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Morrow DNA Group I (Virginia)

These participants originally thought they were descended from Morrows settled in Norfolk Co, VA, and in particular, "Old Samuel of Spartenburg" (d. 1796 in Spartenburg, SC), based largely on trees show in Worth Ray's book Tennessee Cousins. Alexander Morrow m. Grace Smith is generally considered the forefather (Old Sam's grandfather.) Alexander is the son of David Morrow who wrote his will in 1692 in Norfolk, VA, so the early part of the line can be documented, but the DNA results show most people are wrong!

There are at least sixteen matching participants in this line. Full List. There are descendants of Robert Morrow m. Jane Peden, John Morrow m. Mary Sutton, David m. Margaret Kelso, Maj. Samuel m. Janet Nelson, Lt. John m. Mary Kelso, Joseph m. Jane Wylie, and Adam m. Isobel. Except for Adam and John, these men are all the same generation. Researchers have in varying configurations shown them as brothers or cousins - the sons of Old Samuel and his cousin David m. Agnes White.

Documentary evidence shows that Maj. Sam and Lt. John are brothers (pension applications reference each other) and that Maj. Sam is the "nephew" of Old Sam (from a deed). Based on that, we had a theory that Sam and John were sons of David and Agnes (along with David 1762-1843) and that Robert and Thomas (father of John) were the sons of Old Sam.

HOWEVER, DNA testing has shown a variation between the men at one particular marker that splits them up: Thomas and David descendants have one value, the other three have a different value. This discovery sparked another round of research, and the discovery of a document showing David and Mary Morrow of Spartenburg listed with sons Robert, Samuel and John in a visitation listing in 1774. This is "David of Spartenburg," a man not listed in Ray's book, but easily the right age and location to be the brother of Old Samuel. (Ray did list a David as a brother of Old Samuel - David Morrow m. Elizabeth Catlett. We have replaced that David with David of Spartenburg.) As a result of DNA testing and further research, we hypothesize the following relationships:

Important Research Note March 2025: After long listing Thomas Morrow and Janet McCarter on this page, as parents of John m. Mary Sutton, it now appears more likely that this man is associated with Group 5. See Thomas's profile for more details.

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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: {{MorrowDNA1|Line=Tested|Anc=Early|AncLink=[[Person:David Morrow (10)]]|Addl=Matches cousin: [[Person:David Morrow (10)]]}}

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

{{MorrowDNA1|Line=Related|Anc=Tested|AncLink=[[Person:David Morrow (10)]]|Addl=}}

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