Most of you have no doubt seen this before, but according to "House of
Names"
Perrin is a Norman surname first found in Yorkshire. There were a
number of
17th century Perrins in Virginia as well.
On 3/29/2013 7:35 PM, Michael Cooley wrote:
> To my knowledge, there are no such testers.
>
> I spent considerable time researching the Jacobite connection but could
> find nothing. It doesn't mean that there was no connection, it just seems
> not to be documented. We know, however, that there were several Cooleys
> who came to America as prisoners.
>
> The encouraging aspect to this is that we have found a British Cooley
> R1a1a. I'm sure more is to come. :)
>
> -Michael
>
>> Have we ruled out the possibility one of our Cooley ancestors in America
>> could have been a Scottish prisoner held by England and endentured to
>> America? Are there any Scottish Cooley testers?
>> Jane
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Michael Cooley" <michael_at_newsummer.com>
>> To: "John Cooley Mailing List" <undisclosed.recipients_at_johncooley.net>
>> Sent: Friday, March 29, 2013 7:23 PM
>> Subject: DNA for a Yorkshire Cooley
>>
>>
>>> 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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