2023 Ballard/Boyt/Butler: https://discover.familytreedna.com/groups/ballard/tree?subgroups=20815
https://www.familytreedna.com/public/y-dna-haplotree/R;name=R-BY65797
Ballard group 2 vs Ballard group 6: https://discover.familytreedna.com/y-dna/R-BY65797/compare/R-FT334262

BigY Analysis (FTDNA Discover) Tool: https://discover.familytreedna.com/y-dna/R-BY65797/story

David Boyett, Ballard DNA Surname Project (Virginia Colony) Administrator, Tampa, Florida
Results: http://www.familytreedna.com/public/ballard/default.aspx?section=ycolorized
https://ballardofvirginia.com/lineage-group-ii-john-ballard-of-bitton-gloucestershire-england-and-nansemond-county-virginia-c-1629-c-1704/

For this project, the Y-DNA37 is the minimum test recommended. (Best test is BigY, only males have YDNA)
Join NOW: http://www.familytreedna.com/group-join.aspx?Group=Ballard
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/groups/183355574315/ Ballard Family History and Genealogy
NC Land Patent Database: http://www.nclandgrants.com/
IOW/Nansemond Patent Map: (Map Located below "This file is huge") https://andersonnc.wordpress.com/isle-of-wight-map/

Upstream Blocks: SNP Testing Y700
R-M269>L23>L51>P310>L151>U106>Z2265>BY30097>FTT8>Z381>Z301>L48>Z9>Z30>Z27>Z345>Z2>Z7>Z31>Z8>Z1>Z346>Z343>CTS5601>S20321>S3331>BY145631>BY98853>FT81743>BY65797 Sept 2023
YFull BY105611 https://www.ytree.net/DisplayTree.php?blockID=1719
YDNA SNP Z346 Block Tree: https://www.ytree.net/DisplayTree.php?blockID=1158

NOTE: Common Ancestors at R-Z1 with Ballard Group VI UK and
Groups 2 & 6 BigY Tree: https://discover.familytreedna.com/groups/ballard/tree?subgroups=16915,20815 both have same surnames which indicate post 1066CE, more BigY testing will likely refine the time line.

A common male ancestor at SNP Z8: Lincoln 3044 Lincoln Castle, England https://discover.familytreedna.com/y-dna/R-Z8/ancient
Lincoln 3044 was a man who lived between 1040 - 1070 CE during the Medieval Age and was found in the region now known as Lincoln Castle, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. He was associated with the Medieval Britain cultural group. His direct maternal line belonged to mtDNA haplogroup U4a1b.
Study Reference: I3044 from Gretzinger et al. 2022
. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3110661/Who-Saxon-buried-beneath-Lincoln-Castle-Experts-reconstruct-face-mystery-man-bid-try-identify-him.html

History of U106: http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/~mcdonald/genetics/u106-overview-2016.pdf
https://ballardofvirginia.com/lineage-group-ii-participants/

1. John Ballard b. abt. 1635 Bitton, Gloucestershire, England d. before 1704 Nansemond Co., Va.
m. Pasheba (Besheba) Elizabeth LNU b. abt. 1640 in Nansemond Co., Va d. abt 1700 in Nansemond C o., Va.
m. Margaret

For Ballard DNA Line select a photo link from below.
*NOTE* SAME YDNA Block Tree BigY Y-700 Match
For Ballard/Boyett/Boyte DNA line: https://pbase.com/daveb/boyett_dna1 (MORE MATCHES AND BigY Maps)
2. John Ballard b. abt. 1680 Nansemond Co Va. d. 12 MAR 1763 Dobbs/Wayne Co NC

Sons of Sarah Boyte and John Ballard
1st Son: Jacob Ballard Boyte b. 4 APR 1755 Dobbs/Wayne Co NC d. 1844 Blanden Co NC
Married abt 1779 Lydia Thompson b. abt. 1756 d. abt. 1845 Blanden Co NC

2nd Son: Joseph Ballard Boyte b. est 1759 Dobbs/Wayne Co NC
http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/wayne/wills/balard01.txt
https://pbase.com/daveb/image/59464777

Nansemond Co VA, John Ballard of Bitton:

Ancient YDNA Match: https://the-past.com/feature/grave-affairs-what-can-ancient-dna-tell-us-about-early-anglo-saxon-cemeteries/
Polhill 1 was an old adult man who lived between 605 and 658 CE during the Medieval Age and was found in the region now known as Polhill, Kent, England. He was associated with the Medieval Britain cultural group.