RESULTS FROM THE HAMMAN FAMILY Y-CHROMOSOME DNA TESTS

 

 

These results are no longer complete. For current results go to Results for the Hamman Family Y-chromosome Project

 

Kit	Known Ancestor	Marker (DYS#)
		H a p l o .	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 | 1	3 9 2	3 8 9 | 2	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 C A I I a	Y C A I I 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
7357	David Hamman (b. 1814, PA--d. 1867, Kosciusko, IN) son of Henry Hamman, d. Columbiana, OH	G2	14	22	15	10	13	14	11	13	11	12	11	30
7367	David Hamman (b. 1814, PA--d.1867, Kosciusko, IN) son of Henry Hamman, d. Columbiana, OH	G2	14	22	15	10	13	14	11	13	11	12	11	30
19219	David Hamman (b. 1814, PA--d.1867, Kosciusko, IN) son of Henry Hamman, d. Columbiana, OH	G2	14	22	15	10	13	14	11	13	11	12	11	30	17	9	9	11	11	24	16	21	31	12	13	13	14		11	11	20	20	16	13	15	18	35	38	11	10
24856	Daniel Hamman (b. ca. 1808, PA--d. 1850, Kosciusko, IN) son of Henry Hamman, d. Columbiana, OH	G2	14	22	15	10	13	14	11	13	11	12	11	30	17	9	9	11	11	24	16	21	31	12	13	13	14
26793	Phillip Hamman (b. ca. 1753, probably Germany--d. 3 Aug 1832, Jackson Co., AL)	G2	14	22	15	10	13	14	11	13	11	12	11	30	16	9	9	11	11	24	16	21	31	12	13	13	14		11	11	20	20	16	13	15	18	35	38	11	10
39533	Phillip Hamman (b. ca. 1753, probably Germany--d. 3 Aug 1832, Jackson Co., AL)	G2	14	22	15	10	13	14	11	13	11	12	11	30
28231	Phillip Hamman (b. ca. 1753 probably Germany--d. 3 Aug 1832, Jackson Co., AL)	G2	14	22	15	11	13	14	11	13	11	12	11	30	16	9	9	11	11	24	16	21	31	12	13	13	14
39261	Phillip Hamman (b. ca. 1753, probably Germany--d. 3 Aug 1832, Jackson Co., AL)	G2	14	22	15	10	13	14	11	13	11	12	11	30
70987	Phillip Hamman (b. ca. 1753, probably Germany--d. 3 Aug 1832, Jackson Co., AL)	G2	14	22	15	10	13	14	11	13	11	12	11	30	16	9	9	11	11	24	16	21	31	12	13	13	14
N -13725	George Hermann (b. ca. 1826 in Baden, Germany--d. 24 Nov 1901 Buchanan Co., IA)	G2	14	22	15	10	13	14	11	13	11	12	11	29	17	9	9	11	11	23	16	21	32	12	13	13	13
7293	Jacob Hamman (b. 1784, PA--d. 1858, Kosciusko, IN) son of John Hamman, b. Europe	R1b	13	23	14	11	11	14	12	12	12	13	13	29	17	9	10	11	11	25	15	19	30	15	15	17	18
8974	Jacob Hamman (b. 1784, PA--d. 1858, Kosciusko, IN) son of John Hamman, b. Europe	R1b	13	23	14	11	11	14	12	12	12	13	13	29
9034	Jacob Hamman (b. 1784, PA--d. 1858, Kosciusko, IN) son of John Hamman, b. Europe	R1b	13	23	14	11	11	14	12	12	12	13	13	29
9395	David Hamman (b. ca.1790-94,York, PA--d. Stark, OH), son of John Hamman, b. Europe	R1b	13	23	14	11	11	14	12	12	12	13	13	29	17	9	10	11	11	25	15	19	29	15	15	17	18		11	11	19	23	16	15	20	17	36	37	12	12
9519	Daniel Hamman (b. ca.1798, PA--d. 1865, IN) son of John Hamman, b. Europe	R1b	13	23	14	11	11	14	12	12	12	13	13	29
10111	John Hamman (b. ca.1790-94 PA-d. ca.1838 Stark, OH) son of John Hamman, b. Europe	R1b	13	23	14	11	11	14	12	12	12	13	13	29
20665	Peter Hamman (b. 1604--d.22 Oct 1688 Lachen am Rhein)	R1b	13	24	14	11	11	14	12	12	12	13	13	29	18	9	10	11	11	25	15	19	28	14	15	17	17
27019	Peter Hamman (b Germany or PA--d. ca. 1797 Botetourt Co., VA)	R1b	13	24	14	11	11	14	12	12	12	13	13	29	18	9	10	11	11	25	15	19	28	15	15	17	17
35348	Michael Hammon/Hamman/Hawman (b. 1762, USA--probably died Canada)	R1b	13	24	14	11	11	14	12	12	12	13	13	29	18	9	10	11	11	25	15	19	29	14	15	17	18		10	11	19	22	15	15	20	17	36	39	11	12
89877	Valentin Hammann (b. 1634 Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany--1717 Hessen-Darmstadt)	R1b	13	24	14	10	11	14	12	12	11	13	13	29
94476	John Hammond (b. ca.1700 Franklin, PA or Maryland)	R1b	13	24	14	10	11	14	12	12	11	14	13	30
14722	Johan Philip Hamman (Lived 1770's in Northampton, PA)  wife Margaretha	R1b	13	24	14	10	9	14	12	12	12	13	13	30
20388	Johan Philip Hamman (Lived 1770's in Northampton, PA)  wife Margaretha	R1b	13	24	14	10	11	14	12	12	12	13	13	30
18474	Johan Philip Hamman (Lived 1770's in Northampton, PA)  wife Margaretha	R1b	13	24	14	10	11	14	12	12	12	13	13	30	16	9	9	11	11	25	15	19	28	15	15	16	17
21108	Andrew Homman (b. 1823, Stark, OH--d. 1890, Solomon, KS) maybe son of Jacob Howman, b. 1786	R1b	13	24	14	10	11	14	12	12	12	13	13	30	16	9	9	11	11	25	15	19	28	15	15	16	17
36284	Peter Hamann (b.ca. 1620--d. Germany, probably Kürnbach, Baden)	R1b	13	24	14	10	11	14	12	12	12	13	13	30	17	9	9	11	11	25	15	19	28	15	15	16	17
70331	Peter Hummon (Johan Peter Hamman) (b. 21 Aug 1775 , PA--d. 11 Feb 1860 OH)  probable son of Johann Philip Hamman	R1b	13	24	14	10	11	14	12	12	12	13	13	30	16	9	9	11	11	25	15	19	28	15	15	16	17		11	11	19	23	16	15	21	18	36	38	12	12
28199	Henry Hammann (b. ca 1816, Hanover, Germany)	R1b	13	24	14	11	11	14	13	12	13	13	13	28	19	9	10	11	11	26	15	19	30	16	16	17	18
78642	Charles H. Hammond (b. ca. 1836, Maine)	R1b	12	24	14	12	11	14	12	12	14	13	13	29	18	9	10	11	11	24	15	19	30	15	15	16	17		10	11	18	23	15	15	18	17	35	39	12	12
64928	John Hammons (b. 26 Mar 1801, VA, KYor TN-- d. 1 Sep. 1866 MO)	R1b	13	24	14	11	11	14	12	12	13	13	13	29	18	9	9	11	11	25	15	19	30	15	15	18	18		12	13	19	23	16	17	18	17	37	37	12	12
N- 17100	John Hammons (b. 26 Mar 1801, VA, KYor TN-- d. 1 Sep. 1866 MO)	R1b	13	24	14	11	11	14	12	12	13	13	13	29	18	9	9	11	11	25	15	19	30	15	15	17	17		11	13	19	23	16	17	18	17	37	37	12	12
N- 13402	Joshua Hammons (b. ca 1779, VA--d. 30 Nov 1862 Davis Co, IA)	R1b	13	25	14	11	11	14	12	12	13	13	13	29	18	9	10	11	11	26	15	19	29	15	15	17	17
98599	Absalom Hammonds/Hammond/Hamonds (b. ca 1785, VA--d. 1870)	R1b	13	25	14	11	11	14	12	12	13	13	13	29	18	9	10	11	11	26	15	19	29	15	15	17	17		10	11	19	23	15	15	18	18	33	37	12	12
19508	Johann Jürgen Hammann (b. ca. 1710, Saxony, Germany--d. Stellenbosch, South Africa )	R1a	13	25	17	11	11	14	12	12	10	13	11	31
18692	Johann Jürgen Hammann (b. ca. 1710, Saxony, Germany--d. Stellenbosch, South Africa)	R1a	13	25	17	11	11	14	12	12	10	13	11	31	14	9	9	11	11	24	14	20	32	15	15	15	16
39546	Heinrich Wilhelm Christian Hamann (8 Dec 1866, Holstein, Germany--d. Clinton Co., Iowa)	R1a	13	24	17	11	11	13	12	12	12	13	11	29	15	9	10	11	11	24	14	20	33	13	15	15	16
46872	Henry Conrad Hamann (b. 21 Jun 1832, likely Mecklenburg, Germany)	K2	13	23	14	10	13	17	11	12	11	14	14	30	18	9	9	11	13	26	14	19	33	11	13	16	16
28423	Peter Hamman (b. ca 1745, Germany--d. Dauphin Co., PA)	E3b	13	24	13	11	16	18	11	12	12	12	11	29	16	9	9	11	11	26	14	20	31	14	14	16	17		9	11	19	21	15	12	18	21	30	34	11	10
75416	Jacob Hamman (b. 1740, prob. Germany--d. 1808 Franklin Co., PA)	E3b	13	24	13	11	16	18	11	12	12	12	11	29	17	9	9	11	11	26	14	20	31	14	14	16	17
62233	Harvey Hammond (b. ca 1864 Indiana--d. 1921 Los Angeles)	E3b	13	24	13	11	15	18	11	12	12	12	11	29	17	9	9	11	11	26	14	20	31	14	14	16	17		9	11	19	21	16	12	18	20	30	35	11	10
86286	Johann Phillip Hammann (b. 1714, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany; d. 1793, Hesse-Darmstadt)	I1b2a	15	23	15	10	15	16	11	14	11	14	14	32	15	8	10	11	11	26	14	20	28	11	14	14	15
24617	Elijah Hammond (b. ca. 1757--d. after 1828)	I1b2?	13	25	16	10	13	16	11	13	11	12	11	28	17	8	9	10	12	25	15	20	28	14	14	15	15
N- 11152	George Hammond/Hammon (b. ca 1807, VA)	I1a	13	22	14	10	13	14	11	14	11	12	11	28	15	7	9	8	11	23	16	20	28	12	14	15	16		10	10	18	21	14	14	16	20	34	37	12	10
N- 67699	Job Hammond (b. ca 1645, lived VA)	I1a	13	22	14	10	13	14	11	14	11	12	11	28	15	8	9	8	11	23	16	20	28	12	14	15	16		10	10	19	21	15	14	17	19	36	36	12	10
50276	Johann Jakob Hammann (b. 27 Mar 1777, Alsace--d. 8 Apr 1855 Alsace)	J?	12	25	13	10	12	19	10	15	13	12	11	29	19	8	9	11	11	24	14	20	29	14	15	15	16
72799	probably Balthasar Hamman (b. 1722, Rhineland--d. after 1751 PA)	J1	12	23	14	10	13	19	11	15	12	14	11	31	15	9	9	11	11	26	15	21	29	13	13	16	16
46149	Ambrose Hammons (b: Feb 1647 England--d: 1694 VA)	J2e1	12	24	15	10	12	17	11	15	11	12	11	28	16	8	9	11	11	27	16	19	29	12	12	15	15
73815	Ambrose Hammons (b: Feb 1647 England--d: 1694 VA)	J2e1	12	24	15	10	12	17	11	15	11	12	11	28	16	8	9	11	11	27	16	19	29	12	15	15	18		11	10	19	20	13	14	17	18	38	38	11	19
45447	William E. Hammons (b. ca. 1800 S Carolina--d. Arkansas)	J2e1	12	24	15	10	12	17	11	15	11	12	11	28	16	8	9	11	11	27	16	19	29	12	15	16	18
75378	Hosea Hammons (b. 1848 Georgia)	J2e1	12	24	15	10	12	17	11	15	11	12	11	28	16	8	9	11	11	26	16	19	29	12	15	15	18		11	10	19	20	13	14	17	18	38	38	11	19
80011	Ambrose Hammons (b: Feb 1647 England--d: 1694 VA)	J2e1	12	24	15	10	12	17	11	15	11	12	11	28	16	8	9	11	11	27	16	19	29	12	15	15	18		11	10	19	20	13	14	17	18	38	38	11	19

*DYS 19 is also known as DYS 394.

 

Notes: For the lineage of each participant from their father back to their known oldest ancestor, click on the ancestor's name.

 

Haplogroups are estimates based on matching in the FTDNA database.  Belonging to the same haplogroup indicates a shared ancestor thousands or even tens of thousands of years ago.  For more information click on the haplogroup value.

 

For a general discussion of the application of y-chromosomes and DNA studies to family history go to DNA for Family History.

 

If you are a direct patrilineal male Hamman descendant and would like to participate, please contact Phil Ritter at philr@stanford.edu.

 

DISCUSSION OF THE RESULTS FROM THE HAMMAN FAMILY Y-CHROMOSOME DNA TESTS

 

The Hamman family y-chromosome study was began in early 2003 to test two hypotheses. Initially we wanted to find out if descendants of some Hammans who settled in southwest Kosciusko County, Indiana in the mid 1800's might share a common ancestor with my Hammans who settled in northeast Kosciusko County about the same time. In addition we wished to verify or disprove a connection between the NW Kosciusko Hammans and the Hammans of DeKalb County. A somewhat embellished family legend sometimes called the "Hamman Fable" (published in the 1920's, see http://homepages.rootsweb.com/%7Eandert/hamman/hamhist.htm  claimed that the latter was true, but no documentary evidence had ever been found to confirm such a connection. One of the early participants was also interested in confirming his biological connection to the Hammans, as a great-grandmother had been pregnant when she married her Hamman husband. In such a case there was always a slight possibility that someone other then the husband had been the biological father. The study has since expanded to include all Germanic Hamman lines as potential participants, including such known alternate spelling as Homman, Hammon, Howman, Hammond, Hammann, Hamann and Haman.

 

RESULTS. The results for the first hypothesis were negative: the NE Kociusko Hamman did not match the SW Kosciusko Hammans, and the y-chromosomes were so different that they could not have shared a common ancestor within tens of thousands of years. Within the SW Kosciusko Hammans, all matched perfectly with a rare haplotype (set of markers). These are the first four participants with results shaded aqua in the chart above (7357,7367, 19219, and 24856). Thus we know that the "early" pregnancy mentioned above had to have resulted from a Hamman male, almost certainly the husband of the bride.

 

Within the second group (shaded green) David Hamman (ancestor of 9395), Daniel Hamman (ancestor of 9519), John Hamman (ancestor of 10111), and Jacob Hamman (ancestor of 7294, 8974 and 9034) were believed to have been brothers, the sons of a John Hamman who came from Germany with his parents as a young man (according to C.P. Hamman's account). My ancestor Jacob Hamman was a bit of a puzzle, since the other brothers (and parents) had settled in Stark County, Ohio, but Jacob had moved to Tuscarawas County, Ohio. And in the 1850's the surviving siblings and descendants had migrated to DeKalb County, Indidan, while Jacob went to Kosciusko County. Thus there was a bit of a question as to whether our Kosciusko Jacob was indeed the same Jacob who was mentioned in C.P.'s account (and whose picture he had put on the first page of his small book). The y-chromosome results for the descendants of David Hamman, Daniel Hamman and John Hamman all perfectly match each other and also match the results for the three descendants of Jacob Hamman. This makes it very likely that C. P. Hamman was correct in saying that Jacob, Daniel, John and David were brothers.

 

Two descendants of a Johann Phillip Hamman who had settled in Northampton Co., PA then joined the study. At the time we thought that they might prove related to the SW Kosciusko Hammans and help provide a clue to the latter's origin. They did match each other (shaded lavender), but with one difference, indicating a mutation in one of the lines. Later the brother of 14722 was also tested was found to match the more distant relative rather than his brother. Thus we know that there has been a rather unusual two-step mutation at marker DYS385a for participant 14722. Still later a descendant of an Andrew Homman, who born in Stark County, Ohio in the 1820's joined the project (21108). We had thought they might be connected to the family described by C.P. Hamman (green), since most of the brothers had lived in Stark County before moving to DeKalb. But this person matched the Johann Philip Hamman descendant perfectly. More recently (June 2005) a German descendant of the brother of a Johann Phillip Haman who was born in 1744 in Kürnbach, Baden, Germany and migrated to America in the 1770's was tested (kit 36284). He was found to be an almost perfect match to the Northampton Co., PA descendants. Thus it appears almost certain that the Johann Phillip who came from Kürnbach was the same Johann Phillip who settled in Northampton. With the German records, this allows us to extend this lineage several generations further back to a Peter Hamann who was born about 1620 in Germany. In August 2006, a descendant of Peter Hummon (who settled in Ohio in the early 1800's) joined the project (70331). Some descendants had used birth and baptism information to suggest that Peter Hummon was a son of Johan Phillip Hamman, baptized in 1775 as Johan Peter Haman. The y-chromsome of the descendant was a perfect match with the Johan Philip Haman descendants, strongly supporting the hypothesis.

 

Participants 19508 and 18692 are both from South Africa and are confirmed to share a common ancestor. They have a family story that a brother of their ancestor went to America, but so far a possible descendant of that brother has not been found among those who have tested.

 

Two descendants of Phillip Hamman, variously called "Man of Valor" and "Saviour of Greenbrier," were tested. He was a revolutionary war soldier who has a large number of descendants with an active Hamman Family Association. The tests showed a near perfect match with the SW Kosciusko Hammans (one difference), indicating a common origin. Their results are shown in aqua (kits 26793 and 28231). Thus we now know that the first group of Hammans in the chart above had a northern (Ohio, Indiana) and a southern branch (originally Greenbrier Co., VA), but the work of trying to find the exact connection continues. Some researchers had concluded that Phillip Hamman was the same person as Johann Phillip Hamann, who was born in 1744 in Kürnbach, Baden, Germany and immigrated with a brother Peter in 1770's. However a test of a German decendant of another brother (see above) conclusively showed that the Kürnbach Johann Phillip Hamman was a different person with different ancestry. In September 2005, two additional Phillip Hamman descendants (kits 39261 and 39533) obtained results that matched the earlier results. Another Phillip Hamman descendant (70987) was tested in October 2006 and again matched.

 

A descendant of a Peter Hamman of Lachen Germany had also been tested, but with no initial matches (20665). There had been some expectation that the Phillip Hammans (group 1 in aqua) might have matched the Lachen Hamman, but this was not the case. Later when a descendant of a Peter Hamman, who had been hypothesized to have been the brother of Johann Phillip Hamman from Baden, was tested (27019), he matched the Lachen Hamman instead (pale blue). Thus we know the Peter who was the ancestor of 27019 could not have been Johann Phillip Hamman's brother (14722, 20388 and 18474 in the lavender group), but must have been a different Peter Hamman who probably originated in Lachen. More recently a descendant of a Michael Hamman/Haaman/Hawman was tested (35348). Michael was born about 1762 in the U.S.A. (most likely Pennsylvania) and later migrated to Canada. Descendants changed the spelling to "Hawman" and some returned to the U.S. There was a close match with the Lachen Hammans (26793 and 28231) indicating that Michael Hawman and they share a common ancestor. There was also a possibility that the Lachen Hammans and the Kosciusko- DeKalb Hamman (the 2nd group in green) shared a distant common ancestor. Two participants matched 22/25 indicating about a 46% chance of a common ancestor within 400 years. However since they belong to R1b, the most common haplogroup in Europe, this may have been an accidental match. When one participant from each group upgraded to 37 markers, the match dropped to 29/37--making it much less likely that the two groups shared a recent common ancestor.

 

Participant 24617 took the test to see if he might match members of the first cluster of Hammanns, since his ancestor lived in the same area as the southern branch. However, the results were negative and the values tend to confirm an alternate hypothesis that his ancestors were Hammonds from the British Isles (blue). A Hermann descendant who joined the National Genographic Society's Genographic Project (N13725) was found to match the first group of Hammann descendants 21 out of 25 markers and subsequently joined our project. It is possible that he is an accidental match because of sharing the G2 haplogroup ancestry, but it is also possible that he shares a common ancestor within historic times (the FTDNA predictor suggests about a 50% chance of a common ancestor within about 24 generations or roughly 600 years). N13725's result are included next to the first group with a slightly different color to indicate this possibility.

 

A descendant of a Henry Hamman who came from Germany in the 1800's was tested (28199, honeydew), but no matches have been found so far. A descendant of Hammans who settled in Dauphin Co., PA, was also found not to match any of the existing lines (28423, peach). A Hamann descendant of a late 1800's German immigrant was tested with no match (39546, rose).

 

A participant from the National Geographic Society's Genographic Project recently joined the group (Kit N11152 , see www9.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/index.html). N11152 has very typical I1a values, but did not match anyone in the Hamman project so far. He does have close matches to a number of Hamiltons (36/37 markers) and one Hemman (34/37). N11152's ancestor appears to have used the Hammond and Hammon name and could have originated in the British Isles or Germany.

 

A seperate Hammond project was began in the last few years; and some, but not all, participants with suspected British background have joined both projects. Participant 78642, for example, has no matches within the Hamman project, but is a 34/37 match with another Hammond project participant

 

Two descendants of John Hammons, b. 1801, joined the project after looking into starting a Hammons project (64923 and N17100). They match each other 34/37 markers. Although they are close to the Lachen Hammans (light blue) on the early markers, it appears to be the result of both groups sharing very common R1b markers. At 37 markers (comparing N17100 to 35348) the number of common markers drops to only 25/37.

 

Two descendants of Germans from Hessen-Darmstadt have recently joined the study (86286 and 89877) but neither matched existing lines.

 

Thus we now have 19 (or possibly 20) distinct Hamman lines, 13 of which are clearly Gemanic in origin, two probably British (Hammond--24617 and 46149/45447/73815/80011), and three uncertain (N13402, N11152, 78642 and 64923/N17100).

 

We are hoping to involve other German Hammanns or Hamanns (the modern German spellings), especially from Lachen and other locations in addition to those tested Hammanns from Kürnbach, Baden and Hessen-Darmstadt. We also hope to recruit additional American Hammans to either find new American Hamman lines or to find matches for the many "orphans"(28199, N11152, N14302, 50276, 46872, 39546, 24617, 78642 and 28423).

 

Last Updated: June 2007; Philip Ritter, philr@stanford.edu