The HARTLEY Surname - DNA

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].

[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	Charles HARTLEY	11	11	14	12	12	12
13	24	14	William HARTLEY	10	11	14	12	12	12
13	25	15	Reubens [Waightstill] HARTLEY	10	13	14	12	12	11
13	25	15	Waightstill HARTLEY	10	13	14	12	12	11
13	25	14	HARTLEY	10	11	13	12	12	12
13	25	14	Joseph HARTLEY	11	11	15	12	12	13
13	23	14	Caleb HARTLEY	11	11	14	12	12	12
13	25	14	Thomas Leonard HARTLEY	10	11	14	12	12	12
13	25	16	Reubens [Waightstill] Hartley	10	13	14	12	12	11
13	25	16	Glen Dale HARTLEY	10	13	14	12	12	11
13	25	14	Roger Hartley	10	11	14	12	12	12
13	25	14	T Hartley	10	11	14	12	12	12
13	24	15	James Hartley	11	11	14	12	12	12
13	23	14	B M Hartley	11	11	14	12	12	12
13	25	14	John Smith HARTLEY	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	Charles HARTLEY	unknown	u/k	West European
R1b1	SMGF	William HARTLEY	Thornton in Craven, Yorkshire	c.1805	West European
R1b1	ysearch N5NVS	Reuben [Waightstill] HARTLEY	Watauga, North Carolina USA	c.1777	West European	[Waightstill] emigrated c.1740	Frederick Maryland USA
R1b1	World Families	Waightstill HARTLEY	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	Joseph HARTLEY	Halifax, Yorkshire	c.1791	British Isles
R1b1a2 L265, M269, M520, S3, S10, S13, S17	World Families	Caleb HARTLEY			West European
R1b1	World Families	Thomas Leonard HARTLEY			West European
R1b	ysearch 45NZ5	Reuben [Waightstill] Hartley	Watauga, North Carolina USA	c.1777	West European	[Waightstill] emigrated c.1740	Frederick, Maryland USA
R1b	Ancestry.com	Glen Dale HARTLEY			West European
R1b1a2 L265, M269, M520, S3, S10, S13, S17	ysearch STEY8	Roger Hartley	Marsden, Lancashire	c.1640	West European
R1b1a2 L265, M269, M520, S3, S10, S13, S17	World Families	T Hartley			West European
R1b1a2 L265, M269, M520, S3, S10, S13, S17	ysearch W5B24	James Hartley	Weatherstown, Co.Kilkenny, Ireland	c.1768	West European		Glenmore, Co.Kilkenny, Ireland
R1b1a2 L265, M269, M520, S3, S10, S13, S17	World Families	B M Hartley			West European
R1b1a2 L265, M269, M520, S3, S10, S13, S17	World Families	John Smith HARTLEY	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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