Maple DNA

Surnames/tags: MAPLE_DNA MAPLE MAPEL

This page summarizes DNA findings for the descendants of Benjamin Maple Sr, progenitor of the Maple family in America.

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Y Chromosome DNA

We are recruiting males with the MAPLE surname for Y-DNA testing. See Space: MAPLE Y-DNA Haplogroup.

5 descendants of David Maple Sr. have done advanced Y-DNA SNP (single nucleotide polymorphism) testing at Family Tree DNA. Here is a list of mutations that Bruce Maple has tested positive for in a Big Y-700 test, in the order which they are believed to have occurred.^[1] The age estimates are approximate, and they should not be taken too literally.

Mutations in the MAPLE/MAPLEY branch of the Y-DNA family tree:^[2]

R haplogroup SNP. . . . Estimated date of origin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Origin / Surnames

M207 ........................ 26,000 BCE

M343 ............,,,,,....... 17,000 BCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eurasian Steppe

M269 ........................ 4400 BCE

L51 ............................ 4000 BCE

U106 ......................... 2900 BCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bohemia?

Z381 ......................... 2600 BCE

Z301 ......................... 2500 BCE ← (Tested negative at FTDNA; tested positive at YSEQ)

L48 ............................ 2400 BCE

L47 ............................ 2200 BCE

Z160 .......................... 2100 BCE ← (Lowest branch reported by Genographic 2,0 Test)

Z159 .......................... 1700 BCE

S6924 ........................ 1600 BCE

S3251 (+CTS3777) ... 1300 BCE ← (CTS3777 reported by FTDNA analysis of Genographic test)

FGC8563 ................... 1000 BCE ← (FTDNA labels FGC8563 "Presumed positive"; confirmed positive

by Sanger sequencing at YSEQ)

Remains of a FGC8563 Viking born about 1050 CE have been found in Jutland, Denmark.

CTS9369 .................... 900 BCE

A688 .......................... 600 BCE

BY3317....................... 100 BCE ← (Lowest branch determined by L47 panel)

BY3838 ...................... 0 CE . . . . . . . . Davidson (Scotland), Graham (Scotland)

FGC46245 ................. 350 CE . . . . . . Maple (USA), Mapley (England), Moore (Ireland), Morrison (Scotland)

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BY109788 [+BY145308,

BY147243, BY165742] ......................... 500 CE . . . . . . . Maple (USA), Mapley (England), Webber

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BY63743 [+BY55180, BY57990, BY105812,

BY109766, BY110579, BY123756, BY131076,

BY132470, BY133231, FT14948, FT16695

FT18136, FT24498, FT27252,

FT98665, M145] ................................... 1500 CE . . . . . . Maple (USA), Mapley (England, Australia, USA)

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BY135865 [+BY141141, BY151378, Y168385] . . . . . . . . Descendants of Benjamin Maple Jr

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FT94958, BY229352 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Descendants of Jasper Maple

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BY121933 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Descendants of Claude Maple

For a discussion of the significance of these results, see Space: Maple Origins.

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These results are part of the Maple Surname Y-DNA Project (https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/maple-surname-dna-project/about) and R1b-U106 Y-DNA Haplogroup Project (https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/u106/about/background) at Family Tree DNA.

See Group 53 [FGC8563>CTS9369>A688>BY3317>BY3838>FGC46245>BY63743>BY135865>] (approximately on page 7) of the U106 Project results (https://www.familytreedna.com/public/U106?iframe=yresults).

All of Benjamin Maple Jr's patrilineal descendants share a block of 4 Big Y-700 Y-DNA SNPs (See https://www.familytreedna.com/public/MapleSurnameDNAProject?iframe=yresults):

BY135865, BY141141, BY151378, Y168385

These all originated sometime after the birth of the nearest common patrilineal ancestor of Benjamin Maple Jr and the Mapley families that lived in Buckinghamshire, England in the 18th century. Family Tree DNA estimates that this common ancestor was born about 1486 CE (95% confidence interval: 1267-1651 CE). (See https://discover.familytreedna.com/groups/maple-surname-dna-project/tree?subgroups=184710,204290,215004,245269,275270,297485.)

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References

1. ↑ Family Tree DNA, Y Haplogroup tree.
2. ↑ The age estimates are given by Family Tree DNA.

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Autosomal DNA

The amount of autosomal DNA inherited from any particular ancestor falls off rapidly with each successive generation, so it is difficult to use autosomal DNA to prove descent of currently living people from ancestors as distant as Benjamin Maple Sr, his children, or his grandchildren. Here, we give examples where triangulated DNA matches provide evidence of descent from early Maple generations.

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Descent from Jasper Newton Maple (and his great-great grandparents Benjamin Maple Jr and wife) and Jasper's wife Lydia (Chambers) Maple

Figure 1 illustrates some chromosome 14 DNA matches for Bruce Maple within the Family Tree DNA database. The segments marked in red represent DNA (46 cM on 2 segments) shared with a 3rd cousin (once removed) whose nearest common ancestors with Bruce are Jasper Maple and Lydia (Chambers) Maple. A 9.6 cM section of this DNA (cyan) is also shared by a descendant of Mary (Maple) Roseberry, a daughter of Jasper's great-great grandfather Benjamin Maple Jr. Adjacent to the largest segment shared with Bruce's 3rd cousin is a 13 cM segment (black) shared with a 5th cousin who is a descendant of William B. Maple, a son of Jasper's grandfather David R Maple.

A 24 cM segment (orange) is shared with a descendant of Francis Chumard, who appears to have been an uncle of Lydia (Chambers) Maple's grandfather John Chumard.

A 9.1 cM segment (blue) partially overlapping the large segment Bruce shares with his 3rd cousin is shared with a descendant of Dorcas Mayhorn (1794-1860), who lived in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. Bruce also matches another of Dorcas' descendants (on a different chromosome) through a different son. It appears that Jasper's mother, Hannah (Mahon) Maple, and his uncle, Ezekiel Mahorn may have been part of a related family.

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Descent from David Maple Sr and his wife Mary (Johnson) Maple

Figure A shows chromosome 9 matches within the Family Tree DNA database for a Maple who is a 3rd great grandson of David Maple Sr's son John Maple.

This tester shares a 21.36 cM DNA segment on chromosome 9 (base pairs 116724402 - 133054779) with a 4th great grandson of David's son Jacob Maple (D).

He also shares most of this segment with 3 descendants of David's son David R. Maple. [A 2nd great grandson of William B. Maple's daughter Ann (Maple) Fuller (B) matches on base pairs 115788707 - 127642231 (15.77 cM), and a MAPLE who is a 3rd great grandson of William's son James B. Maple (C) matches on base pairs 122547228 - 132048664 (9.64 cM). A third descendant of David R. Maple, a 3rd great grandson of both William B. Maple and Joseph Maple (A), matches on base pairs 119878770 - 139720795 (35.74 cM)].

It appears that all of these segments were passed down from David Maple Sr and/or his wife, Mary.

- Reported by Bruce Maple, administrator of the Maple Surname Y-DNA Project at Family Tree DNA.

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