
In any case, Goodman had disappeared by the time of the 1627 Division of Cattle, and presumably died very early on. Governor William Bradford, in his otherwise nearly flawless recitation of Mayflower passengers made in 1651, states that John Goodman was one of those who "died soon after their arrival in the general sickness that befell." However, that is contradicted by his appearance on the 1623 Division of Land, where he received an acre of land. © 2015-2023 mayflowerdna.John Goodman has been a difficult Mayflower passenger to research. Family Tree DNA (FTDNA) & General Society of Mayflower Descendants Mayflower DNA Project.General Society of Mayflower Descendants.International Society of Genetic Genealogy wiki.


Place the Mayflower passengers and crew into the broader human Y chromosome tree by determining high-resolution haplogroups for individual paternal lineages.Through this approach, we aim to achieve the following objectives:

Y-STR test results) to provide supporting evidence and to guide project recruitment.

When available, we will make use of prior genetic genealogy research related to these lineages (e.g. For each surviving lineage from the Mayflower, this will provide the most comprehensive Y-DNA and mtDNA profile that is possible with current commercial genetic testing technology. The focus of this project is on using advanced Y-DNA and mtDNA tests to document the patrilineal (all male line) and matrilineal (all female line) lineages from the Mayflower. Thus, the mtDNA follow the Matrilineal (not Maternal) line (mother's mother's mother's mother's etc.) While everyone has mtDNA, we inherit this DNA solely froum our mothers, who inherited her mtDNA solely from her mother. Thus, the Y-DNA follows the Patrilineal (not Paternal) line (father's father's father's father's etc.). Only males have the Y sex chromosome and they inherit this chromosome solely from their father, who inherited it from his father, etc. The vast majority of descendants of Mayflower Passengers will NOT have inherited their Y-DNA or mtDNA from a family in this project.
