About us
UPDATED 10 Dec 2020:
I suggest you opt to share your markers with others who have tested through other labs. Go to https://www.gedmatch.com/ to upload your markers.
Thus far we have several distinct groups of MORSE / MOSS y-DNA signatures represented in our growing study, isolated in color-coded groups in our chart below. IMPORTANT! Please note that those individuals who have not expanded to the full 37-marker test may be moved to another family group at a later date. Twelve and 25 marker tests only show possible or probable connections when the surnames are the same. The unknown markers for these participants may, or may not, end up matching those of the groups in which they are currently placed. WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO EXPAND YOUR TEST TO THE FULL 37 MARKERS SO YOU CAN BE CERTAIN OF YOUR RELATEDNESS TO OTHERS IN THE GROUP!
GROUP #1 (in lemon yellow on the chart below): It is important to note that the y-DNA in this group links lines representing both the MORSE and MOSS spellings. Read on! Ten MORSE/MOSS participants (note both spellings!) representing Group #1 have matching y-DNA. Four of them have paper trails going back to Ebenezer MORSE born about 1740, in Virginia or Maryland. This Ebenezer lived in Stafford and Prince William Counties, VA; Spartanburg County, SC; and Caldwell County, KY. In fall, 2007, a 5th participant representing Obadiah Mors Jr. of Westmoreland County, VA matched this Ebenezer Morse 37/37. Researchers had long suspected the Stafford/Prince William County, Virginia Morses and the Westmoreland County, Virginia Morses were somehow related, but had no proof until now. One of the matching participants has a paper trail going back to Joshua Hodges MORSE of Anson County, North Carolina, 1808. One of the matching participants has a paper trail going back to James Madison MOSS, born 1868, possibly Mississippi, died 1940, Arkansas. Two of the matching participants have paper trails going back to Mors / Morse lines in New York. One represents John E. Morse who died in Michigan in 1897. y-DNA markers from former members of this group (some now members of the Morse Society) match that of William MORSE of Massachusetts, & Obediah MORSE of New Hampshire, represented in a separate FTDNA study conducted by the Morse Society. Because of this, we now know that Ebenezer MORSE of Virginia and William, Anthony & Obediah MORSE of New England are somehow related and we are in search of the missing links.
GROUP #2 (in lime green on the chart below): It is important to note that the y-DNA in this group links lines representing both the MORSE and MOSS spellings. Read on! Fourteen MORSE/MOSS participants representing Group #2 have matching y-DNA. Five of them connect with Gilbert MOSS of York County, South Carolina. Three of them have paper trails connecting them to Samuel MORSE of Granville County, North Carolina. One of them has a paper trail connecting them to John Moss who was in South Carolina in 1811. One of them has a paper trail connecting them to Benjamin Moss b~1810 Dawson Co, GA, possible son of Reuben Moss. One of them has a paper trail to another Benjamin Morse b~1798 NC, d1837 MS. Another participant has a paper trail to Martin Moss b~1798 Elbert Cty GA, possible son of Ephraim Moss. Joseph Moss, b. 1797 SC represents another link.
GROUP #3 (in light blue on the chart below): This line has two people representing John Moss, born about 1801, South Carolina, who married Nancy Boatright.
GROUP #4 (in bright red on the chart below): This line has two matching participants. One represents David MOSS of Tennessee who married Catherine Price. The other represents William Odell MOSS who was in South Carolina in 1823. Neither of these family histories have been connected by traditional genealogy.
GROUP #5 (in light brown on the chart below): Four participants match in a 25-marker test. Most closely related, matching 25/25, are Alfred Moss, b~1805, Pickens County, SC and Abner Moss who was in SC in 1787. Very closely matching these two South Carolinians at 24/25 with just one fast-moving mutation is Thomas Moss, born 1836, TN. Markers representing William Moss who was in NC in 1800 match 24/25 with one slow-moving mutation.
GROUP #6 (in purple on the chart below): This group is represented by common ancestor Gabriel Moss of SC,1806.
GROUP #7 (in dark green on the chart below): One participant's earliest proven ancestor is Thomas Moss b1655, New Kent, VA. He matches a descendent of John Moss b1707 New Kent, VA who d1784 Goochland, VA as well as a descendent of Nathaniel Moss, b. 1752 Goochland County, VA.
UNMATCHED PARTICIPANTS (uncolored on the chart below): Five persons remain whose DNA does not match that of anyone else in the group. One of these individuals, represented by Kit #17444, has matching y-DNA with that of a MAUS descendent who has an ancestor from 1790, Pennsylvania. For those of you whose results have produced no matches yet, please remember that your markers have been established and will be there as benchmarks for those who continue to join the process. At least you know where NOT to look for clues and that, in itself, is a very important step in one's research. Number 11832 does not belong to this group because his dna line is broken by a woman being in his Moss descent line several generations back.
SUMMARY: We congratulate all of you who have made giant leaps in the validation of your ancestry and research through the science of Y-DNA.
I suggest you opt to share your markers with others who have tested through other labs. Go to https://www.gedmatch.com/ to upload your markers.
Thus far we have several distinct groups of MORSE / MOSS y-DNA signatures represented in our growing study, isolated in color-coded groups in our chart below. IMPORTANT! Please note that those individuals who have not expanded to the full 37-marker test may be moved to another family group at a later date. Twelve and 25 marker tests only show possible or probable connections when the surnames are the same. The unknown markers for these participants may, or may not, end up matching those of the groups in which they are currently placed. WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO EXPAND YOUR TEST TO THE FULL 37 MARKERS SO YOU CAN BE CERTAIN OF YOUR RELATEDNESS TO OTHERS IN THE GROUP!
GROUP #1 (in lemon yellow on the chart below): It is important to note that the y-DNA in this group links lines representing both the MORSE and MOSS spellings. Read on! Ten MORSE/MOSS participants (note both spellings!) representing Group #1 have matching y-DNA. Four of them have paper trails going back to Ebenezer MORSE born about 1740, in Virginia or Maryland. This Ebenezer lived in Stafford and Prince William Counties, VA; Spartanburg County, SC; and Caldwell County, KY. In fall, 2007, a 5th participant representing Obadiah Mors Jr. of Westmoreland County, VA matched this Ebenezer Morse 37/37. Researchers had long suspected the Stafford/Prince William County, Virginia Morses and the Westmoreland County, Virginia Morses were somehow related, but had no proof until now. One of the matching participants has a paper trail going back to Joshua Hodges MORSE of Anson County, North Carolina, 1808. One of the matching participants has a paper trail going back to James Madison MOSS, born 1868, possibly Mississippi, died 1940, Arkansas. Two of the matching participants have paper trails going back to Mors / Morse lines in New York. One represents John E. Morse who died in Michigan in 1897. y-DNA markers from former members of this group (some now members of the Morse Society) match that of William MORSE of Massachusetts, & Obediah MORSE of New Hampshire, represented in a separate FTDNA study conducted by the Morse Society. Because of this, we now know that Ebenezer MORSE of Virginia and William, Anthony & Obediah MORSE of New England are somehow related and we are in search of the missing links.
GROUP #2 (in lime green on the chart below): It is important to note that the y-DNA in this group links lines representing both the MORSE and MOSS spellings. Read on! Fourteen MORSE/MOSS participants representing Group #2 have matching y-DNA. Five of them connect with Gilbert MOSS of York County, South Carolina. Three of them have paper trails connecting them to Samuel MORSE of Granville County, North Carolina. One of them has a paper trail connecting them to John Moss who was in South Carolina in 1811. One of them has a paper trail connecting them to Benjamin Moss b~1810 Dawson Co, GA, possible son of Reuben Moss. One of them has a paper trail to another Benjamin Morse b~1798 NC, d1837 MS. Another participant has a paper trail to Martin Moss b~1798 Elbert Cty GA, possible son of Ephraim Moss. Joseph Moss, b. 1797 SC represents another link.
GROUP #3 (in light blue on the chart below): This line has two people representing John Moss, born about 1801, South Carolina, who married Nancy Boatright.
GROUP #4 (in bright red on the chart below): This line has two matching participants. One represents David MOSS of Tennessee who married Catherine Price. The other represents William Odell MOSS who was in South Carolina in 1823. Neither of these family histories have been connected by traditional genealogy.
GROUP #5 (in light brown on the chart below): Four participants match in a 25-marker test. Most closely related, matching 25/25, are Alfred Moss, b~1805, Pickens County, SC and Abner Moss who was in SC in 1787. Very closely matching these two South Carolinians at 24/25 with just one fast-moving mutation is Thomas Moss, born 1836, TN. Markers representing William Moss who was in NC in 1800 match 24/25 with one slow-moving mutation.
GROUP #6 (in purple on the chart below): This group is represented by common ancestor Gabriel Moss of SC,1806.
GROUP #7 (in dark green on the chart below): One participant's earliest proven ancestor is Thomas Moss b1655, New Kent, VA. He matches a descendent of John Moss b1707 New Kent, VA who d1784 Goochland, VA as well as a descendent of Nathaniel Moss, b. 1752 Goochland County, VA.
UNMATCHED PARTICIPANTS (uncolored on the chart below): Five persons remain whose DNA does not match that of anyone else in the group. One of these individuals, represented by Kit #17444, has matching y-DNA with that of a MAUS descendent who has an ancestor from 1790, Pennsylvania. For those of you whose results have produced no matches yet, please remember that your markers have been established and will be there as benchmarks for those who continue to join the process. At least you know where NOT to look for clues and that, in itself, is a very important step in one's research. Number 11832 does not belong to this group because his dna line is broken by a woman being in his Moss descent line several generations back.
SUMMARY: We congratulate all of you who have made giant leaps in the validation of your ancestry and research through the science of Y-DNA.