From
http://www.familytree.com/surnames/Cooley
--quote--
The highest numbers of individuals with the Cooley name are Yorkshire, the
city of London, Herefordshire, Middlesex, Lancashire, Lincolnshire and
Staffordshire.
--endquote--
-Michael
> The first 12 markers have come in for an Australian Cooley who,
> apparently, descends from a John Cooley (1742/43-1789) of Yorkshire,
> England. The exciting thing for us is that he is also R1a1a. However, the
> tester matches on only 8 of 12 markers with us, which means the connection
> is likely ancient. BUT, this may be exiting news for the other R1a1a
> Cooley group, CF04. The tester matches with them 11/12 markers. If the
> comparison holds up, his results will be placed in that group, which
> includes Francis Cooley (1767-1842) of Allegheny Co., PA, Robert Cooley
> (1754-1794) of Luzerne Co. PA, and Richard Cooley (1756-1840) of Fayette
> County, PA.
>
> Attached is a map that shows the placement of Yorkshire in England. This
> is very consistent with the idea that our Y guy went to Scotland from
> Norway.
>
> I'll let the list know where this ends up going.
>
> -Michael
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Second VP, the Cooley Family Association of America
President, the Genealogy Club of Humboldt State University
Administrator, the Eldridge Family DNA Project
Administrator, the Ashenhurst Family DNA Project (in the works)
Administrator, the alt-McDowell DNA Project
Co-Administrator, the Cooley Family DNA Project
Instructor "Genealogy and Family History," the Osher Lifelong Learning
Institute (OLLI)
Received on Fri Mar 29 2013 - 18:34:59 MDT