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ANGUS AND NANCY MCCUTCHEN MACLEOD Scotland to United States of America cr. 1787 - Full Genealogy

This page has been created as a companion page to the FTDNA R-L165/S68 Project ; the information comes from various Internet sources, the ACMS Project at FTDNA, and emails from the participants. It is also included as part of the "Direct Line MacLeod/McLeods " section of the "Walking with ghosts" Genealogy Site.

"Alexander, with his family, left Scotland and traveled to Ireland (or the Island?) for a time. They sailed from Ireland (or the island?) to Virginia and a brother, Norman, was born on board ship. They eventually migrated to Robeson, North Carolina where another brother named Daniel was born. Alexander with his wife, a McIntosh, left for Old Camden District in South Carolina. (Sumter/Kershaw). Interview notes provided to Lori McLeod Wilke by Col. Purdy Belvin McLeod Jr., who received them from the late Jay Frank McLeod, the Interviewer of Albert John McLeod. Albert was a gr grandson of Angus and Nancy McCutchen McLeod.

EKA - Angus MacLeod b. bet. 1745 and 1755 on the Isle of Skye, Scotland d. after 1831 in Sumter South Carolina (present day Lee County) married to Nancy McCutchen b. cr. 1760 on the Isle of Skye Scotland. Immigration to the United States cr. 1787 based up the birth year ranges of their three sons, Alexander (b. 1783 in Scotland; Norman, born before 1790 on board ship; Daniel born 1790 in Richmond County North Carolina. Occupation Miller - Owner and operator of McLeods Mill, (McLeods Mill Pond, present day Lee County, South Carolina)

Most Recent Common Ancestor (MRCA) of the participants was Alexander MacLeod/McLeod b. 1783 in Scotland d. 1824 in Kershaw District South Carolina - Occupation: Miller, Cooper, Farmer

Alexander MacLeod/McLeod (name spelled both ways in his 1824 Will) was a child when the family left Scotland. No records have been proven in Virginia however several records have been found in the Fayetteville District of Richmond County North Carolina from 1799 - 1812 at which point Alexander and Sarah McIntosh McLeod migrated to Kershaw District, part of Old Camden, in South Carolina along with the McKay family. His father Angus and brother Daniel arrived in Sumter District which borders Kershaw by the census taking of 1820. His brother Norman appears to have also been in South Carolina from at least 1820 through 1824 but his identity has not been proven. Previously, it was believed that he may have been the husband of Elizabeth Lackey MacLeod, but recent YDNA results of a male descendant of Elizabeth has proven this to not be the case; the man tested belongs in the M222 subclade and not the L165 subclade of R1b.

Although there are known male descendants of Alexander's brother Daniel (husband of Catherine McLean) remaining in Sumter and Lee County South Carolina today, none of them have yet agreed to participate in the DNA testing. In order to determine the Haplotype of Angus, it will be necessary to test these descendants.

41571 - Alexander MacLeod/McLeod husband of Sarah McIntosh, b. 1783 in Scotland d. 1824 in Kershaw District South Carolina; Alexander E. McLeod, husband of Harriet Yates born 1815 in Kershaw District South Carolina d. 1895 in Sumter County South Carolina (present day Lee County); Jesse Lazarus McLeod, b. 1847 in Kershaw District South Carolina married to Margaret Josey and Mary Rosa Ives, died 1922 at Whites Mill, Sumter County, South Carolina; Purdy Belvin McLeod Sr. - youngest child of Jesse and Margaret Josey McLeod - b. 1894 at Whites Mill, Sumter County South Carolina married to Ethel Gertrude Horres, died 1980 in Conway, Horry, South Carolina

96597 - Alexander MacLeod/McLeod b. 1783 in Scotland d. 1824 in Kershaw District South Carolina; Alexander E. McLeod, husband of Harriet Yates born 1815 in Kershaw District South Carolina d. 1895 in Sumter County South Carolina (present day Lee County); Jesse Lazarus McLeod, b. 1847 in Kershaw District South Carolina married to Margaret Josey and Mary Rosa Ives, died 1922 at Whites Mill, Sumter County, South Carolina; Donald Ross McLeod Sr. - only child of Jesse and Mary Rosa Ives McLeod - b. 1896 at Whites Mill, Sumter County South Carolina married to Alice Ophelia Hudson, died 1957 in Sumter County South Carolina.

93694 - Alexander MacLeod/McLeod b. 1783 in Scotland d. 1824 in Kershaw District South Carolina; John N. McLeod b. 1810 in Kershaw District South Carolina married to Katherine Davis, died 1862 Richmond Virginia; Thomas A. McLeod b. 1836 in Sumter County South Carolina married to Sarah Holland, died about 1877 buried in Kershaw County South Carolina; Thomas Wiley McLeod b. 1862 in Sumter County South Carolina married to Laura Jane Hatfield, d. 1910; Benj(iman) Roy McLeod b. December 3,1890 Kershaw County South Carolina married to Melita Eleanor Lucas, d. August 18, 1944 Durham County North Carolina .

Family Occupation through the mid 1900's: Mill Owners, Operators, Master Carpenters, Coopers

Green shading indicates the R-L165(S68) Modal on April 17 2011 - for the most up to date modals, please see L165/S68 Project Overview

Analysis:

The Deduced Ancestral Modal Haplotype of this family is that of their MRCA Alexander. In order to deduce the haplotype of his father, Angus, it would be necessary to test descendants of his other two sons, Daniel and Norman. Using the haplotype of Alexander, it appears that 93694 has a higher than usual rate of mutation; determining the haplotype of Angus through the testing of descendants of all three of his sons could shed additional light on the mutations in that should any of the mutations seen in 93694 be repeated in Daniel or Norman's descendants, then corrections took place in kits 41571 and 96597 from mutations that had taken place in an earlier generation.

FTDNA Y-STR (37) haplotype mutation rate
A new mutation can happen at any time but a 37 marker haplotype using the .002 historical rate indicates it can typically survive unchanged since the generation of the prior mutation event for a bit more than a dozen generations (approximately 360 years). Random matches are minimal.

Kerchner Surname Project
the 37 marker average haplotype mutation rate for ten people YDNA37 tested is .0057. The 37 Kerchner haplotype on average can typically survive unchanged about 4.7 generations (approximately 141 years) . Random matches are minimal.

Y-STR (67) haplotype mutation rate
A new mutation can happen at any time but a 67 marker haplotype using the .002 historical rate indicates it can typically survive unchanged since the generation of the prior mutation event for a bit more than seven generations (approximately 210 years). Random matches will be minimal, if any.

Kerchner Surname Project the 67 marker average haplotype mutation rate for the seven people YDNA67 marker tested is .0043. The 67 Kerchner haplotype on average can typically survive unchanged about 3.5 generations (approximately 105 years). Random matches unlikely.

According to FTDNA, 93694 has a "higher than average rate of mutation"; Dr. Kerchner believes that a "Copy Repair Mechanism" exists which is more effective in some paternal lines than in others.

DYS 393: 93694 experienced a mutation away from the "25" of L165 and the Clan MacLeod as well as his 3rd cousins. This mutation appears to have taken place in a generation between 1810 and 1960 (150 years)

DYS 439: 93694 experienced a second mutation away from the "12" of the ancestral modal haplotype; this mutation also took place in a generation between 1810 and 1960 (150 years) - a mutation at this marker is seen in 2 other families/branches: Talisker/Arnisdale; Norman McLeod

DYS 389: 93684 appears to have had a "failed correction attempt" at this multi-copy marker. The Ancestral Modal is 13/29 as is the MacLeod Haplotype - however, the Direct Descendants all have 14/30 which indicates that it is the likely combination of their MRCA born between 1220 and 1280 AD. The various related paternal lines have experienced mutations at this marker in a correction to the 13/29 of R-L165 - in some paternal lines the correction failed - in this case, instead of an upward mutation to the 14/30, kit 93694 experienced a downward mutation arriving at the 12/28. This is counted as a one step mutation from his cousins and the Clan Haplotype. The correction appears to have taken place in a generation born between 1810 and 1960.

Examples of a mutation within families: Neill McLeod , Ayton

DYS 459b: Branch Indicator - Mutation from the MacLeod Modal of "11" took place in a generation prior to 1783 AD. (Caution should be used in assuming a branch based upon this marker unless other branch indicators exist or there is documentation proving that the kits are related in a recent generation. In this case, it is safe to state that it is a branch indicator because of the documentation and the fact that all three cousins have a "10" at this marker. While proven mutations within families has so far been a rare event, there are two instances of its mutating in known relatives in the project. Example of family mutation: McNiell and Talisker/Arnisdale )

In the earliest days of the Clan MacLeod Project, there was a 50/50 split between related kits who carried the "10" and those who carried the "11"; in 2008 the "11" clearly became the modal allele at this marker. It appeared that DYS 459b = "10" was occuring randomly among the various paternal lines SINCE the MRCA's of the larger group and could NOT be used as a Branch Indicator - the mutation between documented relatives who have experienced a mutation within 5 generations now confirms the belief that DYS 459b=10 is occurring randomly among the various paternal branches of the R1b1b2 / L165 Clan MacLeod.

DYS 576: 96597 experienced a mutation to "17" from the family modal of "18" - the mutation took place in a generation since 1847.

In order to more fully understand the Haplotype at both 67 and 111 levels, it is necessary that all three participate at these levels. Kit 41571 had only one mutation from the Clan MacLeod Haplotype/Cluster Two prior to his testing at the 111 level. At this highest level, he experienced 3 additional mutations. Based upon the survival rates of a haplotype from the previous mutation - which appears to have taken place prior to 1783 at DYS 459 - this kits was "due" a mutation. Without the participation at this level of the other two cousins, it is impossible to distinquish between mutations that are "branch indicators" and those that are random mutation within the paternal line of 41571.

TMRCA

The importance of testing known family members to understand the age of ones mutations is clearly seen in the table below. According to the YUtility calculations, 93694 has not shared an ancestor with the other two kits in as many as 720 years (1290 AD) - yet the relationship to the MRCA Alexander MacLeod, husband of Sarah McIntosh, is proven by Will, Equity, Deed and Census as well as the fact that his only matches at the 37 marker level are his two cousins and four other MacLeod men.

TMRCA to Deduced MacLeod Ancestral Haplotype

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