I need positive proof of John Atwood b:1761 and Father in Colonial America.

Question

My Dna 700 on FTDNA shows back to John Atwood and descendants. At that point it seems to change to Simmons, Spradlin or Ray. with some Williams in the misx. Haplogroup R-BY56749. Any help finding documents or proofs from that era is appreciated.

Answer 1

Here is the expected migration map for R-BY56749: http://scaledinnovation.com/gg/snpTracker.html?snp=R-BY56749

FamilySearch.org indicates that Isaac Atwood died in Massachusetts before John was born in Virginia.  I think that is a misconnection.

If you join the WikiTree DNA Project (https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/wiki-tree/dna-results) I will be able to look at your kit and see if I see anything that explains the Simmons, Spradlin or Ray connections.  My guess is it is an ancient connection, before there were records or even surnames.