Speed Surname yDNA Project

Speed Surname Y-DNA Project

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Project Results Genetic Distance Chart Project Conclusion Participant Lineages

Project Participants (13)
- Descendant of F. F. Addarin Speed born 1812 in Georgia.
- Descendant of John Speed born 1552 in Farndon, England.
- Descendant of John Speed born circa 1754 in Virginia, through grandson Charles Stewart Speed.
- Descendant of John Speed born circa 1754 in Virginia, through grandson James J. Speed.
- Descendant of John Speed born circa 1754 in Virginia, through grandson George William Speed.
- Descendant of John Speed born circa 1754 in Virginia, through grandson James Franklin Speed.
- Descendant of Michael Speed born circa 1770 in Virginia.
- Descendant of Robert Wages Speed born 1763 in South Carolina, through grandson James Monroe Speed.
- Descendant of Robert Wages Speed born 1763 in South Carolina, through grandson James Monroe Speed.
- Descendant of Robert Wages Speed born 1763 in South Carolina, through grandson William Wages Speed, Jr.
- Descendant of Robert Wages Speed born 1763 in South Carolina, through grandson William Wages Speed, Jr.
- Descendant of Thomas Hall Gage Speed born 1810 in Barbados.
- Descendant of William Speed born 1824 in England.
- Join the Speed Y-DNA Project here.

Project Background
The Speed Y-DNA Project began in April 2005 to investigate ancestral origins for Speed branches that settled in different regions of the world.

What is Y-DNA Testing?
- DNA Heritage's Y-DNA Tutorial
- Dennis Garvey's Y-DNA Testing Definitions
- Genealogical DNA test from Wikipedia.org
- FamilyTree DNA's FAQ
- FamilyTree DNA Addresses Privacy Concerns
- Components of FamilyTree DNA's Testing Kit

Project Goals
To identify related branches of the Speed family and their earliest documentable ancestors.

Project News
(as of 6 January 2008) December 31, 2007 FamilyTree DNA received a kit for a Speed descending from a branch that immigrated from Scotland to America. FamilyTree DNA estimates thirty-seven of his Y-DNA markers will be identified by early March. Detailed information is pending on his lineage and Speed ancestor's migration date.
(as of 15 February 2007) A Deep SNP-I test (Single Nucleotide Polymorphism test to identify the subclade/subcategory within haplogroup I) has confirmed the descendant of John Speed, through grandson Charles Stewart Speed is in deep clade I1a, within Haplogroup I. It is likely that most of the Speed participants in Haplogroup I are in deep clade I1a.
Per FamilyTree DNA, "[t]he value of a Deep Clade Panel test is to identify your twig of the Y DNA tree, and then to use this information to consult the scientific literature to determine the geographic locations identified for your twig. As research progresses, more geographical specificity associated with SNPs will emerge."
All other marker results have been returned for the twelve participants who have joined the project thus far.

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Project Results
DNA Test Results (Alleles) for Project Members
Note: DNA Y Segments known to have faster mutation rates are colored red in the table.

DYS Locus:	H a p l o g r o u p	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 ii	4 5 8	4 5 9 a	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	4 6 0	G A T A H 4	Y Y C A II a	Y Y C A II b	4 5 6	6 0 7	5 7 6	5 7 0	C D Y a	C D Y b	4 4 2	4 3 8	5 3 1	5 7 8	3 9 5 S 1 a	3 9 5 S 1 b	5 9 0	5 3 7	6 4 1	4 7 2	4 0 6 S 1	5 1 1	4 2 5	4 1 3 a	4 1 3 b	5 5 7	5 9 4	4 3 6	4 9 0	5 3 4	4 5 0	4 4 4	4 8 1	5 2 0	4 4 6	6 1 7	5 6 8	4 8 7	5 7 2	6 4 0	4 9 2	5 6 5


Kit Number
John Speed, b. 1552, Farndon, England
38022	I1a	13	23	14	9	14	14	11	14	11	12	11	28	15	8	9	8	11	23	16	20	29	12	13	14	16	11	10	19	21	14	13	16	20	35	37	12	10
John Speed, b. c. 1754, Virginia (th CSS)
35491	I1a	13	23	14	9	14	14	11	15	11	12	11	28	15	8	9	8	11	23	16	20	30	12	13	14	16	11	10	19	21	15	13	15	20	35	39	12	10	11	8	15	15	8	11	10	8	9	10	12	23	25	14	9	12	12	14	8	14	25	19	13	13	11	12	11	11	12	11
John Speed, b. c. 1754, Virginia (th JJS)
55184	I1a	13	23	14	9	14	14	11	15	11	12	11	28	15	8	9	8	11	23	16	20	30	12	13	14	16	11	10	19	21	14	13	15	20	35	39	12	10
John Speed, b. c. 1754, Virginia (th GWS)
50305	I1a	13	23	14	9	14	14	11	15	11	12	11	28	15	8	9	8	11	23	16	20	30	12	13	14	16	11	10	19	21	14	13	15	20	35	39	12	10
John Speed, b. c. 1754, Virginia (th JFS)
53097	I1a	13	23	14	9	14	14	11	15	11	12	11	28	15	8	9	8	11	23	16	20	30	12	13	14	16	11	10	19	21	14	13	15	20	35	39	12	10
Michael Speed, b.ca 1781, Virginia
38024	I1a	13	23	14	9	14	14	11	15	11	12	11	28	15	8	9	8	11	23	16	20	29	12	13	14	16	11	10	19	21	14	13	15	20	35	39	12	10	11	8	15	15	8	11	10	8	9	10	12	23	24	14	9	12	12	14	8	14	25	19	13	13	11	12	11	11	12	11
Robert Wages Speed, b. 1763, Orangeburg Dist., SC
35188	I1a	13	23	14	9	14	14	11	15	11	12	11	28	15	8	9	8	11	23	16	20	29	12	13	14	16	11	10	19	21	14	13	15	20	35	39	12	10	11	8	15	15	8	11	10	8	9	10	12	23	25	14	9	12	12	14	8	13	25	19	13	13	11	12	11	11	12	11
Robert Wages Speed, b. 1763, Orangeburg Dist., SC
SMGF	I1a	13	23	14	9	14	14	11		11	12	11	28	15	8	9	8	11		16	20	29						10	19	21	14	13	15	20	35	39	12	10																				13
Robert Wages Speed, b. 1763, Orangeburg Dist., SC
47830	I1a	13	23	14	9	14	14	11	15	11	12	11	28	15	8	9	8	11	23	16	20	29	12	13	14	16	11	10	19	21	14	13	15	20	35	39	12	10
Robert Wages Speed, b. 1763, Orangeburg Dist., SC
47911	I1a	13	23	14	9	14	14	11	15	11	12	11	28
William Speed b. 1824 in England
43971	I1c	14	23	17	10	16	16	11	13	11	13	12	29	15	8	10	11	11	26	15	20	26	11	13	14	15
F. F. Addarin Speed b. 1812 in Georgia
42946	R1b	13	24	14	11	11	15	12	12	11	13	13	30	16	9	10	11	11	25	15	19	30	13	13	15	17	12	10	19	21	15	15	18	17	36	41	12	12
Thomas Hall Gage Speed, b. 1810, Barbados
38161	R1b1	13	23	14	11	11	14	12	12	12	13	13	29	17	9	10	11	11	24	15	19	29	15	16	17	19	11	11	19	23	16	15	17	17	37	40	14	12

Family Tree DNA has confirmed that the haplogroup (a geographic group that shares the majority of Y-marker numbers) for many participants of the Speed family are I and R1b, both located in northwestern Europe.
Ken Nordtvelt's notes on haplogroups I & R1b are here.
Walt Athey's Haplogroup Predictor more specifically predicts haplogroups for the Speed Y-markers as I1a, I1c, & R1b.
(FamilyTree DNA has confirmed Kits 35188 & 35491 are in Haplogroup I with a P19 SNP (Single Nucleotide Polymorphism) test.)

Please view Haplogroup Distribution Maps, created by Dr. J. Douglas McDonald of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, for illustrations of the concentration of haplogroups in Europe and around the world.

Note: Family Tree DNA gives a range of 4-6 weeks for the identification and notification of test results, depending on the test chosen (the more markers, the more time needed).

Genetic Distance Chart (Identifies the summed difference between all identified markers for any two participants.)
An example based on one marker:
Participant A's marker 388 is 11. Participant B's marker 388 is 15. Genetic Distance for that one marker: 4.
This chart from "The Harden-in-ing Newsletter", Volume 23, no. 3, September 2006 explains genetic distance in more detail. The lower the sum, the more closely participants are related; the greater the sum, the more distantly participants are related.

Descendants of	FFAS	JoS 1552	JoS 1754 (th CSS)	JoS 1754 (th JJS)	JoS 1754 (th GWS)	JoS 1754 (th JFS)	MS	RS( th JMS)	RS (th WWS)	TS	WS
FF Addarin Speed	self	44	42	43	42	42	44	44	44	18	26
John Speed (b. 1552)	44	self	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	44	25
John Speed (b. 1754)(th CSS)	42	5	self	1	1	1	2	2	2	44	27
John Speed (b. 1754)(th JJS)	42	5	1	self	0	0	1	1	1	45	27
John Speed (b. 1754)(th GWS)	42	5	1	0	self	0	1	1	1	45	27
John Speed (b. 1754)(th JFS)	42	5	1	0	0	self	1	1	1	45	27
Michael Speed	44	4	2	1	1	1	self	0	0	44	26
Robert Speed (th JMS)	44	4	2	1	1	1	0	self	0	44	26
Robert Speed (th WWS)	44	4	2	1	1	1	0	0	self	44	26
Thomas Speed	18	44	44	45	45	45	44	44	44	self	28
William Speed (from 25)	26	25	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	28	self

Surname Project Conclusion (What Does It All Mean?):
Probability these branches share a paternal Speed ancestor within the past 200-600 years:
Note: FamilyTree DNA estimates a generation is produced every 25 years. (Example: 4 generations = 100 years.)

Possibility of a Paternal Ancestor in-common within:	8 gen	12 gen	16 gen	20 gen	24 gen
F.F. Addarin Speed and John Speed (1552)	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
F.F. Addarin Speed and John Speed (1754)(th CSS)	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
F.F. Addarin Speed and John Speed (1754)(th GWS)	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
F.F. Addarin Speed and John Speed (1754)(th JFS)	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
F.F. Addarin Speed and John Speed (1754)(th JJS)	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
F.F. Addarin Speed and Michael Speed	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
F.F. Addarin Speed and Robert Speed	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
F.F. Addarin Speed and Thomas Speed	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.01%
John Speed (1552) and John Speed (1754) (th CSS)	27.82%	50.49%	68.88%	81.61%	89.61%
John Speed (1552) and John Speed (1754) (th GWS)	23.47%	52.83%	76.00%	89.36%	95.73%
John Speed (1552) and John Speed (1754) (th JFS)	23.47%	52.83%	76.00%	89.36%	95.73%
John Speed (1552) and John Speed (1754) (th JJS)	23.47%	52.83%	76.00%	89.36%	95.73%
John Speed (1552) and Michael Speed	45.09%	74.29%	89.91%	96.48%	98.86%
John Speed (1552) and Robert Speed	45.09%	74.29%	89.91%	96.48%	98.86%
John Speed (1552) and Thomas Speed	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
John Speed (1754)(th CSS) and John Speed (1754)(th GWS)	69.98%	89.93%	97.05%	99.21%	99.80%
Possibility of a Paternal Ancestor in-common within:	8 gen	12 gen	16 gen	20 gen	24 gen
John Speed (1754)(th CSS) and John Speed (1754)(th JFS)	69.98%	89.93%	97.05%	99.21%	99.80%
John Speed (1754)(th CSS) and John Speed (1754)(th JJS)	69.98%	89.93%	97.05%	99.21%	99.80%
John Speed (1754)(th CSS) and Michael Speed	45.61%	83.07%	95.86%	99.13%	99.83%
John Speed (1754)(th CSS) and Robert Speed	55.88%	70.69%	80.53%	87.07%	91.41%
John Speed (1754)(th CSS) and Thomas Speed	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
John Speed (1754)(th GWS) and John Speed (1754)(th JFS)	97.28%	99.55%	99.93%	99.99%	100.00%
John Speed (1754)(th GWS) and John Speed (1754)(th JJS)	97.28%	99.55%	99.93%	99.99%	100.00%
John Speed (1754)(th GWS) and Michael Speed	55.88%	70.69%	80.53%	87.07%	91.41%
John Speed (1754)(th GWS) and Robert Speed	55.88%	70.69%	80.53%	87.07%	91.41%
John Speed (1754)(th GWS) and Thomas Speed	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
John Speed (1754)(th JFS) and John Speed (1754)(th JJS)	97.28%	99.55%	99.93%	99.99%	100.00%
John Speed (1754)(th JFS) and Michael Speed	55.88%	70.69%	80.53%	87.07%	91.41%
John Speed (1754)(th JFS) and Robert Speed	55.88%	70.69%	80.53%	87.07%	91.41%
John Speed (1754)(th JFS) and Thomas Speed	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
John Speed (1754)(th JJS) and Michael Speed	55.88%	70.69%	80.53%	87.07%	91.41%
Possibility of a Paternal Ancestor in-common within:	8 gen	12 gen	16 gen	20 gen	24 gen
John Speed (1754)(th JJS) and Robert Speed	55.88%	70.69%	80.53%	87.07%	91.41%
John Speed (1754)(th JJS) and Thomas Speed	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Michael Speed and Robert Speed	97.28%	99.55%	99.93%	99.99%	100.00%
Michael Speed and Thomas Speed	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Robert Speed and Thomas Speed	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%

These FTDNATiP (FamilyTree DNA Time Predictor) results are based on the mutation rate study presented during the 1st International Conference on Genetic Genealogy, on Oct. 30, 2004. The above probabilities take into consideration the mutation rates for each individual marker being compared.

Study Participant Lineages

Kit 42946
Descendant of F. F. Addarin Speed born 1812 in Georgia through
Samuel Maxwell Speed b. July 11, 1857 in South Carolina

Kit 38022
Descendant of John Speed born 1552 in Farndon, England through
John Speed b. 1595 in Oxford, England
John Speed b. 1628 in Oxford, England
James B. Speed b. 1679 in Southampton, England
John Speed b. 1714 in Southwark Parish, Virginia
James Speed b. 1740 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia
John Speed b. 1772 in Charlotte County, Virginia
William Pope Speed b. 1816 in Jefferson County, Kentucky
Austin Peay Speed b. 1851 in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
Lloyd Jeter Speed Sr. b. in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
Lloyd Jeter Speed Jr. b. 1899 in Saint Louis, Saint Louis County, Missouri
James Breckinridge Speed I b. in Fort Smith, Arkansas
James Breckinridge Speed II
James Breckinridge Speed III e-mail:

Kit 35491
Descendant of John Speed born circa 1754 in Virginia through
James Stewart Speed b. Mar. 16, 1775 in Anson County, North Carolina
Charles Stewart Speed b. Mar. 4, 1817 in Montgomery County, Tennessee
Henry Andrew Lewis Speed b. Nov. 22, 1852 in Weakley County, Tennessee
Edward Lewis Speed b. Jul. 26, 1889 in Argyle, Denton County, Texas
Homer Charles Speed Sr. b. October 13, 1921 in Clarendon, Donley County, Texas
Homer Charles Speed Jr. e-mail:

Kit 55184
Descendant of John Speed born circa 1754 in Virginia through
James Stewart Speed b. Mar. 16, 1775 in Anson County, North Carolina
James J. Speed b. July 7, 1807 in Montgomery County, Tennessee
Charles Carroll Speed b. Sep. 7, 1837 in Montgomery, Tennessee
Charles Carroll Speed Jr. b. Sep. 28, 1875 in Lauderdale County, Tennessee

Kit 50305
Descendant of John Speed born circa 1754 in Virginia through
James Stewart Speed b. Mar. 16, 1775 in Anson County, North Carolina
James J. Speed b. July 7, 1807 in Montgomery County, Tennessee
George William Speed b. 1843 in Tennessee

Kit 53097
Descendant of John Speed born circa 1754 in Virginia through
Wager Ormond Speed born Aug. 5, 1803 in Richmond County, North Carolina
James Franklin Speed b. Apr. 26, 1834 in Alabama

Kit 38024
Descendant of Michael Speed born circa 1770 in Virginia through
William Gaston Speed b. Aug. 16, 1812 in Abbeville County, South Carolina
James Monroe Speed b. Jun 22, 1837 in Abbeville County, South Carolina
Walter Augustus Speed b. Apr. 26, 1869 in Henderson County, Texas
Orman Avery Speed b. October 15, 1904 in Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County, Texas
Orman Lewis Speed e-mail:

Kit 35188
Descendant of Robert Wages Speed born 1763 in Orangeburg District, South Carolina through
William Wages Speed Sr. b. Jan 24, 1783 in Orangeburg District, South Carolina
James Monroe Speed b. May 14, 1818 in Oconee County, South Carolina
George Washington Speed b. April 11, 1846 in Covington County, Mississippi

Kit SMGF
Descendant of Robert Wages Speed born 1763 in Orangeburg District, South Carolina through
William Wages Speed Sr. b. Jan 24, 1783 in Orangeburg District, South Carolina
James Monroe Speed b. May 14, 1818 in Oconee County, South Carolina
George Washington Speed b. April 11, 1846 in Covington County, Mississippi
Joseph Monroe Speed b. 24 April 1878 in Navarro County, Texas

Kit 47830
Descendant of Robert Wages Speed born 1763 in Orangeburg District, South Carolina through
William Wages Speed Sr. b. Jan. 24, 1783 in Orangeburg District, South Carolina
William Wages Speed Jr. b. Mar. 12, 1800 in Pendleton District, South Carolina
Felix Washington Speed b. Oct. 8, 1823 in South Carolina
Cornelius Calhoun Speed b. Oct. 21, 1846 in Covington County, Mississippi

Kit 47911
Descendant of Robert Wages Speed born 1763 in Orangeburg District, South Carolina through
William Wages Speed Sr. b. Jan. 24, 1783 in Orangeburg District, South Carolina
William Wages Speed Jr. b. Mar. 12, 1800 in Pendleton District, South Carolina
Felix Washington Speed b. Oct. 8, 1823 in South Carolina
Cornelius Calhoun Speed b. Oct. 21, 1846 in Covington County, Mississippi
Washington Lafayette Speed b. February 26, 1872 in Comanche County, Texas
Joseph Edward Speed b. March 17, 1897 in Ellis County, Texas
Bert Lewis Speed e-mail:

Kit 38161
Descendant of Thomas Hall Gage Speed born 1810 in Barbados through
Sydney Dewar Speed born 1851 in Saint Joseph, Barbados
Sydney Albert Speed born 1882 in Saint Thomas, Danish West Indies
Sydney Lyall Speed born 1910 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Guy Dwight Speed born 1935 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Erik Dwight Speed e-mail:

Kit 43971
Descendant of William Speed born December 27, 1824 in England through
Henry Speed born 1855 in New York, perhaps Genesee County
Ivan C. Speed born 1903 in Genesee County, New York
Roger Ivan Speed e-mail:

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