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Cornwall has a great deal of variety in its Y-DNA, and the seven distinct unrelated lines in the project so far reflect this diversity. Three lines have been formally identified by BigY, one can be estimated by matching with other fully-tested kits, and the final three lines cannot be identified without further testing.
Although the surname HOCKING was spread all over Cornwall from the 1500s, many of the ancestors of current project members were miners in the Camborne/Gwennap/Redruth mining area, who came to South Australia to work in the Copper Triangle or Burra mines. The surname was common in the mining areas in both Cornwall and Australia, and it may not be easy to track lineages.
What is known of the existing lineages and their haplogroups is outlined in Groups A-G below.
GROUP A. Kerrier I1-Z63>>FT50305
I1 is native to Europe, and expanded very rapidly in a major founder effect from a single man who lived about 2600BC. It is often associated with Nordic descent and in fact the Hockings have ancient Y25 matches with many Nordic men.
The Z63 branch however made its way into northern Europe early and expanded everywhere, particularly assisted by the movements of the Germanic tribes during the Roman and sub Roman periods.
The FT50305 subclade is found only in Cornwall, in a small cluster that includes the Trewin and Hocken surnames (which separated about1200AD). It probably arrived with the Saxons, but perhaps with the Normans
The seven Hocking participants in this group are considered to be descended from Richard Hocking and Christian Treweek .m 25 April 1659 in Constantine, who had five sons
One lineage from the couple is believed to be #B773367, which may run
Richard-Christian> Robert 1660 or John 1665 > Nicholas Hocking m Alice Saunders 1734
The other six are descended from five grandsons of Richard Hocking.(who married Ann Davey in Redruth in 1790). Richard is along the line
Richard-Christian> Richard 1674 > William 1699 (m Sithney 1721-2)> William Hawkin/Hocking bp Gunwalloe 1727>.Richard
The six are descended:
#18658 Richard>William>John>Edward>Vernon> (and son #14382)
#31697 Richard>William>Richard>William>John>Aubrey
#B520219 Richard>William>William>John>William
#80515 Richard>John>William>Alfred>Alfred
#14323 Richard>John>Henry>Henry>Lothar
Group B. Camborne R1b-(rare subclade).
The haplogroup of these three men has not been ascertained, but it is rare Cornish DNA, not the common R1b haplogroups R-L21 or R-U106.
The members are quite widely separated in YDNA, not necessarily matching at Y67, indicating a common ancestor in the 1600s. .
#606975 is descended from Francis Hocking (1729-1780 Camborne) and Jane Trevossa
#183841 is descended from Joseph Richard Hocking (1856-1940,miner of Wallaroo and Broken Hill SA), and his wife Elizabeth Mary Prideaux.
#264182 is descended from Joseph Hocking (1815, miner of Camborne, parents John and Elizabeth)
Group C. Lambeth HOCKINGS R-Z253>>FGC17559.
Z253 is one of the largest branches of the major native British haplogroup R-L21. It formed during the Beaker period of sea trade between southern Ireland and Cornwall around 2300BC, and is possibly native to Cornwall or Ireland.
TheFGC17551 subclade branched about 1200AD into Irish and English groups, as well as the single Cornish branch HOCKING(S) which is probably very recent.
#264622 and #N85107 are descended from Albert John Hockings 1826 London, a mayor of Brisbane and a Queensland politician. His father Thomas was a carpenter born in Lambeth in 1793 to Thomas Hockings and Catherine.
#461210 is descended from John Hocking ~1800 of Liskeard, who moved to Devon and London.
Group D. Pydar-Powder Hockings I1-unknown
There are three members of this lineage, but none have yet tested to find a terminal SNP. There are German Y37 matches, so like Group A it is probably not Viking (as most I1 are).
They are all descended from Thomas Hocking who married Dinah Julian in 1718 in Newlyn East and secondly Sarah (surname unknown)
#199998 This lineage moved from Newlyn East to St Stephens in Brannel to Ruan Lanihorne , and emigrated to the USA in 1818.. It runs
Thomas 1695 > James 1726/7 >Richard 1766
#444363 may also be from this USA line
#IN94528 is
Thomas 1695>Richard 1733 >Hugh 1761>Richard 1794>James 1818>James 1863, emigrated to Moonta SA in 1886 from Newlyn East and married Mary Grace Grose
The final three lineages each have only one member
Group E. West Penwith R-DF27>>BY198150.
The R-DF27 haplogroup is usually associated with Bronze Age Iberia, when there was seafaring exchange in metals passing through Cornwall and Ireland. Unlike the rest of Britain, many lines of DF27 have been found in Cornwall, most from the Bronze Age.
The BY198150 line has no branches, from the Bronze Age, then about 1300AD it splits (surprisingly) within both Wales (PRICE and POWYS) and Cornwall West Penwith (HOLLOW and HOCKEN)
The line #614723 is descended from Pasco Hocken 1720-1780 of St Buryan. There have been quite a number of Hockings in the Penzance area, and this may not be the only Hocking haplogroup there. ..
Group F. R-DF19
DF19 is one of the smaller subclades of R-P312, found widely in Germanic tribes and transported during their movement around Europe. Like many British DF19 lineages, this one is Scandinavian or German in origin, and the only Y67 matches come from these places. The detailed subclade has not yet been tested.
#662097 is of another Camborne family, which may be from St Enoder originally, where there were many Hockings.
The lineage contains the marriage of two Hockings, John and Elizabeth Hocking, in Camborne in 1781. It runs
Edward 1663 > Thomas 1704 Edward 1733 > John 1757 > Edward 1786> Josiah 1827 > Edward > Herbert
Group G. R1b-unknown
There is not enough testing on the kit #393230 to determine the haplogroup, but from distant matches this may be another DF27 line.
The lineage of #393230 is from North Devon, starting with William Hocking and Rebecca Moor who married in Buckland Brewer in 1761, and runs through seven generations of William Hockings as
William> William 1760 > William 1804 > William 1842 > William 1868 > William George 1892 > William James Edward 1926.
From the location, the lineage might be related to Hockings of North Cornwall.
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