https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Washbourne-3
YDNA Evidence:
YDNA tests have been done on descendants of John "The Immigrant" Washborn, born 1597, and of those who descend from Robert Washeborne, the oldest son of John of Wichenford 1517 and Joan Mytton.
For many years, prior to these tests being done, there were those who wanted to remove John of Bengeworth b, 1479 from the Wichenford line and even went so far as to say that the Washbourne families of Bengeworth/Evesham were not related to the Wichenford Washbournes; that they were an entirely different family that just happened to share a name. The YDNA tests definitively prove that both branches descend from the exact same paternal line.
These yDNA results (Haplo group and markers) are identical for John "the Immigrant" Washborn, Sr. b. 1597 of Bengeworth, Robert de Washeborne b, 1476, son of Sir John "The Old Sheriff" de Washeborne of Wichenford and Sir Roger "The 1st Washburn" d'Wasseburne of Wasseburne and Stanford, b. bef. 1237. This yDNA evidence once again* proving the line of the Knights Washbourne through Wasseburne, Wichenford and down through Bengeworth to Plymouth.
- For well over 100 years, the line for John of Bengeworth, through John of Wichenford and Joan Mytton, was accepted. The attempt to refute same occurred relatively recently.
The tests do not, by themselves, prove that John of Bengeworth b. 1479, was born to John of Wichenford and Joan Mytton, as the nature of this testing only proves that all of these Washburns' are of the same line. It is "possible" for this 1st John of Bengeworth to have been from a generation or two back, but thanks to the yDNA evidence, we can say, without a doubt, that the John's of Bengeworth and thus, the John's of Plymouth Colony, were descended from the Norman Knights Washbourne in this male line.
Haplo Group I-M253 Washbourne yDNA Project
https://www.familytreedna.com/public/Washburn/default.aspx?section=...
