the Appleby DNA project
Surnames covered in our DNA project:APPLEBYAPPLEBEEAPPELBYAPPELBEAPPELBEEAPELBY
plus any other variants
If you would like to be involved in any way with this project, or have any corrections or additions to the site content, please use the CONTACT FORM
Appleby Research Organisation
the website for the Appleby One-Name Study
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A number of Appleby lines are known to have originated from the northern counties of England, particularly in County Durham where many were involved in the coal and shipping industry of sunderland and Bishopwearmouth. I am very grateful to Colin Appleby, who has contributed charts for several major lines of Applebys. You can read much more about these families, and also about some of the places where they lived, on Colin's own website which also provides some history of the Appleby surname.
The pages below are listed according to the DNA group to which they belong.
Appleby/Applebee families from Northern England
To get in touch about the Applebys of Northern England, please use this contact form.
Note: William Appleby of Pennsylvania and his descendants are also part of this group.
GROUP TWO
Henry Appleby of Kirkby Malzeard, YorkshireJames Appleby of Hurworth-on-Tees, County Durham (great-grandson of Henry Appleby of Kirkby Malzeard)Thomas Appleby of Neasham, County Durham (great-grandson of Henry Appleby of Kirkby Malzeard)Robert Appleby of Eryholme, Yorkshire - with descendants in Thornaby-on-Tees, YorkshireThomas Appleby of Leeds, Yorkshire - one branch of his family lived in India for several generations, another emigrated to California, USAWilliam Appleby of Framwellgate, County Durham
UNTESTED
Applebys of Acklington, Morpeth, Northumberland and East Peoria, Illinois, USAApplebys of Alnwick, NorthumberlandBarnabas Appleby of South Shields, County Durham - some of his descendants emigrated to Australia and some to Wisconsin, USAGeorge Walton Appleby, Captain of 31st Durham Regiment, born Durham, - with descendants in British Columbia, Iowa and Bermuda (Note: this line may be a branch of that for Robert Appleby of Barnard Castle - see below)Henry Appleby of Barningham, Yorkshire - whose descendants migrated from the Tees Valley to Tyneside in NorthumberlandJohn Appleby of Brompton, Yorkshire - whose descendants moved to County Durham, Tees Valley and Ohio, USAJohn Appleby, exciseman of Corbridge, Northumberland, whose descendants migrated to Pennsylvania, USAJohn Appleby of Kelloe, County Durham - whose descendants migrated to California and Pennsylvania, USAMargaret and George Appleby of Sunderland, County DurhamRobert Appleby, coalminer of County DurhamRobert Appleby of Barnard Castle, County DurhamThomas Appleby of Tynemouth, NorthumberlandThomas Appleby of Whitby, Yorkshire - whose descendants emigrated to Argentina and ChileWilliam and Margarite Apleby of Bishopwearmouth, County DurhamWilliam and Ellen Apleby of Bishopwearmouth, County DurhamWilliam Appleby of Kirkby Fleetham and West Rounton, Yorkshire[Note: the charts will open in your Adobe browser - some will need to be enlarged to over 100% to be legible, and then you will need to scroll across and down to view all details]
If you believe you are also descended from any of the above families - do please get in touch and share details of the more recent generations (though we will not publish any details of living generations on this site.
With your help, I hope to add further family trees and resource data for this part of England to the website - please use the Contact Form to let me know if you would be prepared to contribute details of your own family trees and Birth, Marriage and Death data for inclusion on the site.
When I receive each tree (GEDCOM format is most straightforward, though I am happy to receive details as Descendancy reports or even hand drawn trees), I always go through them locating as many individuals as possible on the 1841-1911 censuses, as I am also producing spreadsheets showing Northern Applebys in all census years (in the same format as those already available to site members for London Applebys). I also check for Parish Records on the excellent Durham Records Online website as I am trying to build up BMD spreadsheets for Northern Applebys too, but if you have parish record data to contribute, that would also be very helpful!
DNA
Our most exciting results from the DNA programme have been for Northern Appleby lines, where we have been able to link together a number of the lines into one of two clear DNA groups, each of which is descended from a shared Appleby ancestor (who has yet to be identified!)
We still need to look for volunteers to represent other Appleby lines from Northumberland, Durham and Yorkshire. If you are a male Appleby and would like to volunteer to take a DNA test as part of this project, please use the contact form to discuss this.
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