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Morrow DNA Group 4 (NC Irish)

• List of Participants

This is one of three groups traced to men in North Carolina in the 18th century (the others being Group 2 and Group 6 ). Note these groups are entirely unrelated. This is the most diffuse of the group, with at least 4 different groups related in the last 16 generations. More testing is needed at more markers to refine relationships. (There are a lot of numbers below, but, in short, the latter three groups are somewhat more closely related to each other than the Crosswood Oaks group, except that the David Murray line "in the middle" tests as related to everyone within 8 generations.)

Crosswood Oaks Morrows

William and James Morrow settled at what became known as the Oaks community in southern Orange Co--the "Crosswood/Oaks Morrows." By family tradition, they are brothers, and DNA is consistent, showing a 107/111 match, or 89% change of a common ancestor within 8 generations.

• William Morrow ca1731 - 1807, died Orange Co. NC, m ca 1751 Jane Parks in Ulster.
• James Morrow ca1740 – aft. 1800, probably in Orange Co., m2. ca 1772 Ann Mebane in Orange Co.

Also matching 107/111:

• George Washington Morrow, b. 1823 in NC, living in Cherokee Co, NC in 1870.

Murrays

These men are closely related to each other, and are related both to the above Crosswood Oaks group and the below group more closely than those two groups relate to each other. More tests, particularly from the David Murray group, are needed.

• David Murray of Sussex, DE, 1746-1823. Only tested 67 markers, but at that level, shows as a 95% chance of a common ancestor in the last 8 generations with the other Murrays, the Crosswood Oaks group, and the Thomas group.
• James Murray d.1757 Chillisquaque & Janet or Jean
• William Murry (d: 1829 TN) m: Anderson

Thomas m. Rebecca Small

Thomas Morrow is found in Albemarle Co, VA in 1762, said to owe money, along with John Small, to David Lewis, indicating he was at least 21 and/or already or almost married to John's daughter Rebecca. They are found in records in Henry County, VA until 1801, and then in Wayne County, Kentucky in the 1803 tax list and 1810 census. Their son Matthew was born about 1765 (over 45 by 1810) and married Frances Burnet in 1790 in Henry County, and then also appeared in Wayne County. Descendants of sons Alexander and Thomas match closely at 111 markers.

These participants appeared to closely match the Crosswood Oaks line at 25 and 37 markers. But after testing to 111 markers, the match falls to ~%50 in 12 generations, ~70% at 16 generations. However, they do match all of the Murrays, above, close enough for a 95% chance of a common ancestor in 12 generations. David Murray, as noted above, in turn matches the Crosswood Oaks testers.

These participants also match the Thomas cluster below, with a 60% chance in 8 generations or 90% in 12 generations (also at 111 markers).

Alexander Murray/Morrow m. Margaret Adams

Three participants provide their earliest ancestor as Alexander Morrow or Murray 1735-1791 of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. At least two are descended from Thomas Morrow m. Nancy Mann, who settled in Marion Co, Indiana in the 1840s.

These lines match at 67 markers the David Murray line (70% in 8 generations or 90% in 12) and at 111 markers, the Thomas/Rebecca Small one (60% in 8 generations or 90% in 12 generations). The match to the Crosswood Oaks line is more distant, 55% in 12 generations.

Morrows of Johnson Co, MO

James G. Morrow appears in the 1850 Johnson Co, MO census in the household of his son John. He is age 76, "born on shipboard on Atlantic Ocean, from Ireland." His father's name was David and they settled first in South Carolina.

This participant matches close enough at 37 markers to suggest a relationship with several of the lines above within generations. However, 37 markers have not proven to hold on other lines once testing was expanded, so more testing is needed.

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Parameters

• Line = Tested or Related
• Anc = Early or Tested
• AncLink=for tested, earliest ancestor or most significant 'fork' in DNA; for related, most recent ancestor from tested line
• Addl (optional) = Matches cousin (or whatever): (links)

Samples

For a tested line:

{{MorrowDNA4|Line=Tested|Anc=Early|AncLink=[[Person:William Morrow (22)|William Morrow]] of Orange Co, NC|Addl=Matches uncle: [[Person:James Morrow (13)|James Morrow]] of Orange Co, NC}}

Yields:

For a related line (i.e. related male relatives)

{{MorrowDNA4|Line=Related|Anc=Tested|AncLink=[[Person:William Morrow (22)|William Morrow of Orange Co]]|Addl=}}

Yields: