GOFF/GOUGH SURNAME DNA STUDY (incl. Gawf, Goffe, Gaugh, Gauff)                      HOME 

Last Update: 30 June 2008

     

DYS # (all values reported using Family Tree DNA standards, except 461 & 463, which is NIST)

                    
Kit # Earliest Known Common Ancestor H G
A R
P O
L U
O P

3
9
3

 3
9
0		 1
9		 3
9
1

3
8
5
a

(1)

3
8
5
b

(1)

 4
2
6		 3
8
8		 4
3
9		 3
8
9
i		 3
9
2		 3
8
9
ii		 4
5
8		 4
5
9
a		 4
5
9
b		 4
5
5		 4
5
4		 4
4
7		 4
3
7		 4
4
8		 4
4
9		 4
6
4
a		 4
6
4
b		 4
6
4
c		 4
6
4
d

4
6
4
e

(2)

4
6
4
f

(2)

 4
6
0		 G
A
T
A
H
4		 Y
C
A
I
I
a		 Y
C
A
I
I
b		 4
5
6		 6
0
7		 5
7
6		 5
7
0		 C
D
Y
a		 C
D
Y
b		 4
4
2		 4
3
8		 5
3
1		 5
7
8		 3
9
5
S
1
a		 3
9
5
S
1
b		 5
9
0		 5
3
7		 6
4
1		 4
7
2		 4
0
6
S
1		 5
1
1		 4
2
5		 4
1
3
a		 4
1
3
b		 5
5
7		 5
9
4		 4
3
6		 4
9
0		 5
3
4		 4
5
0		 4
4
4		 4
8
1		 5
2
0		 4
4
6		 6
1
7		 5
6
8		 4
8
7		 5
7
2		 6
4
0		 4
9
2		 5
6
5		 4
4
1		 4
4
5		 4
5
2		 4
6
1		 4
6
2		 4
6
3		 G
A
T
A
B
0
7		 G
A
T
A
C
4
 G
A
T
A
A
1
0		 6
4
3
Mutation Rates (in %)   .09 .36 .12 .25 .23 .23 .02 .03 .34 .18 .12 .21 .48 .10 .10 .03 .02 .32 .14 .20 .53 .28 .28 .28 .28 .28 .28 .24 .25 .10 .10 .44 .31 .55 .45 .67 .67 .25 .08                                       .24     .26               .11 .08 .14 .19 .04 .13 .07 .19 .31  
   

Four GOFF Bros, WV/KY & Stephen GOUGH, St. Mary's Co., MD

 393 390 19 391 385a 385b 426 388 439 389i 392 389i 458 459a 459b 455 454 447 437 448 449 464a 464b 464c 464d 464e 464f 460 H4 YCAIIa YCAIIb 456 607 576 570 CDYa CDYb 442 438 531 578 395s1a 395s1b 590 537 641 472 406s1 511 425 413a 413b 557 594 436 490 534 450 444 481 520 446 617 568 487 572 640 492 565 441 445 452 461 462 463 B07 C4 A10 643
   SMGF  OA I1a 13 22 16 10 13 14 11 14 11 12 11 28 15 8 9 8 11 23 16 20 30 12 14 15 15     10 10 19 19 14 14 18 18 35 35 12 10 11 8 15 15 8 11 10 8 9 9 12 21 25 15 10 12 12 16 8 13 27 20 13 12 11 12 11 11 12 11 16 11 12 11 12 21 11 23 13 12
F25897 James Goff 1735 Eng? I1a 13 22 16 10 13 14 11 14 11 12 11 28 15 8 9 8 11 23 16 20 30 12 14 14 15 15 15                                                                                                        
SMGF1 James Goff 1735 Eng? I1a 13 22 16 10 13 14 11 14 11 12 11 28 15 8 9 8 11 23 16 20 31             10 10 19 19 14 14         12 10                                       13     13               16 11 12 11 12 21 11 23 13  
F25496 James Goff 1735 Eng? I1a 13 22 16 10 13 14 11 14 11 12 11 28 15 8 9 8 11 23 16 20 30 12 15 15 15     10 10 19 19 14 14 18 18 35 35 12 10 11 8 15 15 8 11 10 8 9 9 12 21 25 15 10 12 12 16 8 13 27 20 13 12 11 12 11 11 12 11 16 11 12 11 12 21 11 23 13  
F26367 James Goff 1735 Eng? I1a 13 22 16 10 13 14 11 14 11 12 11 28                                                                                                                                      
F88604 John Turton Goff Eng?  I1a 13 22 16 10 13 14 11 14 11 12 11 28 15 8 9 8 11 23 16 20 30 12 14 15 15     10 10 19 19 14 14 18 18 35 35 12 10 11 8 15 15 8 11 10 8 9 9 12 21 25 15 10 12 12 16 8 13 27 20 13 12 11 12 11 11 12 11                    
F97884 John Turton Goff Eng?  I1a 13 22 16 10 13 14

11

 14 11 12 11 28 15 8 9 8 11 23 16 20 30 12 14 15 15     10 10 19 19 14 14 18 18 33 35 12 10                                                                       21       12
F29240 Salathiel Goff 1748 Eng? I1a 13 22 16 10 13 14 11 14 10 12 11 28 15 8 9 8 11 23 16 20 30 12 14 15 15                                                                                                            
D64PCQ6 Stephen Gough d 1700 MD I1a 13 22 16 10 13 14 11 14 12 12 11 28 15 8 9 8 11 23 16 20 30 12 14 15 15     10 10 19 19 14           12 10                                       13     13               16 11 12 11 12 21 11 23 13  
Descendants of three of the four Goff brothers of western Virginia were tested and findings confirm the historical record that James Goff, John Turton Goff and Salathiel Goff were brothers. The ancestral haplotype of the father of the four Goff brothers is a 42/43 match with a descendant of Stephen Gough d. 1700 St. Mary's Co., MD. Stephen Goffe (spelling in document) was transported to America in 1664 or 1665 by William Tettershall, according to land patent records at the Maryland State Archives. The Tettershall family of St. Mary's Co., MD was from Wiltshire, England and Stephen Gough later married the widow Mary (Tettershall) Jarboe, who had a brother named William Tettershall. Descendants of the four Goff brothers are generally Protestant while descendants of Stephen Gough of St. Mary's Co., MD are generally Catholic. DYS439 may hold the key to sorting out the precise relationship between these families. Within haplogroup I1a, 11 repeats is observed 75% of the time while 12 repeats are found about 18% of the time.

While Stephen Gough (d. 1700 St. Mary’s Co., MD) and the four Goff brothers of western Virginia, have matching Y-chromosomes, the precise nature of their relationship is unknown. The four Goff brothers first appeared in the known historical record in 1765/66 Loudoun Co., VA. Ignatius and Patrick Burns, Catholics from St. Mary’s Co., MD, were close neighbors of the Goffs in Loudoun Co., VA. St. Ignatius was the patron saint of the Catholic settlement in MD and there was a heavy concentration of this given name in St. Mary’s Co., MD. As such, the 1790-1820 census was analyzed for instances of this name in the states around MD to learn something about the migration paths out of St. Mary’s.

A distribution analysis of the Goff surname and similar haplotypes in England has uncovered what may be a related Goff family in 16th century Norfolk Co., England. Note that this family includes sons named Salathiel and Benjamin, which are common names among four Goff brothers and Stephen Gough descendants, respectively. There are indications that the deeper ancestry of this haplotype is in Norway/Sweden.. Haplogroup I1a has been confirmed via a P40+ SNP test performed by Ethnoancestry on participant F25496. 

                                                          
                                                           

GOFF, Bristol Co., MA (Rehoboth &Taunton)

 393 390 19 391 385a 385b 426 388 439 389i 392 389i 458 459a 459b 455 454 447 437 448 449 464a 464b 464c 464d 464e 464f 460 H4 YCAIIa YCAIIb 456 607 576 570 CDYa CDYb 442 438 531 578 395s1a 395s1b 590 537 641 472 406s1 511 425 413a 4513b 557 594 436 490 534 450 444 481 520 446 617 568 487 572 640 492 56 441 445 452 461 462 463 B07 C4 A10 643
   SMGF  OA   13 24 14 ? 12 ? 12 12 11 13 13 29 18 9 10 11 11 25 15 19 29 15 16 16 17     11 11 19 23 16 ?? 17 17 ?? 37 13 12 11 9 15 16 8 10 10 8 10 11 12 22 23 16 10 10 12 15 8 12 22 20 12 12 11 14 11 11 12 12                    
DLXW8WF Anthony Goffe m. 1685> Robert Goff 1691 R1b 13 24 14 11 12 14 12 12 11 13 13 29 18 9 10 11 11 25 15 19 29 15 16 16 17     10 11 19 23 16           13 12                                       13     12               13 12 11 12 11 22 10 23 13  
F86159 Anthony Goffe m. 1685> Richard Goff 1695 R1b1c 13 24 14 11 12 14 12 12 11 13 13 29 18 9 10 11 11 25 15 19 29 15 16 16 17     11 11 19 23 16 15 17 17 36 37 13 12 11 9 15 16 8 10 10 8 10 11 12 22 23 16 10 10 12 15 8 12 22 20 12 12 11 14 11 11 12 12                    
F50512 Jonathan Goff c1818 Taunton, MA R1b1c 13 24 14 10 12 13 12 12 11 13 13 29 18 9 10 11 11 25 15 19 29 15 16 16 17     11 11 19 23 16 14 17 17 37 37 13 12 11 9 15 16 8 10 10 8 10 11 12 22 23 16 10 10 12 15 8 12 22 20 12 12 11 14 11 11 12 12                    
Participant F86159 traced his ancestry to Thomas Franklin Goff b. 1828 Bristol Co., NY, who can then be traced to his grandfather, Asa Goff b. 1782 in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA, a descendant of Anthony Goffe through his son Richard Goff. Participant DLXW8WF has a paper trail to Anthony Goffe through his son Robert Goff. Participant F50512 descends from Jonathan Goff who, according to his military records, was born in Taunton, MA, which is in Bristol Co., MA. 

All three men are high matches for the ancestral haplotype, although Jonathan Goff has not yet been connected to Anthony Goffe. Note that all mutations are arbitrarily assigned to kit F50512. Until another participant with these marker tests joins the project there is no way to know which participant's lineage has which of the four mutations.