Some of you may remember that Don and I have been salivating over the Big
Y, the testing of about 10 million locations on the Y chromosome, for some
time. The current price is $575. We've had a donation $150 to the cause
and we expect there may be another $100-off sale from FTDNA this summer,
which would provide a savings of another $100. Don would test and has
offered to pick up the difference which, if everything comes together,
would be $325--a good chunk of money. Any additional donation, even in the
amount of $15 or $20, will help to further offset the cost. If anyone
wishes to donate, go to
https://www.familytreedna.com/group-general-fund-contribution.aspx?g=Cooley
Be sure to specify what it's for, for example "Big Y for Don Cooley."
We know that Phil Hackett is a close match to us. He has Big-Y tested.
Since he's not a descendant of John Cooley's, our common ancestor goes
back before 300 years ago. Phil belongs to subclade YP609. Considering
that our Y-STRs are so similar, we are probably also YP609. But the real
potential here is that Phil as 18 "personal SNPs." These are SNPs that
belong, up to this date, only to Phil. Don will certainly match some of
them, one of which will be designated as a new SNP downstream of YP609.
The fewer the SNPS in common, the older the common ancestor. The more the
SNPs in common, the younger the common ancestor. In other words, we should
get a fairly good idea as to how long ago the Cooley / Hackett split
occurred.
Clear as mud?
We've been very quiet for a long time. Getting a fix on John Cooley's
origins isn't the only mystery. We still have to figure out the PA Cooley
connection, find the descendants of John's daughters, figure out if the
John Cooley / Sarah Ann Treadwell line belongs to us. There's still the
problem of finding out what happened to James's son, James M Cooley, and
just how Perrin C Cooley fits in--and we know that he does. We still need
to settle the controversy of James Cooley m Jane White. (I maintain that
he belongs to Joseph rather than being the son of James.)* We also need to
find out what happened to Perrin's son William. I think he might have been
the William of Yreka, California. But what happened to his family?
Of course, we accomplished a great deal: the family of William Matthews
Cooley, sorting out the family of Perrin, finding that Edmund was probably
their brother, learning that Abraham was not ours--and a lot more I'm not
now thinking of. We've done a great job--but our job will never be done.
:)
* We know from her bio that Elizabeth Cooley White had five siblings--all
from her father first marriage. The six of them appear to have been:
Mary Cooley (1791-) m Jesse Mitchell
John Cooley (1793-1844) m Elizabeth White
Elizabeth Cooley (c1794-1882) m William C White
James Cooley (1796-c1829) m Jane White
Hannah Cooley (1798-1834) m William Wilson
Tempy Cooley (1800-)
Do we have any indication whether Tempy married?
-Michael
Received on Thu Apr 23 2015 - 17:53:35 CDT