Death: | |||
Remarks: |
Patriarch #009
Participating Descendants:
Ronald
34964
Name: | Charles PIKE | ||
Birth: | about 1828 | Ohio | |
Marriage: | |||
Death: | unknown | ||
Spouse/Partner: | Maria | ||
Birth: | about 1830 | Ohio | |
Death: | unknown | ||
Remarks: |
The 1860 census lists Charles and Maria living in Clear Creek Township, Keokuk County, Iowa,
with children: Mary (age 12, born in Ohio), James (age 10, born in Ohio), Charles (age 8, born in Iowa), and Napoleon (age 6, born in Iowa).
The 1880 census lists Charles & Mariah PIKE living in Lancaster Township, Keokuk County, Iowa. Charles is described as 57, born in Ohio, and with both parents born in New York. Living with Charles and Mariah are children (Carrie (aged 19), Ebaneezer (17), Ida B (14), Alace (11), and Grant (7)), a fellow named Robert MAN, and Mercy PIKE (she is described as being Charles' mother, aged 78, born in New York). |
Patriarch #010
Participating Descendants:
Sandy
18526
Name: | Levi McPIKE | ||
Birth: | 1780 | Pennsylvania | |
Marriage: | |||
Death: | |||
Spouse/Partner: | Mary WEST | ||
Birth: | 1800 | Franklin County, Pennsylvania | |
Death: | |||
Remarks: | Levi and Mary had sons Caleb, Rhody, John, Simon, and Jacob, as well as daughters Mary, Rachel, Nancy, and Catharine. |
Patriarch #011
Participating Descendants:
Ralph
S001,
Faye
48264
Name: | Abraham PYKE | ||
Birth: | about 1791 | in or near Baltimore, Maryland | |
Marriage: | |||
Death: | |||
Spouse/Partner: | Catherine | ||
Birth: | about 1789 | ||
Death: | |||
Remarks: |
Abraham and Catherine had 3 children: Samuel F, John, and Catherine.
Abraham's parentage is unclear. It has been reported that Abraham is the illegitimate son of a maid (whose identity is unknown) and an English businessman in Baltimore. Census records reveal that there was a PYKE living in Baltimore who could be Abraham's father (this man was also named Abraham; he was the owner of a cigar factory in Baltimore, married a woman named Rebecca DAVIDSON, and died on 2 April 1841). |
Patriarch #012
Participating Descendants:
Roger
50318
Name: | Thomas PIKE | ||
Birth: | 1752 | ||
Marriage: | 27 October 1777 | Linkenholt, Hampshire | |
Death: | buried 26 May 1831 | St James, Ashmansworth, Hampshire | |
Spouse/Partner: | Mary NEWPORT | ||
Birth: | about 1757 | ||
Death: | buried 16 December 1840 | St James, Ashmansworth, Hampshire | |
Remarks: | Children of Thomas and Mary: William, George, David, Isaac |
Patriarch #013
Participating Descendants:
Sharon & Greg
47429
Name: | Hugh PIKE | ||
Birth: | 1657 | Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts | |
Marriage: | 17 June 1685 | ||
Death: | 02 December 1727 | Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts | |
Spouse/Partner: | Sarah BROWN | ||
Birth: | 10 May 1663 | Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts | |
Death: | before 1691 | ||
Remarks: |
Patriarch #014
Participating Descendants:
Stuart
48191
Name: | William H. PIKE | ||
Birth: | 20 September 1835 | New York | |
Marriage: | 01 August 1861 | ||
Death: | 12 August 1897 | Benton Harbor, Berrien County, Michigan | |
Spouse/Partner: | Antoinette HIGBEE | ||
Birth: | 30 July 1844 | Benton Township, Berrien County, Michigan | |
Death: | 13 April 1871 | ||
Remarks: |
William & Antoinette had 3 children: Allison G (1863), Ona E (1865), Lizze M (1869)
The 1870 census lists William PIKE (aged 33, born in New York) in Benton, Berrien County, Michigan. With him is a wife Mary, son Alison (aged 7), and daughters Ona (aged 5) and Lizzie (aged 1). Images of the 1870 census are available online: page 62 and page 62R
The 1880 census lists William H PIKE (aged 45, born in New York) in Benton, Berrien County, Michigan. With him is a wife Sophronia, children (Alisor (age 16), Ona E (age 14), Lizzie (age 11), Charles H (age 9)) and also a stepson Delbert GUY. William's father is said to have been born in Massachusetts, and his mother in Vermont. |
Patriarch #015
Participating Descendants:
Jackie
52162
Name: | Moses PIKE | ||
Birth: | |||
Marriage: | 06 April 1791 | Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire | |
Death: | |||
Spouse/Partner: | Theodate SANBORN | ||
Birth: | |||
Death: | |||
Remarks: | The IGI records Moses and Theodate's marriage in 1791, followed by the births of 12 children (all at Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire): Abraham Sanborn (1792), Benjamin (1794), Moses Hook (1796), Johnathan (1798), Levi (1801), Adaline (1803), Arvilla (1803), Hannah Hook (1805), John Kimball (1808), Mary Shaw (1810), Edner Dow (1813), and Sarah (1816). |
Patriarch #016
Participating Descendants:
Steven
60440
Name: | Manassah PIKE | ||
Birth: | 28 July 1798 | Rumney, New Hampshire | |
Marriage: | banns dated 21 April 1816 | Orange, Orange County, Vermont | |
Death: | 21 November 1874 | Albany, Orleans, Vermont | |
Spouse/Partner: | Nancy WILDS | ||
Birth: | 12 May 1798 | Topsham, Orange County, Vermont | |
Death: | 4 December 1884 | Wolcott, Vermont | |
Remarks: | Manassah and Nancy had six children: Angeline (1816), Reuben (about 1820), Adna Reuben (1822), Almira (1827), Burton G (1833), Lydia Maria (1834). |
Patriarch #017
Participating Descendants:
Rexford
60427
Name: | Leonard PIKE | ||
Birth: | 1696 | ||
Marriage: | 1 April 1723 | Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts | |
Death: | before 1754 | ||
Spouse/Partner: | Ann SNOW | ||
Birth: | 17 July 1703 | Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts | |
Death: | |||
Remarks: | 10 children of Leonard and Ann are known. |
Patriarch #018
Participating Descendants:
James
62921
Name: | William PIKE | ||
Birth: | North Carolina | ||
Marriage: | |||
Death: | |||
Spouse/Partner: | |||
Birth: | |||
Death: | |||
Remarks: | William's son Samuel was born in North Carolina in 1814. |
Patriarch #019
Participating Descendants:
Gilbert and Maureen
62731,
Johnathan
63479
Name: | James PIKE | ||
Birth: | |||
Marriage: | 1648 | Middlesex, Massachusetts | |
Death: | |||
Spouse/Partner: | Naomi | ||
Birth: | |||
Death: | |||
Remarks: |
James arrived in Massachusetts in 1644 and lived at Charlestown and Reading.
James is believed to have had children: James (1647), Jeremiah (1649), John (1653), Zachariah (1658), and Mary. |
Patriarch #020
Participating Descendants:
Drake
70672
Name: | Philip PIKE | ||
Birth: | Manchester, Lancashire, England | ||
Marriage: | before 1713 | ||
Death: | |||
Spouse/Partner: | Rebecca LEWIS | ||
Birth: | |||
Death: | |||
Remarks: | Philip immigrated to Kittery, Maine, probably between 1700 and 1705. He was a tailor in Kittery. |
Patriarch #021
Participating Descendants:
David
70319
Name: | John PIKE | ||
Birth: | |||
Marriage: | 2 January 1707 | Headcorn, Kent | |
Death: | |||
Spouse/Partner: | Jane GOLDFINCH | ||
Birth: | |||
Death: | |||
Remarks: |
Patriarch #022
Participating Descendants:
Jerry
74703
Name: | Richard PIKE (of Newbury, Berkshire) | ||
Birth: | 1598 | ||
Marriage: | |||
Death: | |||
Spouse/Partner: | |||
Birth: | |||
Death: | |||
Remarks: | Richard's son Richard founded a prominent Quaker Pike family in Cork, Ireland. |
Patriarch #023
Participating Descendants:
Anonymous
61276
Name: | Noah PIKE | ||
Birth: | Cornish, Maine or Lynn, Massachusetts | ||
Marriage: | |||
Death: | |||
Spouse/Partner: | unknown SMITH | ||
Birth: | |||
Death: | |||
Remarks: | Noah and his wife had children: Theofilus Smith, Harrison W, Meshack S, Ellen Josephine, Eunice Smith. |
Patriarch #024
Participating Descendants:
Kevin/Deb
80326
Name: | John PIKE | ||
Birth: | bapt. 13 June 1780 | Edington, Wiltshire | |
Marriage: | February 1802 | Edington, Wiltshire | |
Death: | about 1860 | Edington, Wiltshire | |
Spouse/Partner: | Mary HISKINS | ||
Birth: | about 1779 | Earle Stoke, Wiltshire | |
Death: | 15 August 1822 | Edington, Wiltshire | |
Remarks: |
John and Mary had children: Moses, William, James, Eliza, Elizabeth, Jacob, Mary, Joseph, and Jabez.
John was the illegitimate son of Sarah PIKE (daughter of Moses PIKE and Elizabeth BALDWIN) who subsequently married a William ORAM and had another 7 children. |
Patriarch #025
Participating Descendants:
Stacey
59944
Name: | John PIKE | ||
Birth: | before 1775 | ||
Marriage: | |||
Death: | 1824 | Robertson, Tennessee | |
Spouse/Partner: | Sarah BYRD | ||
Birth: | |||
Death: | after 1827 | ||
Remarks: |
Patriarch #026
Participating Descendants:
Lori
79012
Name: | David PIKE | ||
Birth: | about 1808 | England (possibly Ramsbury, Wiltshire) | |
Marriage: | August 1828 | Ramsbury, Wiltshire | |
Death: | 14 November 1891 | Leroy Township, Lake County, Ohio | |
Spouse/Partner: | Hannah MASLIN | ||
Birth: | about 1807 | England | |
Death: | January 1886 | Painesville, Lake County, Ohio | |
Remarks: |
David and Hannah sailed from Bristol, Somerset on board the Nelson along with children Martha and John.
They entered the USA at the port of New York on 5 September 1832. David was listed with age 24, Hannah 25,
Martha 2y 6m, and John 1y 1m.
David and Hannah are believed to have also had a daughter Mary, as well as a son David W. |
Patriarch #027
Participating Descendants:
Linda
87726
Name: | Francis PIKE | ||
Birth: | 16 December 1779 | Wurttemburg, Germany | |
Marriage: | |||
Death: | 17 November 1863 | Greencastle, Pennsylvania | |
Spouse/Partner: | |||
Birth: | |||
Death: | |||
Remarks: | More details about Francis and his descendants can be found here. |
Patriarch #028
Participating Descendants:
Bradley
85494,
August
94742
Name: | Wesley W. PIKE | ||
Birth: | about 1812 | ||
Marriage: | before 1835 | ||
Death: | between 1865 and 06 June 1870 | ||
Spouse/Partner: | Olivia DRAKE | ||
Birth: | about 1814 | ||
Death: | about 12 March 1878 | ||
Remarks: |
Wesley and Olivia lived in Hamilton County, Ohio.
Wesley was last found in the 1860 census, and Olivia in the 1870 census. |
Patriarch #029
Participating Descendants:
David
98682,
Jerry
109431
Name: | Thomas PIKE | ||
Birth: | |||
Marriage: | 10 June 1776 | Keyworth, Notthinghamshire | |
Death: | |||
Spouse/Partner: | Elizabeth DAVEY | ||
Birth: | |||
Death: | |||
Remarks: | Thomas and Elizabeth had 9 children. |
Patriarch #030
Participating Descendants:
Carolyn
111464
Name: | John PIKE | ||
Birth: | 1770 | Berkshire, England | |
Marriage: | 26 December 1807 | St. Phillip's, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |
Death: | Prospect, New South Wales, Australia | ||
Spouse/Partner: | Jane FERRIDAY | ||
Birth: | Dawley Magna, Shropshire, England | ||
Death: | Prospect, New South Wales, Australia | ||
Remarks: |
John was convicted of stealing kitchen utensils including two copper stew pans, a gin cask and a delft bowl,
total value 11 shillings from Henry Richards (the elder); 2 waistcoats worth 10 shillings from Frederick Richards.
John Pike's place of residence at the time of conviction was St. Helen's Parish, Wallingford, Oxfordshire.
He was sentenced July 31, 1797 to seven years. By October 30th, 1797, he was listed aboard the hulk "Foortunce" in Langton
to sit in the harbour and await transportation. By August 4, 1802, he is listed as arriving in NSW on the "Perseus".
By 1806, he was recorded as being free of servitude and employed by J. O'Hara or J. O'Harn.
In 1814, he was recorded as free, off stores and a land holder.
He had a grant and purchase of 270 acres of land, 5 acres under wheat, six acres of maize, seven acres of barley,
and one acre each of oats, peas and beans by 1822. He also had six horses, fifty cattle, twenty sheep, eight hogs,
ten bushells of wheat and eighty bushels of maize in hand. June 10th, 1825, he was convicted of selling spirits by
retail, without a licence, and fined $100 [from the Sydney Gazette 16th June 1825].
By 1828, he was doing well and had 840 acres of land, four horses, eighty cattle, and forty-six sheep.
He was born in 1770 according to the probate records. His cause of death was accidental injury sustained by upsetting of cart eight weeks earlier. He died of gangrene. He was buried two days later at St. Bartholomew's, Prospect. Children: John (1808-1879), Richard (1810-1812), Jane (1811-1853), Thomas (1814-1893), Richard (1815-1858), Thomas (1815), William (1817-1891), George (1819-1820), Mary (1821-1809), Robert (1823-1882), Elizabeth (1825-1910), Susannah (1827-1897), Sarah (1829-1872). |
Patriarch #031
Participating Descendants:
Alan
27712
Name: | Richard PIKE | ||
Birth: | 1774 | Somerset | |
Marriage: | 12 March 1799 | St Cuthbert's Church, Wells, Somerset | |
Death: | 1844 | Ilchester, Somerset | |
Spouse/Partner: | Anne LOVELL | ||
Birth: | 7 September 1770 | Wells, Somerset | |
Death: | |||
Remarks: |
Richard and Anne had sons John (1807) and Edmund (1809).
Note that Richard's parents were Richard STOCK and Mary PIKE, so Richard is the patriarch of his Pike Y-DNA clan. Meanwhile, Mary is known to have had a brother named Reuben Jacob PIKE who had nine sons. |