Welcome to the Christopher Surname Page!

Christopher DNA Project Video

Welcome! This website is about the Surname Christopher Origins from across the world! We are currently developing our website.

Enjoy the following video link to learn more about the website's commitment to expanding the knowledge of the history of surname Christopher in the United Kingdom and the United States:

The earliest surname Christopher men to come to the New World likely came as single men from, primarily, England or, at least, through English ports to the eastern coast of what is now known as the United States. Likely, these early Christopher men married here in the United States as there is, to date, no evidence of manifests of surname Christopher families arriving in North America during the 1600s and 1700s.

Among the earliest Christopher men, was Captain Christopher Christopher / Christophers who was born in Cherston Ferrers, On Torbay, Devon, England in 1631. His line carried the Christophers surname to New London, CT and was a prominent, prosperous family for several generations. The early New London, CT Christophers line is virtually direct male and Ydna extinct and cannot be displayed among the Christopher Surname Ydna haplogroups until a descendant male of this line is found.

Another early American Christopher line, John Christopher was born about 1644 St Erth, Cornwall, England who migrated to early Maryland purportedly as a self-indentured boy. This Christopher line is well-defined in the Ydna and much dna research and testing is currently taking place to define whether or not there was only one Christopher to migrate to early Maryland or, perhaps, two early Maryland Christopher line progenitors.

The early Southside Virginia line of Nicholas Christopher, born about 1683 in an unknown location in England, self-indentured as a boy and was brought to Richmond, Virginia where he established a life and descendant lines. To date, 14 Christopher men have been Ydna tested whose Ydna matches. Especial care was taken to Ydna test distant Christopher cousin lines to ensure a concurrence of data for this group through various grandchildren of Nicholas Christopher.

The early Guildford, North Carolina Christopher appeared in North Carolina in the early 1800s with some links to an earlier 1700s Franklin County, Virginia Simon Christopher for which firm record proofs have not been found. Four Christopher men have been tested and form a consensus of data that this is a distinct early North Carolina Christopher line.

The early Northumberland Christopher, according to ancestry.com tree-holder johnchristopher311 whose ancestry tree lists Thomas Christopher, born about 1784 in England. This Thomas married Achsah Dunaway in Lancaster, Virginia 18 Mar 1808. This Ydna line is currently being evaluated and test upgraded to further determine the concurrences of data which can be accurately attributed to the line. This line progenitor may have been born in Virginia and this information will, hopefully, be proven in time with documentation proving English or American birth.

Captain William Christopher, a sea captain born about 1740, who died at sea of Yellow Fever in 1784 was the progenitor of the Bristol, Rhode Island Christopher line. His son, William Christopher, born 1766 in Bristol, Rhode Island died 16 April 1814 off of Valparaiso, Chile while at Sea. This line is represented in Ydna today by a single Christopher man currently residing in Canada. Other male surname Christopher descendants of this line in the United States are presently unknown.

Other early American Christopher lines are extant whose surnames morphed in to Christopher in early America.

The Early American Ydna Haplotyping Project (commenced in 2013 and concluded in 2019) Ydna tested 48 Christopher men and the www,FTdna.com Christopher Surname Project is the repository for this data. All early American Christopher lines in America prior to the American Revolution were haplotyped in the project so as to serve as a baseline of information and understanding for the Christopher lines extant in the United States today.

It is hoped visitors to this site will visit the FTdna website and examine the various lines there to determine their own history and lineage.