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BONNER Surname DNA Project
Notes on usage of this site:
1. The results of each participant's DNA analysis is provided in the Results Table below.
2. The paternal descent of each sample provider is given in the link in the results table. Click the associated link to open a new page which will show this descent. The new page that loads will also give the participant's e-mail address. Use your browser's 'back' button to return to this page.
3. For every new DNA "type" identified, a new "Node" is created. These "Nodes" are identified by letter on the left-hand side of the Results Table, and near the yellow, circular nodes in the Network Diagram.
4. The BONNER Network Diagram shows the genetic relationship among all the participants.
5. Given the participant's "node" and known paternal descent, we can deduce the "node" of the participant's patriarch (i.e., his father's father's (etc.) father).
6. Each BONNER patriarch, and all his male-line descendants (and patrilinear ancestors) comprise a "clan" of particular DNA type, or Node. The Patriarch's Table, below, associates all nodes with their clans, where known.
7. By DNA-testing a male-line descendant of your BONNER patriarch, you can directly determine if it is possible that he is genetically related to any of the other "clans" thus far identified.
8. Clans with the same Node (i.e., the same DNA) are related, whereas Clans with different Nodes are not related.
9. With enough samples, most or all clans should be identified.
10. If you want to participate in this project, then please see the "Participation" section near the bottom of this page.
11. The Group Administrator is happy to answer any questions you may have about the project.

Results Table
For the most recent dataset, see the project's FTDNA tables

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Click the link below to see the participants' descents & e-mail addresses

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3
9
3
3
9
0
1
9
3
9
1
3
8
5
a
3
8
5
b
4
2
6
3
8
8
4
3
9
3
8
9
i
3
9
2
3
8
9
i
i
4
5
8
4
5
9
a
99
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
A
Neil Bonner
1182
13 25 15 11 11 13 13 12 11 13 14 29 17
9
10 11 11 25 15 18 32 14 16 16 17
R1b1
A
Al Bonner
1183
13 25 15 11 11 13 13 12 11 13 14 29                          
R1b1
B
Gregg Bonner
(Group Administrator)
7605
13 22 14 10 11 14 12 12 11 13 13 29 17
9
9
11 11 25 15 19 28 14 15 17 17
R1b1
B
Robert Franklin Bonner
7710
13 22 14 10 11 14 12 12 11 13 13 29                          
R1b1
C
Robert Gayle Bonner
8074
13 24 14 10 13 13 12 12 12 14 13 31                          
R1b1
D
John William Bonner
8266
13 24 14 11 11 14 12 12 12 13 13 29                          
R1b
C
Michael Paul Bonner
8601
13 24 14 10 13 13 12 12 12 14 13 31 16
9
9
11 11 25 15 19 30 15 15 16 17
R1b1
E
Barry Dunbar Bonner
8616
13 25 14 11 11 15 12 12 13 13 13 29                          
R1b1
C
Pam (Bonner) Cooke
(by proxy)
9410
13 24 14 10 13 13 12 12 12 14 13 31                          
R1b1
B
William Moss Bonner
10858
13 22 14 10 11 14 12 12 11 13 13 29                          
R1b1
F
Susan Farrell
(by proxy)
11258
12 24 14 11 11 13 12 12 12 13 14 29                          
R1b1
G
John Kirkwood Bonner
14819
13 24 14 11 12 12 12 12 12 13 14 29                          
R1b1
C
Fredrick Steven Bonner
15280
13 24 14 10 13 13 12 12 12 14 13 31                          
R1b1
H
Michael Edd Bonner
18427
13 25 14 10 11 14 12 12 12 13 13 29                          
R1b1
A
Michael John Bonner
22924
13 25 15 11 11 13 13 12 11 13 14 29                          
R1b1
I
Robert Edgar Bonner
32965
14 25 14 11 13 15 12 12 12 13 13 29                          
R1b1
D
Jacob "Jay" William Boner
39192
13 24 14 11 11 14 12 12 12 13 13 29 17
9
10 11 11 25 15 19 32 15 15 17 17
R1b1b2
K1
Marianne G. Bonner (by proxy)
56478
13 25 15 11 11 13 13 12 12 13 14 29 17
9
10 11 11 25 15 18 31 14 14 16 17
R1b1
K1
Thomas Patrick Bonner
56677
13 25 15 11 11 13 13 12 12 13 14 29                          
R1b1
M
Clifford M. Bonner
59510
13 24 14 11 11 14 12 12 13 14 13 30                          
R1b1
C
Monty Joe Bonner
60480
13 24 14 10 13 13 12 12 12 14 13 31                          
R1b1
B
Sherry Stewart
(by proxy)
63744
13 22 14 10 11 14 12 12 11 13 13 29                          
R1b1
N
William Floyd Bonner
72923
13 24 14 11 11 14 12 12 11 13 13 30                          
R1b1
B
Clarence Dean Bonner
109497
13 22 14 10 11 14 12 12 11 13 13 29                          
R1b1b2
Q
John Hawkins Bonner
117481
13 24 14 10 11 15 12 12 13 13 13 29                          
R1b1b2
S
Susan Norman
(by proxy)
119796
13 23 14 11 11 14 12 12 12 14 13 29                          
R1b1b2
R
Kathy Atkin
(by proxy)
120968
13 25 14 10 13 13 12 12 12 14 13 31                          
R1b1
K2
Wayne Howard Bonner
167526
13 25 15 11 11 13 13 12 12 13 14 29 17
9
10 11 11 25 15 18 31 14 16 16 17
R1b1
J
William Joseph Bonner
N15454
14 23 16 11 15 16 11 13 11 13 12 29                          
I
L
TBA
TBA
12 24 14 10 13 14 12 12 12 14 13 29                          
R1b1
O
TBA
N19772
                                                 
?
P
TBA
110790
                                                 
?
D
TBA
N63162
                                                 
?

How to read the data table and network diagram

In the diagram to the left, each yellow circle represents a "node" (see results table above, far left column). The size of the yellow circle is proportional to the number of results that match that node type. To assess the genetic relatedness between two nodes, move from one node under consideration towards the other node via the black path(s), and count the number of mutations experienced along the way. Each mutation is designated by red numbers and letters. For example, moving from node "D" towards node "E", you cross a red "390c". This is a mutation in Y-chromosome marker '390' (one of the 12 markers considered in the above table; note in the table that "type D" DNA is 'mutated' with respect to "type E" DNA at DYS390 (viz., a value of 24 for "D" vs. 25 for "E"); similarly DNA types "D" and "E" will differ in the data table for DYS385b and DYS439, as indicated in the network diagram by red numbers). The diagram as a whole is designed to minimize the number of mutations needed to explain ALL the data in the table.

As an example, DNA 'types' "D" and "E" are separated by 3 mutations. The question then becomes, "how closely related are groups "D" and "E"?". Well, mutations are rare events. I will spare you the math (e-mail me if you are really interested in this), but suffice it to say that the point where two cousins are likely to have ONE mutation between them is approximately at the 8th cousin level. The point at which two groups are more than 50% likely to have 3 or more mutations between them is about the 35th cousin level (or a common ancestor approximately 1,000 years ago). Since the surname BONNER is not known to have existed 1,000 years ago, these two groups are more likely to have acquired the surname BONNER independently than to have acquired the BONNER surname by virtue of shared descent from the same man surnamed BONNER.

But remember that these are statistical measures. This does not mean that they could not have shared descent - it is just that it is not LIKELY. In a way similar to a man being seven feet tall - it is not impossible, it is just rare. Rare events DO happen, and there are cases where multiple mutations DO appear between close cousins. If another sample were provided which "split the difference" between "D" and "E", then it would appear to make a shared descent between "D" and "E" more likely. On the other hand, the separation between "A" and "B" is so great (10 mutations) that (virtually) no amount of new samples will be able to show a common descent among those two groups.

This project is young, and more samples will continue to pour in, and the analysis will become more and more clear. Please help us with this project by participating and/or locating appropriate individuals for testing. DNA analysis is a valuable and powerful way to uncover linkages within, between, and among sample groups - but its power is made even moreso with greater sample numbers. Please help :)

BONNER Clans:

The following is a partial list of BONNER groups from which we hope to gain male-line descendants as participants for inclusion in our project:

Node
Samples
Patriarch
A
1
BONNER, James
Born: Abt. 1819, County Donegal, Ireland
Married: circa 1845, ?
Spouse: Frances McDevitt/McDavid
Died: 8 April 1902, Philadelphia, PA
A
1
BONNER, Richard Joseph
Born: Abt. 1859, Philadelphia, PA
Married: 07 SEP 1887, St. Patrick's Church, Elizabeth, NJ
Spouse: Catherine F. Sullivan
Died: 15 FEB 1919, Carteret, Middlesex, NJ
B
2
BONNER, William
Born: Abt. 1778, Prince George County, Virginia
Married: 27 APR 1809, Hancock County, Georgia
Spouse: Nancy Chappell
Died: 28 MAY 1852 in Wehadkee Creek, Troup County, Georgia
Note: See 1850 Census, Troup County, Georgia, District 735, Page 98B, HH#572/93
B
1
BONNER, Henry
Born: Abt. 1724, ?
Married: Abt. 1755
Spouse: Anne "Nancy" Cate
Died: 01 Jan 1822, Warren County, Georgia.
B
1
BONNER, James H.
Born: 16 Oct 1816, Commissioner's Creek, Jones County, Georgia
Married: 21 Aug 1834, Troup County, Georgia
Spouse: Jane Connelly
Died: About 1879, < Randolph County, Alabama >
Note: See 1860 Census, Randolph County, Alabama, Southern Division, handwritten page 226, Page 852, HH#1578/1578
B
1
BONNER, John William Fletcher Emmett DeLafayette
Born: 11 Feb 1823, Forsythe, Monroe County, Georgia
Married: 22 Dec 1857, Heard County, Georgia
Spouse: Margery Anne Stewart
Died: 29 Sep 1896, Standing Rock, Chambers, Alabama
Note: See 1850 Census, Troup County, Georgia, District 735, Page 98B, HH#572/93
B
1
BONNER, John
Born: About 1724, Surry County, Virginia
Married: About 1747, Surry County, Virginia
Spouse: Sarah Hicks
Died: About 1804, Virginia
B
2
BONNER, William
Born: Abt. 1730, ?
Married: ?, ?; 6 DEC 1767, ?
Spouse: Honore [--?--], Sylvia WILLIAMSON
Died: Abt. 1812, Prince George County, Virginia
C
2
BONNER, Benjamin
Born: 04 FEB 1749/50, Amelia County, Virginia
Married: 25 FEB 1770, Amelia County, Virginia
Spouse: Frances Dempsey
Died: 29 JUL 1814 in Spartanburg District, South Carolina
C
1
BONNER, Thomas Trotter
Born: Abt. 1815, North Carolina
Married: 30 Sep 1834, Marengo County, Alabama
Spouse: Elizabeth H. Shackelford
Died: AFT. 1860, Phillips County, Arkansas
C
2
BONNER, Henry
Born: Circa 1650, England
Married: Circa 1670, <North Carolina>
Spouse: possibly Katherine [--?--]
Died: 1716, Chowan County, North Carolina
C
1
BONNER, Henry
Born: Circa 1670, Albemarle County, North Carolina
Married: Circa 1700, North Carolina
Spouse: unknown
Married: 01 APR 1705, Perquimans County, North Carolina
Spouse: Deborah Whedbee
Died: 07 OCT 1738, Chowan County, North Carolina
C
1
BONNER, William
Born: Bef. 1683, Shaftesbury Precinct, Albemarle County, North Carolina
Married: Bef. 1714, North Carolina
Spouse: Jane [--?--]
Died: Aft. 31 MAR 1724, Chowan County, North Carolina
C
1
BONNER, Jordan
Born: About 12 DEC 1768, Granville County, North Carolina
Married: About 1796, ?
Spouse: Rachel Moon
Married: ?, ?
Spouse: Mary Martin
Married: 03 OCT 1811, ?
Spouse: Mary Adams
Died: 8 MAY 1841 in Washington, Alabama
D
1
BONNER, Matthew
Born: About 1799, Ohio
Married: Circa 1835, ?
Spouse: Ann Roberts
Died: After 1850, < Clark County, Ohio >
Note: See 1850 Census, Clark County, Ohio, Harmony Township (District No. 210), Page 22B, HH#303/315 (lines 27-35, inclusive)
D
1
BONER, Joseph William
Born: 11 Nov 1747, Pennsylvania
Married: May 1771, North Carolina
Spouse: Margaret Elrod
Died: 13 Aug 1785, Hope, Forsyth County, North Carolina
Note: Sometimes seen as Joseph William BONNER
E
1
BONNER, John
Born: About 1835, Donegal[?], Ireland
Married: Circa 1860, aboard immigrant ship
Spouse: Penelope "Mabby" Galagher
Died: After 1910, Ellenton, South Carolina [?]
F
1
BONNER, Michael
(father of the John P. Bonner who married Celia Kirkman)
Ireland to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
G
1
BONNER, Benjamin B.
Born: About 1844, Ohio
Married: abt. 1873
Spouse: Margaret (Scott?)
Died: After 1880
Note: Benjamin's parents were born in England (see 1880 Census, Cook County, Illinois (Portland Avenue, Chicago), Enumeration District 36, handwritten page 24, Page 461B, HH#116/222)
H/Q
1
BONNER, James
Born: Abt. 1753, Ireland
Married: ?, ?
Spouse: Mary LAIRD
Died: 01 NOV 1825, Monroe, Alabama
I
1
BONNER, Garfield
Born: Supposedly in North Carolina
Married:
Spouse: Celie Mizzell
Died: Alabama
J
1
BONAR, William
Born: Abt. 1720, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Married: circa 1745
Spouse: Julie Elizabeth GORRELL
Died: 07 FEB 1778, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
K1
1
BONER, Michael
Born: circa 1830 (probably Ireland)
father of John Bonner (14 May 1863 - 25 Mar 1930)
K1
1
BONNER, Seamus
Born: circa 1830, Cloghercor, Glenties Parish, Donegal, Ireland.
K2
1
BONNER (Boner), Thomas
Born: circa 1820, <County Fermanagh>, Ireland.
Married: 15 April 1844 Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Spouse: Anne Kilcourse.
M
1
BONNER, William
Born: Abt. 1783, Augusta County, Virginia.
Married: 11 Nov 1802, in Randolph County, Virginia.
Spouse: Jemima CARR
Died: 13 DEC 1857, Black Fork, Tucker County, Virginia.
N
1
BONNER, George
Born: 22 Jan 1823, Lerkin, County Moughan, Ireland.
Married: Margaret Edmunston, 23 Oct 1849, Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland.
Died: 05 May 1905, Midway, Wasatch County, Utah.
Ancestral File: 17JF-4M
R
1
BONNER, Newton
Born: circa 1821, North Carolina or Kentucky.
Married: Elizabeth Smith Julian, ABT. 1843.
S
1
BONNER, Thomas
Born: circa 1800, <Islington, London, England>.
?
0
BONNER, William "Thomas", who arrived in Bertie County, North Carolina about 1714 from Nansemond County, Virginia with his wife Elizabeth (Lawrence) Bonner.
Note: An offer for test cost defrayment for a bona fide descendant of this person along the all-male line has been made, provided documentation can be produced to demonstrate same. Contact Gregg Bonner (see e-mail address below) for details.
?
0
BONNER, William, born about 1787 in North Carolina, died about 1830 in Kentucky; He married to Anna [--?--], born between 1780 & 1790. Anna died about 1843; The family (9 children) came from Granville County, North Carolina to Hickman County, Kentucky about 1828.
Note: An offer for test cost defrayment for a bona fide descendant of this person along the all-male line has been made, provided documentation can be produced to demonstrate same. Contact Gregg Bonner (see e-mail address below) for details.
?
0
BONNER, John
Born: about 1779, Antrim, Ireland
Married: about 1801, Donegal, Ireland
Spouse: unknown
?
0
BONNER, Thomas Trotter Born: 1822, NC Married: 30 SEP 1834, Marengo County, Alabama Spouse: Elizabeth H. SHACKLEFORD Died: 31 DEC 1849, Phillips County, Arkansas
?
0
BONNER, (Sheriff) Thomas Born: Abt. 1690, ? Married: ?, ? Spouse: Abigail unknown Died: 07 APR 1765, ?
?
0
BONNER, Thomas Born: 1617, England Married: ?, ? Spouse: Mary unknown Died: 1685, Albemarle County, North Carolina
?
0
BONNER, Anthony Born: 1564, England Married: ?, ? Spouse: Marian VAUGHN Died: ?, ?
?
0
BONNER, Anthony Born: Abt. 1580, Otley, Yorkshire, England Married: ?, Gloucester, England Spouse: Bridget SAVAGE Died: 16 NOV 1579, Campden, Gloucester, England
?
0
BONNER, John Born: Abt. 1500, Otley, Yorkshire, England Married: ?, ? Spouse: Isabel unknown Died: 1556, Camden, Gloucestershire, England
?
0
BONNER, Henry Born: Abt. 1620, England Married: ?, ? Spouse: unknown unknown Died: JUL 1689, Chowan Precinct (Albermarle County, North Carolina)
?
0
BONNER, Richard Born: Abt. 1615, England Married: ?, ? Spouse: unknown unknown Died: Aft. 1640, Virginia
?
0
BONNER, Henry Born: Abt. 1650, ? Married: Abt. 1670, Charles County, Maryland Spouse: Elizabeth unknown Died: Abt. 1702, Prince George’s County, Maryland
?
0
BONNER, Henry Born: Abt. 1725, ? Married: ? Spouse: Nancy Cate (aka Ann Cate) Died: Abt. 1820, ?
?
0
BONNER, John Born: Abt. 1700, ? Married: Abt 1722, Albemarle Parish, Virginia Spouse: Jane COOK Died: Abt. 1783, Virginia
?
0
BONNER, Rudolph Born: Abt. 1704 Married: ?, ? Spouse: unknown unknown Died: 16 NOV 1784, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
?
0
BONNER, David Born: Abt. 1732, London, England Married: 18 SEP 1755, Springfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts Spouse: Mercy HANCOCK Died: 5 NOV 1804, Springfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts
?
0
BONNER, John Born: Abt. 1745, England Married: Spouse: Deliah DEAN Died: Abt. 1849, Orwell, Oswego County, New York
?
0
BONNER, Robert Born: Abt. 1749 Married: Abt. 1770, Lunenberg County, Virginia Spouse: Prudence BUGG Died: ?, ?
?
0
BONNER, William R. Born: Abt. 1855, of Ohio County, Kentucky Married: ?, ? Spouse: ? Died: Aft. 1880
?
0
BONNER, William Born: Abt. 1565, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England Married: ?, ? Spouse: Alice Gorham Died: ?, ?

Participation:

Please note that "participation", in this case, means the following:

1. Being a male with the surname "Bonner" (or spelling variant thereof). [Exceptions include cases of adoption, etc. Sample providers MUST be male and should be (or at least suspect that they are) the son of a son of a son (etc.) of someone surnamed "Bonner" (or a spelling variant thereof).]
2. Joining the project (viz., "Officially" joining, by using the link below).
3. Ordering the test kit from FamilyTreeDNA
4. Taking the sample
5. Mailing in the sample
6. Paying FamilyTreeDNA the $99 (more if you request more extensive tests).
[I have no vested interest in using FamilyTreeDNA. You can use any company you like. I recommend FTDNA because I have used them in the past with satisfactory results, and also because using a single lab makes the data analysis less complicated. If you are interested in participating, but for some reason want to use another lab, then please e-mail me (address below).]

Join the BONNER Surname DNA Project:

...once you have filled out the form, etc., the project head will contact you by e-mail with some basic questions that are of an administrative nature.

You need not "participate" in the project in order to have access to the resultant data and analysis. The data and analysis will always be here, on this page, and also posted to various lists, boards, and forums from time to time. However, if you are male and have (or suspect you have) BONNER (or spelling variant thereof) male-line heritage, then we strongly urge you to participate in our Project.

Last update: 10 JUL 2006: