PARKER DNA Index
On this page: "Northwest England" cluster within R1a-L448 subclade
Latest update: Sunday, 02 February, 2014
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Morley of Halifax: "Northwest England" cluster within
R1a-L448 subclade
"This project, started in June 2012, aims to give geographical, historical and
genetic context to the Y-DNA results of this cluster's members. Such insight
will hopefully enrich the constituent surnames' Y-DNA projects and help
individual members achieve genealogical breakthroughs." Morley of Halifax
Geographic Distribution Map
"The red markers indicate where cluster members' earliest known male
ancestors lived. The blue markers indicate the speculated origins of
members' surnames. The 'Northwest England' pattern therefore becomes
clearer when you focus on the blue markers." 25 Jan 2014 email from
cousin Chris MORLEY, MorleyOfHalifax.com
Main Branch A
"This branch is defined by DYS447=24 and DYS389=13-28. Several of the
surnames have fourteenth-century ties to the ancient parish of Whalley in
Lancashire. A few surnames can also be linked to Halifax, West Yorkshire.
It is uncertain how exactly this branch connects to the trunk -- whether
through node (b) or node (c)." Morley of Halifax
"On the Eupedia: Subclades & Haplitypes: Phylogenetic tree of Haplogroup
R1a the "Northwest England" cluster is positioned at F1493." 18 Jan 2014
email from cousin Chris MORLEY, MorleyOfHalifax.com
Our PARKERs in the "Northwest England" cluster
within R1a-L448 subclade
"I see your cousin's 37-marker test… remains a close match to the Parkers
that he matched at the 12-marker level. That's a good thing. It means there
is definitely a connection." 24 Jan 2014 email from cousin Chris MORLEY,
"The data for this cluster suggests that your earliest Parker ancestor had
somewhat close male relatives whose descendants eventually became
Morleys, Marsdens, Morrises, Scholefields/Schofields/Skolfields, etc.
Assuming the first Parker in your line lived about 1300, your connection to
other surnames in this cluster must predate 1300 (unless they changed
their name from Parker to something else). The common ancestor to all of
"Major Branch A" (to which your Parkers and my Morleys belong) probably
lived sometime between 1000 and 1250. So the people in "Major Branch B"
are even more distantly related to you. If I had to guess, I'd say that the first
member of this "Northwest England" cluster lived between 700 and 950
AD.... We share a common ancestor, who likely lived before 1300.
Moreover, this ancestor is my father's father's father's ... father, and also
your mother's father's father's father's ... father... It's possible that, if we
looked beyond our Morley and Parker lines, that we would find a closer
connection. Y-DNA only sheds light on a sliver of our ancestry." 18 Jan
2014 email from cousin Chris MORLEY, MorleyOfHalifax.com
PARKERS of Brownsholme [under investigation]
There are two Parker family groups within the "Northwest England" cluster.
One of these unrelated PARKER families (but not both) may be related with
the PARKERS of Brownsholme; several family members immigrated to
Colonial Virginia.
- One group is PARKER Family DNA Project, Family Group 41, of which our
George PARKER family is a member.
- The other group is PARKER Family DNA Project, Person (P) P374, "R1a
haplogroup - no PARKER DNA matches- yet" PARKER Family DNA Project.
The eldest ancestor of P374 is Joseph PARKER 1708 "lived in New Jersey.
He has a match with a Parker tested through Ancestry. The earliest known
ancestor for this second Parker lived in the 1800s in Waddington, on the
Lancashire/Yorkshire border." 18 Jan 2014 email from cousin Chris
MORLEY, MorleyOfHalifax.com
- The Parkers of Browsholme, Parker Family History
- The Parker Family Of Browsholme
- Parker of Cornwal From the files of Stephen M. Lawson