Surnames covered in our DNA project:APPLEBYAPPLEBEEAPPELBYAPPELBEAPPELBEEAPELBY
plus any other variants

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My ancestors, William Appleby and his brothers John and James, came to America in 1770 or thereabouts. William served in the PA militia during the revolutionary war.

Oral history says they sailed from Antrim, Northern Ireland. I have been unable to find a ship's manifest that lists them. Nor have I found any records from Antrim indicating they were born there. I did find a William Appleby, who married Anne Potter and had three boys, William James and John, but have not been able to find a link. The birth dates of the boys are close to what they should be, but again not proof.

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It is likely that there are many more descendants of William (and possibly also of his brothers John and James) currently living in the USA - and perhaps there is someone out there who knows a little more about the family he left behind in Ireland?

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Appleby Research Organisation 
the website for the Appleby One-Name Study

click here to view William Appleby's descendancy chart

DNA

We have two sets of results from descendants of different branches of this line - they match in 34 our of 37 markers, demonstrating that they are indeed both descended from the same man (see chart showing yDNA carriers for this line). Remarkably, we now also have two matches with both of these sets of yDNA test results - the first with a volunteer descended from a Northumberland line of Applebys and the second from a Durham line. So, it now seems likely that the shared ancestor with all these lines lived in the North of England. Further research of the written records is needed!

If you think you may belong to this line, and your surname is Appleby (or you have a close male relative who carries the surname) you are just a DNA test away from proving it!

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Bradshaw, William (1849-
Cathey, Esther E
Colburn,,
Colburn, Paul Appleby
Davis, Mary V
Ewing, Jane E (1811-1846),
Fox, Amy J (1871-1887),
Fox, Baby (1872-1872),
Fox, Ida A (1869-1886),
Fox, James E (1874-
Fox, Robert S (1880-
Fox, William Nelson C (1844-
Galbreath, Louisa Gertrude (1874-1953),
Hamilton, Susie E (1849-
Hart(Hurt), Emily (1808-1861),
Johnson, William D
Jones, Nancy Jane (1854-1934),
King, Terzah C
Kite, Sarah Elizabeth (1854-1916),
Lane, Nancy (1818-1909),
Lane, Robert F
Lane, Thomas,
Lemmon, Mary Ellen (1860-
McClure, Rebecca A
McCracken, Margaret Jane (1824-1894),
McCroskey, Nora Mellissa
McCurdy, Nancy Agnes (1765-1809),
McKeehan, Elizabeth Nannie (1745-1785),
McMurray, Synthia S (1804-1839),
Mitchell, Marvel P
Parker, Leila Bell
Richcer, Alma,
Robberson, Martha Ann (1837-1911),
Summers, Letitia Logan (1828-
Wetzler, Nancy (1843-
Wheeler, Mary Ellen