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As participants join this project, they will be arranged into groups according to their matching DNA results. An outline of the direct paternal line of each project participant, where available, is provided below. Note: In cases of multiple spouses in a generation, the spouse of the direct paternal line ancestor is in bold letters.
Group 1 – Haplogroup I – M-253 – Bibee-Biby-Bybee
This group consists of men who comprise three variant spellings of the surname. These men share a common ancestor. Two men (Kit Nos: 321646 and 193191) in this group have also taken the Big-Y test with FTDNA which has defined their terminal SNP as BY3463.
Kit no. 80503 – Bybee
1. Thomas Bybe (b prob VA – d 1729/30 Goochland Co VA) m Elizabeth (?).
2. John Bybee (b say 1710 prob Goochland Co VA - d c1787 Fluvanna Co VA) m (1) bef 1737 Sarah (?); (2) bef 1743 Jean/Jane Giles.
3. John Bybee (b c1735 Goochland (now Fluvanna) Co VA – d 1821-1822 Barren Co KY) m c1761 Elizabeth “Betsy” McCann.
4. John Bybee (b c1769 Fluvanna Co VA – d 1819 Barren (now Monroe) Co KY) m 1791 Elizabeth “Betsy” Kelley.
5. Byram Lee Bybee (b 1799 Barren Co KY – d 1864 Washington Co UT) m (1) 1820 Elizabeth “Betsy” [Ann] Layne/Lane; (2) 1856 Else Maria Knudson.
6. Robert Lee Bybee (b 1838 Clay Co IN – d 1929 Bonneville Co ID) m (1) 1857 Jane McGill Miller; (2) 1868 Harriet Raymond.
7. James Andrew Bybee (b 1865 Weber Co UT – d 1952 Ada Co ID) m (1) 1893 Ozettta Eastman; (2) 1934 Elsie Dixon; (3) Rosa Mae Thompson.
8. Genoris Robert Bybee (b 1898 Bingham (now Bonneville) Co ID) – d 1973 Ada Co ID) m 1921 Iola Jane Leichliter.
9. Charles Lee Bybee (b 1929 Ada Co ID – d 2010 Ada Co ID) m (1) 1946 Rosemary Betz; (2) 1960 Laura Lucille Pierce.
Kit no. 321646 – Bybee (BIG Y Terminal SNP I-BY3463)
1. Thomas Bybe (b prob VA – d 1729/30 Goochland Co VA) m Elizabeth (?) [same as Kit 80503].
2. John Bybee (b say 1710 prob Goochland Co VA – d c1787 Fluvanna Co VA) m (1) bef 1737 Sarah (?); (2) bef 1743 Jean/Jane Giles [same as kit 80503].
3. John Bybee (b c1735 Goochland (now Fluvanna) Co VA – d 1821-1822 Barren Co KY) m c1761 Elizabeth “Betsy” McCann [same as Kit 80503].
4. John Bybee (b c1769 Fluvanna Co VA – d1819 Barren (now Monroe) Co KY) m 1791 Elizabeth “Betsy” Kelley [same as Kit 80503].
5. Byram Lee Bybee (b 1799 Barren Co KY – d 1864 Washington Co UT) m (1) 1820 Elizabeth “Betsy” [Ann] Layne/Lane; (2) 1856 Else Maria Knudson [same as Kit 80503].
6. David Bowman Bybee (b 1832 Barren Co KY – d 1893 Weber Co UT) m (1) 1854 Adelia Higley; (2) 1857 Mary Elizabeth Penrod; (3) 1874 Elizabeth Adelaide Rice.
7. George Myron Bybee (b1861 Weber Co UT – d 1933 Garfield Co UT) m 1885 Louisa Ann Stewart.
8. George Myron Bybee, Jr (b 1886 Kane Co UT- 1966 Clark Co NV) m 1907 Ruhama Victoria Adair.
9. Parents of Kit donor.
10. Kit donor Bybee.
Kit no. B65035 – Bybee
1. Alexander C. Bybee (b 1829 Cumberland Co KY – d 1863 Shelby Co IN) m 1857 Mary Parrish.
2. William F. Bybee (b 1860 Shelby Co IN – d 1898 Colorado Springs, El Paso Co CO) m 1881 Carrie Stevenson.
3. Walter Carlisle Bybee (b 1883 San Jose, Santa Clara Co CA – d 1963 Colorado Springs, El Paso Co CO) m c1905 Corinne Conger Tuckerman.
4. Parents of Kit Donor.
5. Kit Donor Bybee.
Kit no. 193191 – Biby (Big Y Terminal SNP I-BY3463)
1. Thomas Bybe (b prob VA – d1729/30 Goochland Co VA) m Elizabeth (?) [same as Kit 80503].
2. John Bybee (b say 1710 prob Goochland Co VA – d c1787 Fluvanna Co VA) m (1) bef 1737 Sarah (?); (2) bef 1743 Jean/Jane Giles.
3. Thomas Bybie (b 1760 Albemarle Co VA – d c1806 Augusta Co VA) m wife not yet identified [same father as Kit 80503; different mother].
4. Micajah Biby (b c1781-1790 prob Amherst Co VA – d 1838 Augusta Co VA) m 1818 Augusta Co VA Mrs Mary (Ballew) Buckner (widow).
5. Jonathan P. Biby (b 1815 Augusta Co VA – d 1903 Pendleton Co WV) m 1847 Catherine Kile Chandler.
6. John W. Biby (b 1851 Augusta Co VA – d 1922 Garfield Co OK) m 1878 Harriet S. Bland.
7. Byron M. Biby (b 1881 Pendleton Co WV – d 1962 Washington Co CO) m 1905 Mary S. Sponaugle.
8. Parents of Kit donor.
9. Kit donor Biby.
Kit no. 629189 – Biby
1. Thomas Bybe (b prob VA – d1729/30 Goochland Co VA) m Elizabeth (?) [same as Kit 80503].
2. John Bybee (b say 1710 prob Goochland Co VA – d c1787 Fluvanna Co VA) m (1) bef 1737 Sarah (?); (2) bef 1743 Jean/Jane Giles.
3. Thomas Bybie (b 1760 Albemarle Co VA – d c1806 Augusta Co VA) m wife not yet identified [same father as Kit 80503; different mother].
4. Micajah Biby (b c1781-1790 prob Amherst Co VA – d 1838 Augusta Co VA) m 1818 Augusta Co VA Mrs Mary (Ballew) Buckner (widow).
5. Jonathan P. Biby (b 1815 Augusta Co VA – d 1903 Pendleton Co WV) m 1847 Catherine Kile Chandler.
6. John W. Biby (b 1851 Augusta Co VA – d 1922 Garfield Co OK) m 1878 Harriet S. Bland.
7. Robert Bland Biby (b 1879 Pendleton Co WV – d 1953 Ramsey Co, ND) m 1902 Daisy Gleason in IL.
8. Parents of Kit donor.
9. Kit donor Biby.
Kit no. 366040 – Bibee
1. Thomas Biby – (b say 1734-1760) – Unproven at this time if and which Thomas Biby/Bibee.
2. John Bibee – (b say 1765-1784 VA – d c1820? Stokes Co, NC) m 1) 1805 Ann Allen 2) Nancy Burch.
3. Isaac Biby – (b 1808 Albemarle Co, VA – d 1874? Stokes Co, NC) m 1829 1) Martha Davis 2) Apsy Hammons/Hammond?
4. Isaac Thomas Bibey (b 1855 Stokes Co, NC – d 1904 Stokes Co, NC) m 1873 Lucrecy Mabe.
5. James David Bibee (b 1875 Stokes Co, NC – d 1955 Rockingham Co., NC) m 1893 Minnie Artemisia Graham.
6. Parents of Kit Donor.
7. Kit donor Bibee.
Kit no. 471550 – Bybee
1. Thomas Bybe (b prob VA – d 1729/30 Goochland Co VA) m Elizabeth (?) [same as Kit 80503].
2. John Bybee (b say 1710 prob Goochland Co VA – d c1787 Fluvanna Co VA) m (1) bef 1737 Sarah (?); (2) bef 1743 Jean/Jane Giles [same as kit 80503].
3. David Bybee (b Bet 1735-1740 Goochland, Co now Fluvanna Co, VA) – d 1816 Clark Co, KY) m bef 1758 Ann (or Nancy Ann Giles?).
4. James Bybee, Sr. (b 1766 Fluvanna Co, VA – d 1837 Clark Co, KY) m 1786 Margery Baber.
5. Thomas T. Bybee (b 1798 Clark Co, KY – d 1877 Fulton Co, IL) m 1) 1818 Rachel Hagans; 2) 1823 Deborah Wilcoxson; 3) 1873 Matilda S. Smith.
6. James H. Bybee ( b 1821 Clark Co, KY – d 1859 Fulton Co, KY) m 1849 Mary Jane Brinegar.
7. David Carl Bybee (b 1855 MO – d 1916 Fulton Co, IL) m 1878 Florence Langley.
8. David William Bybee (b 1892 Fulton Co, IL – d 1962 Racine Co, WI) m bef 1918 Frances Agnes Soens.
9. Parents of Kit Donor.
10. Kit Donor Bybee.
Kit no. 281951 – Bibee
1. Sandy J. Bybee (b1840 Russell Co KY – d 1913 Franklin Co KY) m (1) 1862 Adair Co KY Barbara Barger; (2) 1868 Sally Barger; (3) 1872 Celia Jane Fagg.
2. John Matthew Bibee (b 1864 KY – d 1947 Jasper Co MO) m 1901 Anna Mae Miller.
3. Parents of Kit donor.
4. Kit Donor Bibee.
Kit no. 390296 – Bibee
1. Thomas Bibee (b 1734 Goochland Co, VA – d 1834 Cocke Co, TN) m Wahanee? – Unproven.
2. William Bibee (b bet 1780-1790 VA – d bef Dec 1834 Cocke Co, TN) m Peggy O’Neil.
3. Marvel (Marvin) M. Bibee (b 1831 Cocke Co, TN – d 1899 Adair Co, MO) m Elizabeth M. Green.
4. John Welcome Bibee, Sr (b 1852 Cocke Co, TN – d 1893 Adair Co, MO) m 1877 Katheryn “Kate” Walker.
5. John Welcome Bibee, Jr (b 1888 Adair Co, MO – d 1971 Unionville, MO) m 1910 Myra Leona Lewis.
6. Parents of Kit Donor.
7. Kit Donor Bibee.
Group 2 – Haplogroup I – PF4088 (Previously P37) – Bybee
Kit no. 228581 – Bybee
1. Thomas Bybe (b prob VA – d 1729/30 Goochland Co VA) m Elizabeth (?).
2. John Bybee (b say 1710 Prob Goochland Co VA – d c1787 Fluvanna Co VA) m (1) bef 1737 Sarah (?); (2) bef 1743 Jean/Jane Giles.
3. Pleasant Bybee (b say 1758 Albemarle Co VA? – d 1835 Fluvanna Co VA) m 1789 Mildred Priddy.
4. John Bybee (say 1790 Fluvanna Co VA – d 1867 Kosciusko Co IN) m 1808 Catherine [Green? Meyers?].
5. Pleasant Bybee (b 1819 Fayette Co OH – d 1871 Fulton Co IN) m 1846 Nancy A. DeWitt.
6. William Lawson Bybee (b 1857 Fayette Co OH – d 1935 Fulton Co IN) m 1883 Martha Kessler.
7. Halbert Pleasant Bybee (b 1888 Fulton Co IN – 1957 Austin, TX) m 1914 Ruth Woolery.
8. Parents of Kit Donor.
9. Kit Donor Bybee.
Group 3 – Haplogroup R-M269 – Biby
This group consists of two men who share a common ancestor; however, they do not share a common ancestor with Group I.
Kit no. 300915 – Biby
1. Thomas Biby (b VA say 1740? – d 1790? prob TN or NC) – Unproven.
2. [John] Caswell Biby (b say 1787 TN – d 1862 Mulkeytown, Franklin, IL) m say 1815? Eve M. Koons/Coontz.
3. Alexander Greene Biby (b 1827 AL – d 1912 Pinckneyville, Perry Co IL) m 1848 Ruth Caroline Kirkpatrick.
4. John Caswell Biby (b 1853 Franklin Co IL – d 1934 Pinckneyville, Perry Co IL) m 1877 Laura Butler Gassaway.
5. Parents of Kit donor.
6. Kit donor Biby.
Kit no. 396271 – Biby
1. Thomas Biby (b VA say 1740? – d 1790? prob TN or NC) – Unproven.
2. [John] Caswell Biby (b say 1787 TN – d 1862 Mulkeytown, Franklin, IL) m say 1815? Eve M. Koons/Coontz.
3. James G. Biby (b Dec 1825 TN or AL – d 1904 Mulkeytown, Franklin Co IL) m 1844 Nancy L. Rentfro.
4. James Alonzo Biby (b 1859 Franklin Co IL – d 1947 Christopher, Franklin Co IL) m 1885 Sarah Ann Price.
5. Guy Biby (b 1897 Jefferson Co IL – d 1990 Franklin Co IL) m Audella Louise Eisenhauer.
6. James L. Biby (b 1928 Royalton, Franklin Co IL – d 2005 Mulkeytown, Franklin Co IL) m 1950 Norma Jean Hertel.
7. Parents of Kit Donor.
8. Kit Donor Biby.
Group 4 – Haplogroup R-M269 – Bibey
Kit no. 366043 – Bibey
1. Thomas Biby – (b say 1734 – 1760) – Unproven at this time if and which Thomas Biby/Bybee.
2. John Bibee (b say 1765 – 1784 VA – d 1820? Stokes Co, NC) m 1) 1805 Ann Allen 2) Nancy Burch.
3. Nicholas Bibey (b 1812 NC – d aft 1900 Tazewell, VA?) m 1) 1831 Elizabeth A Brown 2) 1844 Orphy Smith 3) say bef 1860 Martha A. Conway 4) 1897 Mary Pennington.
4. Alexander F. Bibey (b 1848 Stokes, NC – 1896 VA) m Nancy Christena Dunford.
5. John Henry Bibey (b 1874 VA – d 1940) m 1896 Cartha Lee Blankenship.
6. Parents of Kit Donor
7. Kit Donor Bibey.
Group 5 – Haplogroup R-M269 – Bibby-Bibbee
Note: Some Biby/Bybee researchers believe that they are descended from the William Bibby line that came to America on the ship Swan in 1621 and lived on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, (Accomack/Northampton Counties). The DNA of the Bibby male below does not match the DNA of several Group I Bibee, Bibey, Biby, and Bybee males who descend from Thomas Bybe of Goochland County, Virginia who was born say 1689 in York Co, VA – died 1729/30 in Goochland Co, VA. The males in Group I of the Biby Project are in Haplogroup I, while the males below are in Haplogroup R. However, this Project needs more Bibby males who have a verified ancestry to William Bibby to test for the Project to be certain of the genetic signature for the William Bibby line and to avoid confusion with the Biby/Bybee Project males. Two Bibbee males have now tested and match a Bibby male. It has not yet been determined how the Bibby and Bibbee males are related.
Kit no. 471168 – Bibbee
1. John Bibbee (b 1736 possibly Maryland – d 1817 Meigs Co, OH) m 1765 Susanna.
2. Isaac Bibbee (b 29 Mar 1776 Wood Co, WV – d abt 1825 Wood Co, WV) m bef 1810 Cynthia Lee.
3. James R. Bibbee (b 20 May 1823 Wood Co, WV – d 26 Jan 1908, Wood Co, WV) m 29 Oct 1849 Grace Sheets.
4. Commodore Perry Milroy Bibbee (b 3 Jun 1864 Wood Co, WV – d 14 Feb 1946, Wood Co,WV) m 1891 Mary Virginia Sams.
5. Grandparents of Kit Donor.
6. Parents of Kit Donor.
7. Kit Donor Bibbee.
Kit no. 570085 – Bibbee
1. John Bibbee (b 1736 possibly Maryland – d 1817 Meigs Co, OH) m 1765 Susanna.
2. Joseph Bibbee (b 1783 VA probably Harrison Co, now WV – d 1855 Jackson Co, VA, now WV) – m 1809 Margaret “Peggy” Parsons in Gallia Co, OH.
3. Elijah Bibbee (b 1809 Mason Co, VA now Jackson Co, WV – d 1855 Ravenswood, Jackson Co, VA, now WV) – m 1832 Tamer “Fannie” Sayre in Meigs Co, OH.
4. Ephraim Sayre Bibbee (b 1843 WV – d 1909 Jackson Co, WV) m 1864 Eliza Mary Pinnell.
5. John Meredith Bibbee (b 1880 Jackson Co, WV – d 1960 Jackson Co, WV) m 1904 Frances Belle Kessel in WV.
6. Gerald Oris Bibbee (b 1908 Jackson Co, VA – d 1933 Jackson Co, WV) m 1926 Emily Madaline Skidmore.
7. Parents of Kit Donor.
8. Kit Donor Bibbee.
Kit no. 227347 – Bibby
1. William Bibby (b 1598/1599 Stalmine, Lancaster, England – d 1637 Accomack Co, VA) m 1632/1633 Mary (?).
2. Edmund Bibby I (b say 1630 Accomack Co, VA – d 1660 Northampton Co, VA) m say 1650 Frances Hunt.
3. Edmund Bibby II (b say 1657 Northampton Co, VA – d say 1696 Northampton Co, VA) m say 1680 Esther Floyd.
4. Nathaniel Bibby (b c1696 Northampton Co, VA – d ?) m Mary?
5. John Bibby (b say 1733-1740 Northampton Co, VA – d 1815 Lancaster Co, SC) m 1762 Jane Routh/Ruth in Rowan Co, NC.
6. Nathaniel Bibby III (b say 1765-1776 Rowan Co, NC – d 1847 Coosa Co, AL) m 1794 Elizabeth Leggett in Mecklenburg, NC.
7. John Leggett Bibby (b 1798 Lancaster Co, SC – d 1858 Coosa Co, AL) m 1824 Mary Belk in Mecklenburg, NC.
8. Julius Albertus Bibby (b 1845 Chambers Co, AL – d 1897 Eastland Co, TX) m 1867 Mary Jane Howard in Coosa Co, AL.
9. Oceola D. Bibby (b 1880 Logan Co, AR – d 1957 Eastland Co, TX) m 1910 Carrie Ethel Leveridge.
10. Dause Leveridge Bibby (b 1911 Eastland Co, TX – d 2002 Collier Co, FL) m Virginia Martin.
11. Kit Donor Bibby.
Group 6 – Haplogroup I2-M223 – Bibbee
Kit no. 500882 – Bibbee
1. John Bibbee (b 1736 possibly Maryland – d 1817 Meigs Co, OH) m 1765 Susanna.
2. William Bibbee (b 1766 probably MD – d 1842 Jackson Co, VA, now WV) m c1795 Deborah “Debbie” Hughes, Harrison Co. VA, now WV).
3. Isaac Bibbee (b 1811 Jackson Co, VA, now WV – d 1860 Jackson Co, VA, now WV) – m 1844 Jeanette Mars, Jackson Co, VA, now WV.
4. Nathaniel Bibbee (b 1846/7 Jackson Co, VA, now WV – d 1900 New Brighton, Beaver Co, PA) – m 1868 Rachel R. Blackburn.
5. William Mars Bibbee (b 1871 Jackson Co, WV – d 1940 Pittsburg, Allegheny Co, PA) m 1) 1897 Mame Eva Meade 2) m c1906 Martha Rebecca Jane “Jennie” Myers
6. Frank Sylvester Bibbee (b 1910, New Brighton, Beaver Co, PA – d 1989 San Diego Co, CA) m 1929 Mildred Evelyn Ruff in New Brighton, Beaver Co, PA.
7. Parents of Kit Donor.
8. Kit Donor Bibbee.
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