DNA Project - A Mark and Doug DialogMark and Doug Dialog
Beasley DNA Update 1
Mark to Doug Sat 4/4/2009 8:13 AM
I have a feeling that Laurance Beezley will be added to the Blue group as soon as his yDNA results will be posted. Have you had any luck with finding new testee's in the mid-west? I have updated my excel spreadsheet and have attached for your review and if you could post it on the Beasleygenealgy.net site would be most helpful.
Beasley DNA Update 2
Doug to Mark Sat 4/4/2009 10:12 AM
If Laurence Beezley does match up, that’ll be a major breakthrough since his is one of only a few lines of Beezley’s that hasn’t been incorporated into mine. There are a few other key positions I’d like to see tested. It’s only take 2-3 more to cover at least 80% of the US Beezley’s.
Beasley DNA Update 3
Mark to Doug Sat 4/4/2009 11:47 PM
It sounds like you have a good idea on how to format these different groups of Beezley/Beasley lines. One of my goals is to try to locate each of the Beasley/Beezley/Beesley's that came into America from early 1600's to the mid 1700's. Anything after that time frame will not be our link to early America because of so many later with that surname. It is also easier to find the early different lines because they were concentrated to a certain area with each family before they spread out. Since John, William, Solomon and James were used by these Beesley/Beezley/Beasley families, it is important to catch these families early in the 1600/1700's to track them.
Beasley DNA Update 4
Doug to Mark Sun 4/5/2009 10:47 AM
I’ll admit that your grasp of the workings of DNA is better than mine. What you are saying is that we need to identify the earlier ancestors in order to find the link. In my mind, that is a challenge for which I haven’t had a lot of experience. In complete support of your approach, I’m attempting to add what I think is an important angle. My call for organization and for cataloguing data is aimed at both the early information and the late information.
Beasley DNA Update 5
Mark to Doug Sun 4/5/2009 11:20 AM
Thank you Doug for your insight and ideas that will develop into a working data base. After reasoning with the Beasley/Beezley/Beesley yDNA results and the actual mutation rates, I feel that your Blue Group are very close to a common ancestor. Very Close! New Bern was a very important step for our research and the Family Tree DNA data base is as important. While in New Bern, we cleared a lot of mis-info within our group which will clear the way for a true linage for each group. The Beasley's of Essex County, VA in the 1750's are of the R1a1 Haplogroup and not in our ball park of yDNA or no way related in 1000's of years.
Beasley DNA Update 6
Doug to Mark Sun 4/5/2009 12:33 PM
Now that I read this more closely… this is news to me: that the Essex County Beasley’s are ruled out by Haplotype. I guess I didn’t catch that. It certainly clears out the brush quite a bit to know that. Have you read Anton’s description of how and why Beasley’s left England? I wonder if that is a story of the Essex County Beasley’s?