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Boggs and similar names

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       Haplogroup R-Z29953 (Primarily Boggs)

The Y chromosome is passed from father to son remaining mostly unaltered across generations, except for small traceable changes in DNA. By tracking these changes, we (FTDNA and others) have constructed a family tree of humankind where all male lineages trace back to a single common ancestor who lived hundreds of thousands of years ago. This human tree allows us to explore lineages through time and place and to uncover the modern history of your direct paternal surname line and the ancient history of our shared ancestors. The R-Z29953 paternal line was formed when it branched off from the ancestor  and the rest of humankind around . The man who is the most recent common ancestor of this line is estimated to have been born around 1350 CE. Source: FTDNA Discover 


The FamilyTreeDNA Time to Most Recent Common Ancestor (TMRCA) estimate is calculated based on SNP and STR test results from many present-day DNA testers. The uncertainty in the molecular clock and other factors is represented in this probability plot, which shows the most likely time when the common ancestor was born amongst the other statistical possibilities.


     Estimate for TMRCA for haplogroup R-Z29953

                          Mean     CE 1366, 

                  95% Confidence Interval (1178-1465 CE


Source: FTDNA Discover 


R-Z29953 is the most common haplogroup for Boggs men. Interestingly, this haplogroup also includes with surnames of Boag, Bogues, and Bogart. In a parallel branch to R-Z29953, we also find a line of Bogle. The two Boag lines have recent or current roots in Scotland. 

R-Z29953 has four subclades. As noted above, FTDNA estimates that the common ancestor of the four lineages was born about 1350 CE. 

R-Z29953 subclades
  1. R-BY3361 (TMRCA ~1400 CE)
  2. R-BY4521  (TMRCA ~1550 CE)
  3. R-CTS10990  (TMRCA ~1500 CE)
  4. Unnamed lineage (Bogart) Note: It takes two tests for a branch to be named and placed on the haplotree. 
Here is a link to the branches of the R-BY3361 haplogroup: https://discover.familytreedna.com/y-dna/R-BY3361/tree 

The R-BY3361 appears to be the largest and most widespread of the groups. The two Boag lines fall under R-BY3361. There are three distinct lineages immediately below R-BY3361:

1. R-Z4685 - Quite a few Boggs, Boag and Bogues lineage fall under R-Z4685. 

2. R-BY182205 - This is the branch of William Boggs and son Captain John Boggs of Back Creek, VA and Wheeling, VA/WV

3. Unnamed lineage - James Boggs and son Robert of White Clay Creek, DE 



Some of the R-Z4685 lines are:
  1. Boag of Greenock, Scotland (Z29953>BY3361>Z4685>Private SNP)
  2. Boag of Largs, Scotland (Z29953>BY3361>Z4685>Private SNP)
  3. Bogues (Z29953>BY3361>Z4685>Private SNP)
  4. Rev Hance Boggs of Loughbrickland, Ireland (line of Hale Boggs) (Z29953>BY3361>Z4685>BY67515)
  5. Ezekiel Boggs, Inn keeper of Newcastle DE. Line of Loyalist Dr. James Boggs of New Jersey and Halifax, Canada (Z29953>BY3361>Z4685>BY3354>BY4016)
  6. Francis Boggs of Fallowfield, PA (Z29953>BY3361>Z4685>BY3354>BY4016)
  7. William Boggs (Z29953>BY3361>Z4685>BY3354>BY4016)
  8. Pvt John Boggs/Eve Springer of NC (Z29953>BY3361>Z4685>BY3354>FTT177)
  9. Peter Boggs of NC (Z29953>BY3361>Z4685>BY3354>BY4016)
  10. Ezekiel Boggs of NC/GA (Z29953>BY3361>Z4685>BY3354>FTA22086)
  11. Samuel Boggs of GA (Z29953>BY3361>Z4685>BY3354)
  12. John James Boggs of Jackson County, FL (Z29953>BY3361>Z4685>BY3354)

Here is a link to the branches of the R-BY4521 haplogroup: https://discover.familytreedna.com/y-dna/R-BY4521/tree 

The R-BY4521 subclade includes 
  1. Joseph Boggs of PA and York District SC. Many of his descendants settled in Pickens/Anderson Counties of SC (Z29953>BY4521>BY3349>Y85815)
  2. William Boggs whose descendants settled in Lincoln County, NC (Z29953>BY4521>BY3349>Y85815)
  3. Alexander Boggs of Ireland and Spotsylvania, VA whose son was Reverend Hugh Corrans. (Z29953>BY4521>BY3349>BY383909). It was this line that first told the story of a connection to a Livingston soldier. YDNA does not support a recent connection to any of the many different Livingston lines. 
  4. John Boggs, son of Martin Boggs of Ireland, of Pendleton County, VA/WV. (Z29953>BY4521>BY3349>FT139019)
  5. Joseph Boggs of Canada (Z29953>BY4521>BY3349>FT139019)
  6. Jacob Boggs of DE (Z29953>BY4521>BY3349>Y85815)
  7. Boggs line of New Zealand (Z29953>BY4521>BY3349)
  8. Thomas Boggs (1762-)/Sarah Willis (Z29953>BY4521>BY3349)

Here is a link to the branches of the R-CTS10990 haplogroup:
The R-CTS10990 subclade includes 
  1. William Boggs of Accomack, VA.  He was possibly the first Boggs in America. He was the brother-in-law of Reverend Francis Makemie, who is considered the father of Presbyterianism in America. (Z29953>CTS10990>FTC65704)
  2. John Boggs of East Nottingham, MD, father of Reverend John Boggs of DE. (Z29953>CTS10990>FT258010)
  3. John McKinley Boggs, father of Governor Lilburn Boggs (Z29953>CTS10990>FT258010)
  4. Alexander Boggs (1826-1896) (Z29953>CTS10990>FT258010)

The fourth lineage under R-Z29953 was Bogart line which split long ago from the Boggs line and ended up in Germany before coming to the United States. The circumstances are not known. Possibly, the early ancestor was a merchant or mercenary soldier.