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Node Chart for the Descendants of Jacob STROUP I (1724-1804) of Lincoln [now Gaston] Co., NC,
versus Jacob STROUP II (1771-1846) of Lincoln Co., NC, and Cass [now Bartow] Co., SC
It was once thought that Jacob STROUP II (1771-1846) was a grandson of Jacob STROUP I (1724-1804) through Jacob I's son, Adam STROUP (1746-1835).  DNA testing has now proven that the long-accepted biological connection between Jacob II and Adam cannot be correct.

Currently, we have tested three individuals with paper descents from Jacob II.  These individuals are all Haplogroup J2, and they are a tight genetic match with each other, consistent with them having a near common ancestor.  Each descends from a different son of Jacob II, so, logically, Jacob II must also have been J2.  The other tested descendants of Jacob STROUP I — and his great-grandfather, Martin STRAUB (1616-1676), of Großgartach, Württemberg — are Haplogroup I1, which means these individuals cannot have shared a common ancestor with the descendants of Jacob II for tens of thousands of years.

There is strong paper evidence that Jacob II was a son of Adam (in a deed, Jacob II gives his father's name as Adam), which leads us to a possible scenario that, as Adam's eldest son on paper, he is probably the child of a former marriage of Adam's wife, Catherine ALEXANDER.  In other words, Jacob II may be Adam's stepson.  The fact that these three J2 individuals have a strong DNA match (35/37) with an individual surnamed BIDDLE suggests that Catherine's prior husband was a man surnamed BIDDLE.  With the goal of identifying this man, or at least of identifying his family, I've started a BIDDLE Y-DNA Surname Project.

We have also tested two patrilineal descendants of Adam STROUP who do not descend through Jacob II.  One descends on a line from Adam's son, Joseph, and the other apparently descends through one of Adam's sons who moved to Jefferson Co., MO.  This individual is surnamed BELEW, but has a 67/67 match with the modal haplotype for Jacob STROUP I.  So, like the descendants of Jacob STROUP II, this BELEW apparently has an NPE (a "non-paternal event," i.e., a hidden adoption or illicit paternity) in his lineage.  We know this BELEW descends on some line from Adam STROUP because of where these BELEWs are found:  in Jefferson Co., MO.

The only known STROUPs in early Jefferson Co., MO, were sons of Adam, namely, Andrew, Peter, and possibly Henry.  Peter's children are accounted for, but Andrew's are not, so if the NPE is an adoption, it most likely involves Andrew's orphans.  If the NPE is an illicit paternity, then any of the brothers or their sons could be involved.  In the 1850 census of Jefferson County, we find Silas BELEW listed next to Harmon STROUP, presumed to be one of Andrew's orphans.  We continue to find these BELEW and STROUP families associated in later censuses.  We do not know where in this BELEW's lineage the NPE occurred, so I would encourage this BELEW to test a first cousin, then a second cousin, then a third cousin, to determine the generation in which it occurred.  To make this determination, a mere 12-marker test will suffice (athough it's usually desirable to test 67 markers, for this determination only 12 markers are needed).

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Combined Node Charts for Jacob STROUP I and Jacob STROUP II
Generation Remarks
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
? BIDDLE? Jacob II
Haplogroup
J2
Moses           -  
Aaron           -
Eli           -
Benjamin
Franklin
          -
Joseph           -
Adam
Washington
Jacob William
Andrew
Frederick
Monroe
William
F.
#101308 This individual has a 12/12 match with the other two paper descendants of Jacob II. The fact that these three match
genetically, despite descending
from Jacob II on separate lines,
indicates that the non-match to
Jacob I is not caused by recent
NPEs in the test subjects'
lineages, but rather that Jacob II
is not Adam's biological son.
Alexander Walter B. Pvt Pvt #101265 These two individuals match each other at the level of 25/25, in addition to matching the above individual 12/12.  #33766 matches a BIDDLE 35/37.
Andrew
Jackson
William
Andrew
Arthur
Norris
Pvt #33766
Jacob
Decatur
          -  
John           -
Jacob I
Haplogroup
I1-AS5
Adam Michael no known issue              
John no known issue            
David daughtered out            
Joseph Henry            - Joseph's sons stayed in NC.
David Rufus           -
Silas
?
William
Henry
?
Paul
Clifton
?
Pvt
?
#118841
DYS534=15>14
This individual differs from the modal haplotype by one mutation.  We do not yet know where in his descent from Joseph this mutation took place.
Solomon Joseph P.           - Solomon's sons stayed in NC.
Andrew J.           -
David Chuza           -
Andrew
(b. 1782, NC)
orphans not
positively
unidentified
          - Andrew moved to 
Jefferson Co., MO,
by at least 1810.
Solomon
BELEW
(b. c1790, TN)
Silas
BELEW
(b. 1823/4, MO)
John
Larkin
BELEW
?
Pvt
?
#97358 This BELEW has a 67/67 match with the modal haplotype, which means he has an NPE in his lineage and is really a STROUP.  Until some cousins are tested, we won't know in which generation the NPE took place. Solomon BELEW was
in Jefferson Co., MO,
by at least 1825.
Peter
(b. 1787/8)
John           - Peter moved to
Jefferson Co., MO,
by at least 1810.
Richard           -
George           -
George daughtered out               Moved to Cape Girardeau Co., MO.
Phillip John D.             - These sons of Phillip
stayed in NC.
Jacob             -
 Moses             -
Jonas             -
Joseph Franklin             -
Solomon Leander             -
Peter             -
Henry M.             - Henry moved to SC.
Elias             - Elias moved to GA.
Levi L. (b. 1812)
Levi (b. 1815/6)
            Secondary sources disagree as to which Levi STROUP is Phillip's son. Levi L. moved to GA.
Levi moved to TX.
David Ephraim James
Henderson
M.H. Pvt #94379 This individual has a 67/67 match with the modal haplotype so has acquired no mutations in his descent Johann Pieter I. Ephraim moved to MS.
Philip Jr.             - Philip Jr. moved to MS, then TX.
John H. Moses Sr. Moses Jr.           - John's son stayed in NC.
Michael William             - Michael's sons stayed in NC.
Benjamin F.             -
Champion             -
Isaac             -
Jesse             -
Solomon             -
Lawson             -
Daniel
?
Matthew
Wallace
?
Ephraim
Daniel
?
Alfred
Isaiah
?
Andrew
Jackson
?
#74957
DYS446=14>15
This individual differs from the modal haplotype by one mutation.  We do not yet know where in his descent from Jacob I this mutation took place. Daniel's sons stayed in NC.
Christopher
Goodson
            -
Jacob
Cephus
            -
Abner             -
Unknown
STROUP
?
Unknown
STROUP
?
Unknown
STROUP
?
Unknown
STROUP
?
Richard
Lexington
CRUMP
?
Pvt
CRUMP
?
#50052
CDYb=35>36
Because of his location in Gaston Co., NC, this individual is presumed to descend from Jacob I, progenitor of Gaston County I1-AS5 STROUPs.  He has acquired one mutation somewhere in his descent from Jacob I. Stayed in Gaston Co., NC


Return to Haplogroup I1 Results table.  Return to Haplogroup J2 Results table.  See also, Node Chart for Martin STRAUB.

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