the Appleby DNA project
Surnames covered in our DNA project:
APPLEBY, APPLEBEE,
APPELBY, APPELBE
plus any other variants
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Results
The Project only begann in 2010, but already we have twenty four sets of yDNA results. There are a further two yDNA tests being processed.
Latest yDNA results (updated 3 May 2013)
As well as twenty two sets of results from men who have tested with Family Tree DNA, this spreadsheet includes results from two Appleby descendants who tested with another company (Ancestry DNA). Because different companies use slightly different ranges of markers to those used by Family Tree DNA, you will need to scroll to the extreme right of the spreadsheet to view the additional markers.
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It is very encouraging to report that of the 24 sets of results received to date, 19 of them match at least one other person within our project. The results point to there being several geographical locations for the early origins of the Appleby surname - though we have not yet found the 'Founding Appleby' for any of the groups!
Brief summary of findings
Details of the lines tested to date
I am very pleased to report that all the lines that we have tested so far that originate in the Northern counties of England fall into one of two groups, which shows that they all share one of just two common ancestors. Three of our Essex lines are also a good match. However, we have not yet identified who the shared ancestors for these groups are - the Most Distant Known Ancestor (MDKA) for each line is shown for each line below:
Applebys of Haswell (MDKA John Appleby, born ~1786 Lanchester, Co DurhamApplebys of Embleton (MDKA Thomas Appleby, b ~1817 Long Framlington, NorthumberlandWilliam Appleby of Philadelphia (MDKA William Appleby b~1752 who arrived in America from Ireland in the 1770s) - we have two sets of results from different branches of this lineGabriel Appleby of Canada, was born in Gagetown, New Brunswick in 1850 though his descendants moved to the USA, however, his ancestors are believed to have originated in England (tree to be added asap).
Northern counties
GROUP ONE
Northern counties
GROUP TWO
Robert Appleby of Thornaby and Eryholme (MDKA Robert Appleby b 1777 Kirkby Malzeard, Yorkshire)James Appleby of Hurworth (MDKA Henry Appleby, mar 1687 Kirkby Malzeard, Yorkshire)Thomas Appleby of Leeds (MDKA Thomas Appleby, mar 1818 Leeds, Yorkshire)Applebys of Framwellgate (MDKA William Appleby, b ~1756, Sunderland, Co Durham) - this descendant tested with a different company so the results are not directly comparable, but appear to match the other three sets of results very closely.John Appleby of Corbridge (MDKA John Appleby, d. 1696 Corbridge, Northumberland) this set of results matches the Barningham and Framwellgate results more closely than the first three lines in this group, but does appear to be very distantly related to the other Yorkshire lines.Henry Appleby of Barningham (MDKA Henry Appleby b~1560 Barningham, N Yorks) closest match to John of Corbridge, indicating that these two lines are more recently connected to each other than the other lines.
Nathaniel Appleby of Langenhoe (MDKA Nathaniel Appleby 1759-1830 Langenhoe, Essex) George Appleby of Ardleigh (MDKA George Appleby, b~1780 Ardleigh, Essex) James Appleby and Sarah Norman (MDKA James Appleby, mar 1805 Fingringhoe, Essex)
Essex
GROUP THREE
Midlands counties
GROUP FOUR
John Appleby, trimming maker (MDKA John Appleby b. 1774 Coventry, Warwicks) - line one: descended from his son John Appleby and Ann PluckJohn Appleby, trimming maker (MDKA John Appleby b. 1774 Coventry, Warwicks) - line two: descended from his son Thomas Appleby and Phoebe Davis
Midlands/London
GROUP FIVE
All these lines fall into the E Haplogroup, however they are only distantly related - it is likely that any common ancestor lived 500 years ago or longer:WILLENHALL Applebys - line A (MDKA Humphrey Appleby, b ~1610 Willenhall, Staffs)HINCKLEY Applebys (MDKA William Appelbee, d.1789 Hinckley, Leics) Joseph Appleby, tin plate worker (MDKA Joseph Appleby b ~1821 Bethnal Green, London, but we have recently dicovered links to Wolverhampton)
The following sets of results do not match with any of the above groups, or with each other ... I hope that we will soon recruit more testers from these regions to discover if there are connections between lines from similar geographical origins
Lines originating in Essex
James Appleby and Sarah Norman (MDKA James Appleby, mar 1805 Fingringhoe, Essex). The results from this line do not match a second tester from the same line or either of the sets of results from the Essex lines in Group Three above. Although the results held are not closely matched to any of our Appleby results, they do match a number of men in the LEWTER DNA project at 25 markers. The LEWTER surname appeared in Essex as early as 1130 in the Pipe Rolls, so it is possible that this line of Applebys shares a common ancestor with the LEWTERs, though possible many generations ago.
Lines originating in the Midlands
Joseph Applebee of Snitterfield (MDKA Joseph Applebee, b~1823 Snitterfield, Warwickshire)Samuel Applebee, pipemaker (MDKA Samuel Applebee, mar 1726 London) although all his descendants lived in London, we know that his father came from Tutbury in Staffs
Lines originating in Somerset
William Appleby of Kingsdon (MDKA William Appleby, b 1786 Kingsdon, Somerset)
James Appleby was born in around 1813 in Kentucky - it is believed his ancestors came from England, but we don't know where. Although this set of results is only for 12 markers, they also fall into the E haplogroup like the London/Midland results in Group Five above.
Lines with unknown origin
If you are a male Appleby/Applebee from a line that has not yet tested - please contact me today to find out if you qualify for one of our reduced price yDNA test kits - and discover if your ancestors are linked to any of the lines which have already tested. I also have four 12 marker yDNA test kits for sale at just £25 each - these would be ideal for someone who wants to dip their toe in the water of DNA testing.
Appleby deep ancestral origins
As well as providing evidence of links between different individuals within a genealogical time frame, DNA testing also provides information about a person's Haplogroup. Much scientific research has resulted in an clearer understanding of the routes by which holders of the different Haplogroups migrated from the 'cradle of humanity' in East Africa, and the timing of their likely arrival at the eventual place of settlement.
So far, four of our testers belong to the E1b1b1 Haplogroup, the rest all belong to the R1b1a2 Haplogroup*. - Haplogroup R1b journeyed into Europe from Central Asia about 25,000 years ago, then spread and multiplied until its lineages can be found throughout Europe where many sat out the last Ice Age in Southern France. It is particularly frequent around the Atlantic coastal areas of Western Europe and the Western parts of Ireland and Britain.Migration map for E1b1b1 Haplogroup - Haplogroup E1b1b had its origins in East Africa where it spread amongst the North and West African populations, then to the Middle East about 20,000 years ago. From there it moved into Europe from the Mediterranean. Only a small percentage of Britain's population belongs to this group and there are various theories as to how they arrived - see the article on Wikipedia about this haplogroup
* NB - at the beginning of March 2011, Family Tree DNA revised the descriptions of several Haplogroups as a result of expanding the Phylogenic Tree - this affected all our test results which were previously in the R1b1b2 Haplogroup which is now known as R1b1a2 - the Migration map is unchanged.
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