Unknown Junkine (abt. 1782)

Born about 1782 in Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Descendants

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Lorna Henderson [send private message]

Biography

"Unknown" is currently assumed to have been born about 1782 to Patrick Junkine and Mary Buchanan.^[1] BUT he may fit with any male in Patrick's extended family around in the right place and timeframe to have "met" Margaret McEwan.

Research notes

Where does the male Jenkins who has to have "met" Margaret (McEwan) Henderson (abt.1782-aft.1828) around 1812, belong in the Jenkins families?

James Henderson (1813-1892) BigY tested descendants who confirm the yDNA signature for James (three 2nd and 3rd cousins), do not match the tested descendant of James' brother Archibald, who does match several lines of Henderson families from the Perthshire / Stirlingshire area

But they do have an exact match to a BigY tested descendant of Peter (Junkine) Jenkins (1818-1881). Originally assigned to the same haplogroup, R-BY19859, under which the three cousins above now have their own James descendant subgroup.

For current, ongoing updated info as more testers join, check out FTDNA Discover).

The back story of this journey can be read here. Henderson-2297 10:48, 30 March 2023 (UTC)

As at Sep 2023 we are waiting for BigY results from a Stirlingshire line around the right timeframe and place. Preliminary indications from ySTR testing show matches to the existing testers on this Perthshire line, but more distantly, so likely connected a further 100 or so years back from Patrick's ancestor James born about 1680.

yDNA

Further clarification on where the actual connection may be, will ensue the more Junkine / Jenkins etc families from Perthshire / Stirlingshire venture into yDNA testing. (We are getting at the outer reaches for autosomal matches here)

If you are a direct male line descendant of any of these Perthshire/Stirlingshire families, but in particular of James (Junken) Junkine (abt.1680-), on another line than down from grandson Patrick, please do get in touch.

We would very much like to learn more about which families connect where. There is a Jenkins Surname yDNA project on FamilyTreeDNA.

The basic y37 test should provide a set of surname matches but the timeframes and exact positioning on the tree of Jenkins-kind needs the more advance BigY testing. A subsidy may well be available (contact Lorna to discuss).

atDNA

Autosomal DNA matches also exist across the two families. (details following)

Sources

1. ↑ Date assigned to a gap in known baptisms, and matches Margaret McEwan's age ~~~

• BigY DNA match between descendant of Peter Jenkins and Jane McNee with three descendants of James Henderson (1813-1892), all haplogroup R-BY19859