Jarman / German
DNA Project
Results
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Reading the Results:

The intimidating array of numbers in the table below is not as confusing as may seem at first glance. It is not necessary to assume any significance in the values in each of the cells in this table. It is only neccessary to observe the similarity of the patterns of numbers found in one row compared to the patterns of other rows. The colors are only used to highlight and group the results. Comparing results is analogous to a forensics laboratory matching the scratches on bullets to determine which ones were fired from the same gun. The gun in genealogy is a common ancestor who existed anytime since surnames evolved in England about 800 to 900 years ago.

Why Some Rows are Longer:

This study began with measurements of twelve Y-chromosome DYS markers. These results contained too many ambiguous similarities, not only between participants in this study, but also with results in some other surname studies. The problem is the narrowness of genetic variety in Britain and is evidenced by the numerous light gray cells in the table. The work around solution for this is to look at more markers, and those results are reported in the longer rows. Agreement of 24 out of 25 cells is considered a match. Some participants are expanding to 37 markers to identify branches within a family. Comments on the ancestors of the participants follow the table. Better explanations of the science of Y-Chromosome DNA testing, the meaning of DYS, alleles and repeats, as well as links to other surname studies are available at "Chris Pomeroy's DNA Portal".

Ancestral Home
and Sample #
Loci, DYS#, and Alleles reported by FamilyTreeDNA
and reported by SMGF
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
393
390
19/
394
391
385a
385b
426
388
439
389i
392
389ii
458
459a
459b
455
454
447
437
448
449
464
a
464
b
464
c
464
d
460
GATA
H4
YCA
IIa
YCA
IIb
456
607
576
570
CYD
a
CYD
b
442
438
444
446
461
462
YGATA
A10
635
GGAAT
1B07
441
b
445
452
463
Hertfordshire, England
35112
13
24
14
10
12
14
12
12
13
14
13
31
17
9
10
11
11
25
15
19
31
15
15
17
17
  
Devon, England
5769
13
24
15
10
12
14
12
12
13
14
13
31
18
9
10
11
11
25
15
19
31
15
15
15
17
SMGF01
13
24
15
10
12
13.2
12
12
13
14
13
31
17
9
10
11
11
25
15
19
31
15
15
17
17
10
11
19
23
15
  
12
12
13
16
12
12
12
23
10
13
12
11
22
6622
13
24
14
10
12
14
12
12
13
14
13
31
  
Somerset, England
228546
13
24
14
10
12
13
12
12
13
14
13
31
16
9
10
11
11
24
15
19
31
15
15
17
17
  
Fermanagh, Ireland
Genebase1
13
24
14
10
 
 
12
12
13
14
13
31
16
9
9
11
11
24
15
19
31
15
 
 
17
10
11
19
23
15
  
12
12
12
 
12
12
12
 
 
 
12
 
22
Onslow Co., NC
Ancestry1
13
24
14
10
11
14
12
12
12
13
13
29
16
9
10
11
11
25
15
18
29
15
15
17
18
11
11
19
23
16
  
12
12
12
13
12
11
13
23
10
13
12
31
22
1542
13
24
14
10
11
14
12
12
12
13
13
29
16
9
10
11
11
25
15
18
29
15
15
17
18
  
Sumter Co., Alabama
122369
13
24
15
10
11
14
12
12
11
13
13
29
16
8
9
11
11
25
14
19
29
14
15
16
17
11
11
19
23
15
16
18
17
35
38
12
12
  
Baltimore Co., MD
1539
13
24
14
11
11
11
12
12
11
14
13
30
18
8
10
11
11
25
14
19
29
15
16
16
17
  
58881
13
24
14
11
11
11
12
12
11
14
13
30
17
8
10
11
11
25
14
19
29
15
16
16
17
Conn. or N.Y.
SMGF02
13
23
14
11
11
14
12
12
12
14
13
30
18
9
10
11
11
25
15
19
30
15
15
17
17
11
11
19
23
17
  
12
12
13
 
12
11
 
23
 
13
12
 
21
Westmorland, England
72124
13
23
14
11
11
14
12
12
13
13
13
29
18
9
10
11
11
25
15
19
29
15
15
17
18
  
Audrain Co., MO
18228
13
25
14
11
11
13
12
12
12
13
14
29
16
9
10
11
11
25
15
18
30
15
16
16
17
11
11
19
23
16
16
18
17
38
39
12
12
  
Nova Scotia
78287
13
25
15
11
11
13
12
12
12
13
14
29
17
9
10
11
11
24
15
18
30
15
16
16
17
11
11
19
23
17
16
18
17
38
39
11
12
Wales
9849
13
25
15
11
11
13
12
12
12
13
14
29
17
9
10
11
11
25
15
18
32
15
16
16
17
  
London, England
28597
13
23
15
11
11
13
12
12
12
13
14
29
17
9
10
11
11
25
15
18
29
15
17
17
17
Somerset, England
89761
13
25
15
10
11
14
12
12
12
12
13
28
16
9
10
11
11
23
15
19
29
15
15
17
17
Cambridgeshire, England
N11050
13
24
14
10
11
14
12
12
12
13
13
29
16
9
10
11
11
25
15
19
28
14
15
16
16
McNairy Co., TN
17755
13
23
15
11
11
14
12
12
12
13
13
29
17
9
9
11
12
25
15
19
30
15
16
17
18
31340
13
23
15
11
11
14
12
12
12
13
13
29
17
9
9
11
12
25
15
19
29
15
15
16
18
Montgomery Co., TN
64037
13
23
15
11
11
14
12
12
12
13
13
29
17
9
10
11
11
25
15
19
31
15
15
16
18
Anderson Co., TN
26533
13
23
14
11
11
14
12
12
11
13
13
29
16
8
9
11
11
24
15
19
29
15
16
17
18
Calvert Co. MD
1543
13
24
14
11
11
14
12
12
12
13
13
29
17
9
10
11
11
24
15
19
28
15
15
16
17
11
11
18
23
15
14
16
16
37
38
12
12
12
13
12
11
13
23
10
13
12
11
22
3689
13
24
14
11
11
14
12
12
12
13
13
29
17
9
10
11
11
24
15
19
29
15
15
16
17
11
11
18
23
15
14
16
18
37
37
12
12
  
199966
13
24
14
11
11
14
12
12
12
13
13
29
17
9
10
11
11
24
15
19
29
15
15
16
17
11
11
18
23
15
14
16
18
37
38
12
12
203544
13
24
14
11
11
14
12
12
12
13
13
29
17
9
10
11
11
24
15
19
29
15
15
16
17
11
11
18
23
15
14
16
18
37
38
12
12
N5642
13
24
14
11
11
14
12
12
12
13
13
29
17
9
10
11
11
24
15
19
29
15
15
15
17
11
11
18
23
15
14
16
18
37
38
12
12
12
13
  
H1222
13
24
14
11
11
14
12
12
12
13
13
29
17
9
10
11
11
24
15
19
30
15
15
16
17
11
11
18
23
15
  
12
12
12
13
12
11
13
23
10
13
12
11
22
London, England
219997
13
24
14
11
11
14
12
12
12
13
13
29
17
9
9
11
11
25
15
19
29
15
15
17
17
11
10
19
23
17
14
17
18
37
38
12
12
12
13
  
Devon, England
1545
13
23
14
11
11
14
12
12
12
13
13
29
17
9
10
11
11
25
15
19
30
14
15
16
17
11
11
19
23
17
15
18
18
36
40
12
12
  
Warwick, England
159055
13
26
13
11
11
14
12
12
12
13
13
29
17
9
10
11
11
24
15
19
30
15
15
16
16
10
9
19
23
15
15
18
18
37
37
13
12
Norfolk, England
1540
13
24
14
11
11
15
12
12
12
13
13
30
16
9
10
11
11
26
15
19
28
14
15
16
17
  
LaGrange Co., Indiana
27637
13
24
14
11
11
15
12
12
12
13
13
30
16
9
10
11
11
26
15
19
28
14
15
16
17
New Jersey
29436
13
24
14
11
11
14
12
12
11
13
13
30
17
9
10
11
11
26
16
19
29
14
15
16
17
Oxford, England
6932
13
24
14
11
11
14
12
12
11
13
13
30
17
9
10
11
11
25
15
19
30
15
15
17
18
11
11
19
23
17
15
18
16
35
39
12
12
Kent, England
171301
13
25
14
11
11
14
12
12
12
13
13
30
18
9
10
11
11
25
15
19
30
15
16
17
18
11
11
19
24
15
15
18
16
36
39
12
12
Chesapeake
Eastern Shore
3690
13
24
14
11
11
14
12
12
12
13
13
30
17
9
10
11
11
25
15
19
29
15
16
16
17
11
11
19
22
15
15
20
17
38
38
12
12
1535
13
24
14
11
11
14
12
12
12
13
13
30
17
9
10
11
11
25
15
19
29
15
16
16
17
11
11
19
22
15
15
20
17
38
39
12
12
5793
13
24
14
11
11
14
12
12
12
13
13
30
17
9
10
11
11
25
15
19
29
15
16
16
17
11
11
19
22
15
15
20
17
38
39
12
12
1538
13
24
14
11
11
14
12
12
12
13
13
30
17
9
10
11
11
25
15
19
29
15
16
16
17
11
11
19
22
16
15
20
17
38
39
12
12
1536
13
24
14
11
11
14
12
12
12
13
13
30
17
9
10
11
11
25
15
19
29
15
16
16
17
11
11
19
22
15
14
20
17
38
39
12
12
1537
13
24
14
11
11
14
12
12
12
13
13
30
17
9
10
11
11
25
15
19
29
15
16
16
17
11
11
19
22
15
15
19
17
38
39
12
12
12
14
  
SMGF03
13
 
14
  
18
9
10
11
11
 
15
 
29
15
16
16
17
  
15
  
12
 
12
14
13
11
12
23
10
13
12
11
23
Switzerland
18231
12
24
14
11
11
14
12
12
12
13
13
27
19
9
10
11
11
23
15
19
30
15
15
17
17
11
10
19
21
15
15
18
18
35
37
12
12
  
Berks Co., Pennsylvania
148703
12
22
14
11
11
14
12
12
12
13
13
27
20
9
10
11
11
24
15
19
30
15
15
17
17
11
10
19
21
16
15
18
17
36
37
12
12
Devon, England
159324
13
23
13
10
13
17
12
12
12
12
12
29
16
9
9
11
11
24
14
19
29
14
14
14
15
10
10
20
20
16
13
20
18
34
36
11
11
Kent, England
24318
13
25
15
10
11
14
12
14
10
13
11
30
15
9
10
11
11
24
14
19
31
12
15
16
16
  
Devon, England
61099
13
24
15
11
12
16
11
14
11
13
11
29
18
8
9
11
12
24
14
19
31
12
14
14
15
Hertfordshire, England
24173
12
23
15
9
13
16
11
16
12
13
11
29
14
8
9
11
11
26
14
21
32
11
13
15
16
Baldwin Co., Alabama
176999
13
23
14
10
13
14
11
14
11
12
11
28
16
7
9
8
11
23
16
20
31
12
14
15
16
10
10
19
21
14
15
16
19
35
36
13
10
  
192871
13
23
14
10
13
14
11
14
11
12
11
28
16
7
9
8
11
23
16
20
31
12
14
15
16
10
10
19
21
14
15
16
19
36
36
13
10
  
Beekman, New York
184673
13
22
14
10
13
14
11
14
11
12
11
28
15
8
9
8
11
22
16
20
28
13
14
15
16
  
Albemarle Co., VA
1544
13
22
15
11
14
15
11
12
14
12
11
28
  
10269
13
22
15
11
14
15
11
12
14
12
11
28
Kent, England
16424
13
22
15
11
14
15
11
12
14
12
11
28
16
9
9
11
11
22
16
22
30
13
13
13
13
  
Wilkes Co., NC
20686
14
22
15
10
15
15
11
12
11
12
10
29
16
9
9
11
11
24
16
20
30
13
14
14
14
  
Roxbury, NY
204988
14
22
15
10
15
15
11
12
11
12
10
29
16
9
9
11
11
24
16
20
30
13
14
14
14
10
11
21
21
14
15
16
19
36
38
11
10
  
Ontario, Canada
155360
13
22
15
10
12
15
11
12
12
12
10
29
18
9
9
11
11
23
16
20
28
12
14
14
14
11
10
19
20
15
13
17
17
34
41
11
11
  

CONTRIBUTIONS - Please! . . Occasionally, when the money is available, sponsorships covering lab fees are offered for samples that will improve the British geographic representation of our JARMAN, GERMAN, etc., surnames. If you are willing to help defray the cost to potential participants with traceable British ancestry, please follow this link to the Jarman Project General Fund.

If you have traceable British ancestry, please contact the project coordinator John German

Participants' Ancestry:

1535 - Benjamin Jarman, b. c1770, of Worcester Co., MD, d. c1833.
1536 - William Jarman, b. c1762 in Worcester Co., MD, d. 1824 in Franklin Co., Ohio.
1537 - William Jarman, b. c1740, d. c1796 in Sussex Co. DE.
1538 - William Jarman, b. c1740, d. c1796 in Sussex Co. DE.
1539 - Benjamin German, b. c1720?, d. c1812 in Baltimore Co., MD.
1540 - Jerimiah Jarman, b. c1760? of Norfolk, England.
1542 - Milton Jarman, b. 1854 in Onslow Co., NC.
1543 - Robert Jarman, b. c1680 of Calvert Co., MD, d. 1761 in Craven Co., NC, via son Robert Jarman Jr.
1544 - Thomas Jarman, b. c1720 of Albemarle Co., VA.
1545 - Thomas Jarman, b. c1793 North Molton Parish, Devon, England.
3689 - Asa German, b. c1775?, married 1809 in Mississippi.
3690 - James Jarman, b. 1777, of Worcester Co., MD, d. 1829.
5769 - John Jarman, b. c1660, descendants lived in Woodbury Parish, Devon, England.
5793 - Ananias Jarman, b. c1760, of Worcester Co., MD, d. 1826.
6622 - John Jarman, chr. 1638 Bradninch, Devon, England, d. 1705, Bickleigh near Tiverton, Devon.
6932 - Edward Jermyn, b. c1725, chldren born in Lewknor, Oxfordshire, England.
9849 - Daniel Jerman, b. c1802, lived in Llanidloes, Montgomeryshire, Wales.
10269 - Thomas Jarman, b. c1720 of Albemarle Co., VA.
16424 - John Jarman, b. c1810 Wickhambraux, Thanet, Kent, England.
17755 - James German, first appears in 1830 census of McNairy Co., Tennessee.
18228 - Thomas Jerman, b. c1779, d. 1843 Madison Co., KY, descendants lived Audrain Co., MO.
18231 - Christen Germann, b. Abt. 1528 in Frutigen, Canton Bern, Switzerland.
20686 - Charles German, b. c1774, lived in Wilkes Co., NC.
24173 - Thomas Jarman, b. c1775, Great Gadsden, Hertfordshire, England.
24318 - Gregory Jarman, b. c1715, d. 1763, Chatham, Kent, England.
26533 - Isaac German, b. c1815, lived in Anderson Co., Tennessee.
27637 - Thomas Jarman, b. 1832, England; married 1857 LaGrange Co., Indiana
28597 - George Jarman, b. 1815, City of London.
29436 - Geroge Jarman, b. 1806, New Jersey, lived Brown Co., Ohio, and Peoria, Illinois.
31340 - James German, first appears in 1830 census of McNairy Co., Tennessee.
35112 - John Jarman, b. c1820, of Berkhamsted in Hertfordshire, England.
58881 - Benjamin German, b. c1720?, d. c1812 in Baltimore Co., MD.
61099 - William German, b. c1775, West Anstey, Devon, England.
64037 - Josiah Jarman of Montgomery Co., Tennessee.
72124 - William Garman/German, b. c1700, Kendal, Westmorland, England.
78287 - Hugh German, c1763-c1825 of Nova Scotia
89761 - family from western Somerset, England
122369 - Obediah F. Jarman, b. c1816, NC; resided Sumter Co., Alabama.
148703 - Johannes German, b. 1756, d. 1833 Berks Co., Pennsylvania.
155360 - James German, b. 1782, d. 1860 Ontario, Canada.
159055 - family from Whitacre Heath, Warwickshire, England.
159324 - family from the Plymouth / Newton Abbott area of Devon, England.
171301 - Alfred Jarman, b. 1863 in Meeting St., Ramsgate, Kent, England.
176999 - Daniel Jarman, b. c1820, NC; resided Baldwin Co., Alabama, via son Obediah Jarman
184673 - Andrew German, b. 1745, d. c1818 Beekman, New York.
192871 - Daniel Jarman, b. c1820, NC; resided Baldwin Co., Alabama, via son Joseph Jarman.
199966 - Francis Jarman, b. c1813, NC, resided in (West) Virginia, Ohio, and Missouri.
203544 - Thomas Jarman, schoolmaster, of Half Moon Swamp, d. c1799 in Onslow Co., NC.
204988 - Zachariah German, b. c1806, NY, resided in Delaware Co., NY, and Maries Co., MO.
219997 - John Jarman, b. c1746, mar. 16 Jun 1772, St Botolphs, Bishopsgate, London, died 18 Jul 1806.
228546 - John Jarman, bapt. 1819, Taunton St James, Somerset, England, son of John Jarman and Sarah.
Ancestry1 - Milton Jarman, b. 1854 in Onslow Co., NC.
Genebase1 - Isaac German, b. c1820, Ireland, son b. c1844 in Knockninny Co Fermanagh, Ireland.
H1222 - Robert Jarman, b. c1680 of Calvert Co., MD, d. 1761 in Craven Co., NC, via son Joseph Jarman.
N5642 - Robert Jarman, b. c1680 of Calvert Co., MD, d. 1761 in Craven Co., NC, via son Thomas Jarman.
N11050 - Samuel Jarman, b. c1751, children christened at Melbourne, Cambridgeshire, England.
SMGF01* - William Vinicomb Jarman, b. c1817 Woodbury Parish, Devon, England.
SMGF02* - James Alonzo Jerman, b. 1812, Connecticut or New York.
SMGF03* - William Jarman, b. c1762 in Worcester Co., MD, d. 1824 in Franklin Co., Ohio.

*SMGF = Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation www.smgf.org.

Discussion:

This study already demonstrates the Jarman (and variant spellings) surname has multiple origins. Clearly we are not all cousins.

Previous efforts to document connections between Jarmans from American "Tobacco Coast" families have failed. Our DNA study adds no support to any theories connecting one or more of the four families found in Baltimore Co., MD (1539, 58881), Calvert Co., MD (1543, 3689, H1222, 203544), Albemarle Co., VA (1544, 18228), or on the Chesapeake Eastern Shore (1535, 1536, 1537, 1538, 3690, 5793, SMGF03).

The samples from Jarmans of Norfolk (1540), Oxford (6932), Devon (1545 and 5769), Wales (9849), and Westmorland (72124) provide anecdotal affirmation that Jarman geographic distribution in England is not the result of migration by Jarmans with common ancestry.

Our most controversial result is the 18/25 mismatch between the Calvert Co., MD, family represented by sample 1543 and the family of Milton Jarman, born 1854 in Onslow Co., NC, represented by sample 1542.

Not all of our results are negative. Samples 1535, 1536, 1537, 1538, 3690, and 5793 are either 12/12 or 25/25 matches. The four participants from Worcester Co., MD, families are seeking to prove their ancestor was a William Jarman who appeared in the 1670s in Accomack Co., VA, and died about 1709 in Somerset Co., MD. Before our DNA study, the two participants with ancestors in Delaware had no clear documentation of their connection to the Maryland family, but now with new confidence they will be joining their genetic cousins in the hunt for documentation of William Jarman's family. An extra observation to share about the Chesapeake Eastern Shore group is the spelling of their names - four use Jarman and two use German.

More positve results are the 24/25 match between samples 1543 and 3689 thus showing a common ancestor is shared by descendants of Robert Jarman, c1680-1761, of Calvert Co., MD, and the descendants of Asa German who was married 1809 to Elizabeth Barland in Mississippi.

Samples 1544 and 10269 are from great-great-grandsons of two sons of Capt. William Jarman, c1748-1813 (son of Thomas Jarman), of Albemarle Co., VA. Passed down six generations, the tested markers remain unchanged thus providing proof of kinship and verification of the participants' genealogy. Their 12/12 match with a family from Kent, England (16424) offers a hopefull clue for further research in the UK.

A match was expected between the Albemarle Co., VA descendants and a descendant of the family in Audrain Co., MO. Instead, sample 18228 is an 22/25 match with sample 9849 whose ancestors lived in Wales.

Our first international connection is the 11/12 match between participants from Australia and the United States. Their samples 5769 and 6622 reveal a common ancestry exists between Jarman families in parishes south of and well to the north of Exeter, England. Another international connection is the 25/25 match between a 19th century immigrant Indiana, 27637, and a family from Norfolk, England, 1540.

Is JERMY a Variant Spelling?
The Jermy family is conducting its own DNA study. So far the results support the position that Jermy is a separate family. But more samples are needed. The web site for the Jermy DNA Project is at http://stanfield.und.ac.za/dnaproject.html.

What's Next?:

More participants - Please! We need more Jarman / German / Jermyn / etc. men to join this study. The goal of this project is to help all of us discover our origins by finding more Jarman families that are kindred and others who are not related. We also need to confirm our results within those families already identified. This is an international project and we urge Jarmans in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, America, and anywhere else, to please join us. The company that processes our samples is now offering a discounted price to new customers who join the Jarman / German DNA Project. For more information please return to the project introduction or send an email to the project coordinator at german@jarman.net

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Updated 8 March 2012

John L. German,
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