Hunnewell - Honnywill - Honniwell - Y-DNA-700 results at FamilyTree DNA
Posted by Pierre Langlais (Hunnewell) on 6/7/2020, 23:20:41
Hello, for all descendants of the Hunnewell/Honniwell/Honnywill families in Devon, or elsewhere.
I would like to inform anyone interested that I have posted results for an Extensive Y-DNA (Big-Y-700) test at Family Tree DNA. Being a male descendant of the 'Hunnewell's', my results should match to other direct male decendants of the same lineage. This would confirm the Devon origins (Ashton Church) of the New England colonist. Even a less expensive Y-111 test would surely match but with less precision.
Re: Hunnewell - Honnywill - Honniwell - Y-DNA-700 results at FamilyTree DNA
Thanks for sharing. I don't currently have anyone with that surname in the Devon DNA Project. If you want to confirm your Devon origins perhaps you can try and recruit men with the surname who have recent documented ancestry from Devon. This is the sort of thing that is best done within a structured surname project.
If you come across any Hunnewells (or variants) with recent documented Devon origins I would be happy to include them in the Devon DNA Project.
Best wishes
Debbie Kennett Group Administrator Devon DNA Project
Re: Hunnewell - Honnywill - Honniwell - Y-DNA-700 results at FamilyTree DNA
1623, July 27 John Hunwill married Elizabeth Bromhill at Devon, Ermington [John Honywill, son of William, was baptized 22 January, 1598. John Honniwell, son of John, was baptised at Devon 1 Oct., 1626 was likey same as previous. I BELIEVE this same John Honywill was a ship's surgeon. The date of his marriage matches exactly that mentioned in the "Jesse de Forest Journal." The journal memorilizes an expedition (1623-1625) to the "wilde coste" by a group of Walloon and French whose families awaited them back at Leiden. They were sailing under the newly formed Dutch West India Company. While at Leiden thwy were close neighbors of the Pilgrims. Their ship, Pigeon, was stalled at Plymouth and details an interesting event between the crew while docked in the area leaving them desparate for additional crew members. Tells of their new acquired surgeon getting married. The Jesse de Foprest Jornal is a beautiful piece of history now held at the British National Library. I'm seeking information about same and those that partook of this Expedition from 1623-1625 to the "Wilde Coste".