Rushing DNA Project!
Contact Peter via Latest Update 1 June 2025.
The object of the Rushing DNA Project is to try to prove or disprove some assumptions made in our family history research.
peter(at)rushenhistory.com
Although we have links by surname, are we in fact cousins? Do we have cousins or ancestors with a different surname? Do they come from a different continent? Where did our family groups originate?
In England we have several major groups of Rushen going back over three centuries. Is there a link between :-
We have now proved a link to the Rushings in the United States!
Because of the success with FTDNA I decided to take two more tests, one with 23&me and another with Ancestry. The tools on Ancestry are very useful and are being developed further all of the time bringing in more and more matches. Look for yourself. In 2023 I upgraded to Big Y 700 markers. What changes did that make? We have a link proving that a Rushen/Rushing went from Essex or Suffolk to the colonies circa 1650.
Then came the BIG match. A descendant of Mathew Malachi Rushing b.1750 d.1815, Jeffery Mark Rushing. An exact living match, born in the USA. So far we are the only people in Haplogroup I-FTD31806.
If you are a Rushing test in FTDNA, see if you match, and more important, who with?
You could end up on our front page!
Join in the fun and link up to your ancestors in the old country! What matches do you have in Ancestry DNA when you search Rushen and Rushing? Let us know.
Whether specific individual men share a common ancestor.
If a set of men with the same or similar surname are directly related through a common ancestor.
How many different common male ancestors any given group collectively shares.
Are there links between the various name variants,
I tested with Family Tree DNA and because of success at 25 markers I upgraded to 37 and had a match through my earliest known ancestor, Thomas Rushing born circa 1707 in Great Braxted Essex to Philip Rushing of Anson County, North Carolina, USA, born in 1745. Other matches are proven to Mathew Malachai Rushing born circa 1750 in South Carolina and Lloyd Jason Rushing of Oklahoma City.
