The Pilgrim Lineage DNA Project welcomes all participants. Our project is just getting started, and we hope to have many exciting discoveries. Participating has the opportunity to uncover information not provided elsewhere, which will help with your family history research. Also can discover which family trees maybe related.

The Pilgrim surname dates back to 1466 coming from England, Ireland, Scotland.William Pilgrim is the furthest Pilgrim I found to be recorded, Birth 1466 • Essex, Herefordshire, England: Death 1506 • Essex, England and would be if correct my 15th Great-grandfather.

The first Pilgrim ancestor to leave from England and to arrive in the America's was Amos Franklin Pilgrim born 17 Oct 1707 Ipswich, Suffolk, England, died 1782 Virginia, Henry, Virginia, United States. Amos was an indentured servant when he arrived in the United States to pay off his debit for passage to the U.S. Pilgrim's come down a long line down to my great-grandfather. From DNA testing, My great-grand mother is Pilgrim and was unwed mother to Clifford Anderson Pilgrim, by John Logan Asbury. Being unwed she kept the name Pilgrim and so forth down the line.

Pilgrim migrated from their arrival in Virginia, on to many southern stated, Virginia, Tennessee, North and South Carolina's, Georgia and Alabama between the 1700-1850. After the 1850 they migrated all over the United States. I have found, some were well off and well known but most were simple farmers. Before researching, I though that the Pilgrim's were few and far between. I grew up a Pilgrim before I found out that I was actually Asbury but that's a whole other story, but thinking I was Pilgrim I have researched for over 20+ years. I have found Pilgrims in The united States, England, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and other countries. So, I am Pilgrim and Asbury.

The following was copied exactly from Baltimore County Families, 1659 – 1759, p 508

"Pilgrim, Amos, age 16, of Ipswich, Suffolk, Eng., in Feb. 1724 bound. himself to serve 5 years in MD.; married Rachel McMahon on 25 June 1730; on March 1743 Amos and  Rachel leased 100 acre's naming it Pilgrim’s Rest : children Mary, twin, born 27 April 1732; Rachel, born 27 Apr 1732; Amos, born 21 Aug 1734; Thomas, born.. 10 Jan. 1736"

As this project progresses, the results for the various family trees will provide information about the evolution of the surname Pilgrim. The Y-DNA test tells you about your direct male line, which would be your father, his father, and back in time including their male siblings (Brother, Uncle, 2nd cousin 1x removed, ETC.). You must be male to take this test, and you should have one of the surnames shown. If you believe there is a Pilgrim or variant in your direct male line, although you have a different surname (As I have found, Pilgram, Pigman, Etc), you are also welcome to participate. If you're female, you will need to find a direct line male in your family tree to participate and represent your tree.

Variations of surname spellings including Paragreen, Pelerin, Pigram, Piegrome, Pigeram, Piggrem, Peggram, Peagram, Pigman. It originates though from the Old French word "pelegrin", meaning a pilgrim, and ultimately from the Roman "peregrinus", meaning literally "a traveller through the fields". The surname first appears on record in the latter part of the 12th Century, and other early recordings include William Pegerim or Pegrum of the county of Dorset, in the year 1201, Eustace Pelrim, of Cambridgeshire, in 1221; Robert Peregrine of Somerset, in 1243, and Robert Pelgrim of Cambridgeshire, in 1260. Examples of surname recordings in the surviving church registers include Jone Pilgrim who married Thomas Maule, at St. Dunstan's Stepney, on September 25th 1580, and Sarah Pigram of Nazeing in Essex, on June 8th 1643. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Hugo Pilegrim. This was dated 1185, in the register of the Knight Templars of Warwickshire, during the reign of King Henry 11nd, known as "The Builder of Churches", 1154 - 1189.

I encourage males to order a Y-DNA test for 111 markers, if possible. If you order less markers, you can upgrade later, though this costs a little more. The lower marker test generates results for a larger time period of approximately 4000 years ago and much harder to locate closer relatives. The Big Y-700 generates a much closer relationships, more closely to 1000 depending upon step's.

For matches in a genealogical time frame, order the mtDNA Full Sequence test. Both the Y DNA and the mtDNA test results contain no personal information, and you will match or be a close match to those to whom you are related. This is an opportunity to learn more about your origins and ancestry.

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