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__________________________ [edit] Related[edit] Overview[edit] YDNADescendants of Johnston Walker (2) are close matches in terms of YDNA to the Hawkins County Line (aka Gr-18) in FTDNA's Walker YDNA project. A comparison of haplotypes for members of that group is given below:
The comparison for Johnston's descendant who took the YDNA test is shown in the lowermost row of the matrix. This descendant took the test at 37 markers, and differs from most of the other kits by about 3.2% dissimilarity. This suggests a relatively recent common ancestor with most of the other kit owners. (Note that two of the kits represent non-surname matches. These may or may not reflect descent from a common ancestor with David.) Most of the kits in the Hawkins County line trace descent to John Walker who died in 1818 in Hawkins County TN. The family history of this line before John is unclear, though there are indications that they were living in Loudoun County Virginia before 1760. However, the presumed connection to Johnston (2) born 1762, would seem to lie prior the appearance of John Walker in America. We believe John himself was born in Loudoun County, or perhaps somewhere in Old Chester, sometime between 1734 and 1744. We can't tell whether his parents were the immigrant ancestor of this line, or whether John descended from an even earlier immigrant. The latest likely date of immigration for John's family would probably be 1743. This is considerably earlier than the birth of Johnston in 1827. However, the degree of dissimilarity in haplotypes between Johnston's descendant, and that of the descendants of John (286) is substantial, suggesting that considerable time has elapsed since the birth of the common ancestor. A fairly close match is found between descendants of John (286) and that of a David Walker born in 1762 in Dumfrieshire Scotland. Its reasonable to speculate that John and David shared a common ancestor a few generations previous to Davids birth, perhaps in the late 17th century or early 18th century. The common ancestor between Johnston, David and John probably lies considerably earlier than this, but is likely also to have been born in Scotland, if not Dumfriesshire. [edit] NotesFrom:Ontario, Canada Census Index, 1871, search for Johnston Walker, Ancestry.com
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