The HARTLEY Surname - DNA

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It's early days, but there appears to be one main male-DNA Haplogroup for HARTLEYs: R1b [Native West European]

Results of Y-DNA tests show that most HARTLEYs are Haplogroups R1b-R1b1-R1b1a2 the most common male haplogroups in Britain and Ireland. It appears to be Native West European and links the British Isles with Western Europe in France, Spain, Portugal and the Western Mediterranean to North Italy [see Origins of the Name page].

Native European Haplogroups map [R1b marked red on the map] In England and Scotland, about 60%-80% of people have Haplogroups R1b-R1b1-R1b1a2 Y-DNA; in Ireland and Wales it's 80%-90%.

Y-DNA is only passed on from father to son and is little changed over thousands of years.

None of the HARTLEY R1b-R1b1-R1b1a2 results [shown below] are close enough a match to one another to indicate a common ancestor within the past 10 000 years.
In other words, HARTLEYs might bear the same family surname, but outside of their extended family, they are unlikely to be related to one-another. They weren't descended from one person, say for instance, a 'John Hartley' who lived 5 000 years ago. The surname is just an adopted name, likely a place name; it doesn't show there's any family relationship to other HARTLEYs nearby, nor around Britain and Ireland, or around the world.

Internet results showing Haplogroups R1b; R1b1; R1b1a2; results [so far] as follows: [bookmark this page and re-visit for future updates]

DYS 393
DYS 390
DYS 19/394
Internet Link
DYS 391
DYS 385a***
DYS 385b***
DYS 426
DYS 388
DYS 439
13
24
14
John HARTLEY
10
11
14
12
12
12
13
24
14
11
11
14
12
12
12
13
24
14
10
11
14
12
12
12
13
25
15
10
13
14
12
12
11
13
25
15
10
13
14
12
12
11
13
25
14
HARTLEY
10
11
13
12
12
12
13
25
14
11
11
15
12
12
13
13
23
14
11
11
14
12
12
12
13
25
14
10
11
14
12
12
12
13
25
16
10
13
14
12
12
11
13
25
16
10
13
14
12
12
11
13
25
14
10
11
14
12
12
12
13
25
14
10
11
14
12
12
12
13
24
15
11
11
14
12
12
12
13
23
14
11
11
14
12
12
12
13
25
14
10
11
13
12
12
12
DYS 389-1**
DYS 392
DYS 389-2**
DYS 458
DYS 459a
DYS 459b
DYS 455***
DYS 454***
DYS 447
DYS 437
13
13
30
18
9
10
11
11
25
15
13
13
31
14
9
10
11
11
25
15
13
13
29
17
9
8
11
11
25
15
14
13
30
16
9
10
11
11
26
14
14
13
30
16
9
10
11
11
26
14
13
14
30
17
9
10
11
11
25
15
13
13
30
16
9
11
11
11
25
15
13
13
29
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
14
13
30
19
9
10
11
11
25
15
14
13
30
16
9
10
11
11
26
14
14
13
30
16
9
10
11
11
26
14
14
13
30
19
9
10
12
11
25
15
14
13
30
19
9
10
11
11
26
15
13
13
29
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
13
13
29
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
13
14
29
17
9
10
11
11
25
15
DYS 448
DYS 449
DYS 464a
DYS 464b
DYS 464c
DYS 464d
DYS 460
GATA H4
YCA 11a
YCA 11b
19
29
15
15
17
17
11
12
19
24
19
30
15
15
16
17
11
11
19
23
19
29
15
15
17
17
11
11
19
23
20
34
12
13
15
15
12
10
18
23
20
34
12
13
15
15
12
10
18
23
18
30
15
16
16
17
11
11
19
23
19
30
14
15
17
17
11
10
19
23
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
19
31
14
15
16
17
11
11
19
23
20
34
12
13
15
16
12
11
18
23
20
34
12
13
15
15
12
21
18
23
19
32
15
15
16
17
11
11
19
23
19
31
15
15
16
17
11
11
19
23
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
18
29
16
16
16
17
12
12
19
22
DYS 456
DYS 607
DYS 576
DYS 570
CDY a
CDY b
DYS 442
DYS 438

DYS
635

GATA
A10
14
15
18
16
37
38
12
12
-
-
16
15
17
17
36
38
12
12
-
-
15
-
-
-
-
-
12
12
-
-
14
16
17
19
35
36
13
11
14
16
17
19
35
36
13
11
-
--
16
16
20
17
38
39
12
12
-
-
16
15
18
17
36
44
11
12
-
-
-
-
-
--
-
-
-
-
-
-
15
-
-
-
-
-
12
12
-
-
14
-
-
-
-
-
18
11
23
15
14
-
-
-
-
-
18
11
23
15
15
15
18
17
38
39
12
12
-
-
15
15
18
17
38
38
12
12
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
17
16
18
18
37
38
12
12
-
-
Haplogroup
Lab Results
Internet Link
Place Born
Date
Origins
Emigrated
Settled
R1b

y search
FU9V9

John HARTLEY
Wakefield Yorkshire
1615
West European
1820
South Africa
R1b1
ysearch EBHXP
unknown
u/k
West European
R1b1
SMGF
Thornton in Craven, Yorkshire
c.1805
West European
R1b1
ysearch N5NVS
Watauga, North Carolina USA
c.1777
West European
[Waightstill] emigrated
c.1740
Frederick Maryland USA
R1b1
World Families
Shropshire, England
c.1709
West European
emigrated c.1740
Frederick, Maryland USA
   
R1b1a2
L265, M269, M520, S3, S10, S13, S17
ysearch P9QE3
HARTLEY
West European
R1b1a2a1a1b4
L21/M529/
S145, L459
World Families
Halifax, Yorkshire
c.1791
British Isles
R1b1a2
L265, M269, M520, S3, S10, S13, S17

World
Families

West European
R1b1
World
Families
West European
R1b
ysearch 45NZ5
Watauga, North Carolina USA
c.1777
West European
[Waightstill] emigrated
c.1740
Frederick, Maryland USA
R1b
Ancestry.com
West European
R1b1a2
L265, M269, M520, S3, S10, S13, S17
ysearch STEY8
Marsden, Lancashire
c.1640
West European
R1b1a2
L265, M269, M520, S3, S10, S13, S17
World Families
West European
R1b1a2
L265, M269, M520, S3, S10, S13, S17
ysearch W5B24
Weatherstown, Co.Kilkenny, Ireland
c.1768
West European
Glenmore, Co.Kilkenny, Ireland
R1b1a2
L265, M269, M520, S3, S10, S13, S17
World Families
West European
R1b1a2
L265, M269, M520, S3, S10, S13, S17
World Families
Belmont OHIO USA
c.1834
West European

hartleyfamilyorguk believes the place name 'HARTLEY' was derived from the English-Germanic place name, HEORT-LEA
So in this instance, the origins of the surname HARTLEY are most likely of local or toponymic origin
that is, derived from the name of the place of residence of the initial bearer of that line. That means the surname derives from the place-name HARTLEY that is found in a number of English counties including Cumbria, Lancashire, Northumberland, Yorkshire, Staffordshire, Berkshire, Hampshire, Devon, Dorset and Kent.

In other words, 'John' lived at 'Hartley' village, therefore he became 'John of Hartley', eventually 'John Hartley'. His extended family is not necessarily related to other HARTLEY families, not even one's in the same area, not even in the same village.

HEORT-LEA has had links to the British Isles since the Last Great Ice Age and was used by early English-Germanic tribes. The name was already established as a place name in Britain before the Normans arrived in the 11thC and before most people adopted a surname. [see Place Name]

Over many centuries, English-Germanic tribes exchanged culture. Germanic tribes mainly comprised of Jutes, Angles, Frisians, Rugians, Saxons, Huns and Boructuari. Some members of the tribes would have worshipped at the site of a Temple, Shrine or Well named after the Mother Earth Goddess, HEORTHA [HERTHA]. There would have been Temples, Shrines and Wells named after HERTHA here in the British Isles [in places where the surname is most frequently found] and across Germania and the Low Countries [see Origins of the Name page] Hence, surnames beginning with 'HART-' are found throughout the English-Germanic world, in particular Britain, Ireland, Germany and Scandinavia. They are all named after the Mother Earth Goddess of Hunting, HERTHA.

One other HARTLEY Y-DNA result is: Haplogroup I1 [Native European]
[see I1_DNA Page ]
and may be the source of the origins of the HARTLEY surname.



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