Lineage IV

Haplogroup I

Maine and Massachusetts USA Barton Families

Lineage IV is genetically different than Lineage III - even though the paper trails connect. This important fact was confirmed by modern genetic genealogy testing.

  • A son of William Barton born 1631/1638 who married Anne Green - Ebenezer - appears to be the patriarch of Lineage IV and the point of the NPE. Researchers have long suspected that Ebenezer could have been the child of Walter Penwell, who was convicted (with Anne Green) of fornication and "keeping company as man and wife in 1673".2 Modern descendants (kits B-36 and B-41) of two of William's grandsons display the Lineage IV DNA profile.

    courtesy Terry Barton, December 2013



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    Major Learning Opportunity

    • Identifying the patriarch of Line IV DNA

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