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DNA Haplogroups are listed in red for the branch who has descendants who have participated in the DNA testing. Colored charts can be seen for each Haplogroup on these links.

Shirleys in Haplogroup: I

Shirleys in Haplogroup: R1a, R1b, R1b1

Shirleys in Haplogroup: E3b
 

   
 

1. Richard Shirley - b. ca 1712, wife Mary. The children of these Shirley's can be found living in Laurens and Fairfield Co. South Carolina  Haplogroup E3b

2. John Shirley - b. ca 1738 wife Elizabeth Barmore. Were members of the Broad Run Baptist church in Prince William Co. Virginia & Turkey Creek Baptist Church in Abbeville Co. SC.  Haplogroup E3b

3. Richard Shirley - b. ca 1740's wife Dorcas. Lived South Carolina and Kentucky. Traditional family story is he is a brother of John Shirley branch #2.  

4. Benjamin Shirley - wife Elizabeth Hughes. Family tradition says he is a son of Richard. They lived Abbeville Co. South Carolina Haplogroup E3b

5. John Shirley - wife Elizabeth Fields, lived SC. Family tradition says he is also a son of Richard, and brother of Benjamin  Haplogroup E3b

6. Jesse B. Shirley - b. ca1780-1790 SC. Family tradition says he was a son of John Shirley of Laurens Co. SC (see branch #1)

7. Thomas Shirley - wife Mollie Grubb. They were from Prince William Co. Virginia,  lived  in Barren Co. Kentucky.     Haplogroup E3b

8. James Shirley - wife Mary McMekin, lived SC & KY. Brother of Thomas above, also were from Prince William Co. Virginia and lived Barren Co. Kentucky.  Haplogroup E3b

9. Moses Shirley - wife Nancy Dale. Lived Barren County Kentucky and Hamilton County Illinois   Haplogroup R1b1

10. Argeland Shirley - wife Susannah. Came from Prince William Co. Virginia to Abbeville Co. S.C. to Scott Co. Kentucky. Haplogroup E3b

11. Thomas Shirley - b. ca 1761, wife Mollie Yates, lived VA & KY. Came from Spotsylvania Co. Virginia, lived Adair Co. Kentucky Haplogroup R1b

12. John Shirley - b. ca 1760, wife Frances Yates, lived VA & KY. Brother of Thomas (branch #11) above, lived Spots, Co. VA and Adair Co. Kentucky.  Haplogroup R1b 

13. John Shirley - b. ca 1728, wife Charity. Lived Maryland and Bedford Co. Pennsylvania.  Haplogroup E3b

14. William Shirley - b. ca 1730, wife Margaret, lived MD, PA & KY. Brother of John (branch #13), lived Maryland, Bedford Co. Pennsylvania and Scott Co. Kentucky.             Haplogroup E3b 

15. John Ambrose Shirley - b. ca 1770, wife Elizabeth. Family lived Lewis Co., Mason Co. Kentucky, Marshall Co. Marion Co., and Fayette Co. Indiana   Haplogroup R1b

16. William Shirley - b. ca 1788. Family lived in Washington Co. and Mercer Co. Kentucky Haplogroup R1b1b2

17. Isaac Shirley - b. ca 1785, lived KY. May be a brother of William (branch #16), Lived same area

18. Patrick Shirley - b. ca 1720, wife Anne, lived VA. Came from Augusta Co. to Botetourt Co. Virginia. A son lived Grainger Co. and Knox Co. Tennessee. Names spelled as SHIRKEY in early records as often as it is spelled Shirley

19. Walter Shirley - b. ca 1690, wife Dorcas Avis. He lived Calvert Co. Maryland in 1733, was in Frederick Co. Virginia by 1745.  Haplogroup R1b1  

20. Robert Shirley - b. ca 1735, wife Susan Baker. Came from Bucks Co. Pennsylvania.   Family lived Franklin Co., Armstrong Co. and Indiana Co. Pennsylvania. Haplogroup I  

21. James Shirley - b. ca 1739, wife Judith Garriott. Family from Orange Co., Culpeper Co. and  Madison Co. Virginia. Some children to Kentucky.  Haplogroup R1b

22. William Stubley Shirley, b. ca 1732. Family from Augusta Co. Virginia according to family tradition. Family lived Washington Co. and Jones Co. Georgia very early.  Also connections to Spartanburg Co. South Carolina  Haplogroup E3b

23. David Shirley  b. ca. 1750, wife Prudence Kelly.
From North Carolina to Darlington Co. South Carolina, some children and grandchildren going to Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana.
Haplogroup R1b1

24. John Shirley - wife Mahala Frost. Lived South Carolina, White Co. and Marion Co.  Tennessee. Haplogroup R1b

25. James Shirley - b. ca 1649. Came from Ireland about 1730 and settled in Chester New Hampshire. His family lived in New Hampshire, Canada, New York and Pennsylvania  Haplogroup R1b1

26. John Shirley - b. ca 1778, wife Christina Youst. Came from York Co. Pennsylvania to Frederick Co. Virginia in 1822.

27. Peter Shirley - b. ca 1794, wife Elizabeth. Same as his brother John (branch #26) Haplogroup E3b

28. Daniel Shirley - b. ca 1792, wife Anna Flynn. Lived Morgan Co. Virginia  Haplogroup E3b

29. Valentine Shirley - b. ca 1750, wife Catherine Baer. This family name may be Shally/Schally instead of Shirley.  Lived Augusta Co. and Rockingham Co. Virginia. Family to Indiana and Illinois. Haplogroup R1b1

30. Michael Shirley 1740, wife Kathy Franz lived VA & KY. This family name may be Shally/Schally instead of Shirley. Lived Augusta Co. Virginia, and was killed by Indians in Kentucky. Widow lived Madison Co. Kentucky. May be a brother of Valentine Shirley (branch #29). Haplogroup R1b1

31. Peter Shirley - b. ca 1750. Came from Maryland to Augusta Co. Virginia and lived in Madison Co. Kentucky. He is the great grandfather of Belle Starr. His son Christian,  went to Jasper Co. Indiana. His name may be Shally/Schally instead of Shirley. He may be a brother of Michael (branch #30) and Valentine (branch #29)

32. Lucas Shirley - b. ca 1740, wife Margaret. He may be a Shally/Schally instead of Shirley and may be a brother of Michael, Valentine and  Peter. (see branches #29, #30 and #31) He lived Virginia and Tennessee. Haplogroup R1b1

33. Thomas Shirley - b. ca 1746 Maryland, wife Eliza Altman. He lived Allegheny Co. Pennsylvania. Son lived in Kansas

34. Ferrers Shirley - b. ca 1735, wife Ann. He lived in     Massachusetts and New York

35. Philanders Shirley b. 1803 in New York,  wife Eve  Polhemus ROSE

36. Richard Shirley - of Edgecombe Co. N.C.  Haplogroup E3b

37. Edward Shirley - lived in Maine

38. Berryman Shirley - lived in Habersham Co. GA  Haplogroup I                

39. Thomas Shirley - b. ca 1755-65. wife Margaret. They lived South Carolina, North Carolina and White Co. TN  Haplogroup R1b1

40. Thaddeus Shirley - lived in Newberry South Carolina

41. John Pinkney Shirley of Choctaw Co. AL., Clark & Lauderdale Co. Mississippi. Haplogroup R1b1

42. Aaron Shirley - wife Anna Cleveland. This branch is connected to the Laurens Co., SC group. Haplogroup E3b

43. Lewis Shirley - lived in Tuscaloosa Co. AL & Montgomery Co. Arkansas. 

44. Abiather Shirley - lived in New York. Moved to Ohio in 1812.  Haplogroup I

45. Riley Shirley - b. ca 1803 SC. This family lived in Campbell Co. GA. Haplogroup E3b

46. Eli Shirley - b. Sept 1, 1798. Lived in Laurens Co. SC & Tuscaloosa Co. AL.  Haplogroup E3b 

47. Nathan Shirley b. ca. 1805 SC. Lived TN and MO 

48. Thomas Shirley d. 1696 Northumberland Co. VA 

49. Richard Shirley - wife Eliz. Dale. Lived Barren Co. KY.     Haplogroup E3b

50. Thomas Shirley - Lived Washington Co. MO in 1850 (from Fairfield Co. SC in 1780).  Haplogroup R1b

51. William D. Shirley - b. ca 1800 TN, living Montgomery Co. IL in 1850 Census, wife Jane.  Haplogroup R1b

52. William Randolph Shirley, b. ca 1818 in South Carolina. The family line later to Clarke County Ga. and Montgomery Alabama. Haplogroup E3b

53. Jacob Shirley - b. ca 1812 in NC or TN. Living in Warren County, TN in 1834.  Haplogroup R1b1

54. John Shirley b. ca. 1790  in SC, wife Elizabeth, living in Henry Co. AL 1850 census.  Haplogroup R1b

55. Moses Shirley lived North and South Carolina.            

56. John Shirley Lived Darlington County South Carolina and Wayne County Mississippi  Haplogroup R1b1

57. William W. Shirley b. ca. 1830. Lived Alabama and Mississippi. Haplogroup R1b1

58. Thomas Shirley b. ca. 1797 Lived Massachusetts and New York.

59. Jonathon Shirley b. 1810  Buckinghamshire, England, died Dec 29, 1893 Owego, NY.  Haplogroup R1a

60. William Shirley b. ca 1825 Buckinghamshire England. Lived Maury Co. Tennessee  Haplogroup R1a

61.  Moses Shirley b. ca1769. Lived Laurens Co. South Carolina and Habersham Co. Georgia   Haplogroup E3b

62. Jonathon Shirley b. ca 1807. Lived South Carolina and Tuscaloosa Co. Alabama   Haplogroup R1b1

63. Joel Shirley b. 1780-1790, married Sarah Caroline Tierce. He was a constable of Tuscaloosa Co. AL in 1835.

64. James Shirley b. ca 1778 Virginia. Lived South Carolina, St. Clair Co. Alabama and Arkansas.

 65. John Shirley May 3, 1818 South Carolina,  married 1st Lydia Williams,  m. 2nd Nancy Ann Corr  Haplogroup E3b

66. Hezekiah Shirley b. ca. 1805 SC, son of Easter of Laurens Co. SC.

67. William Shirley 1780-90, Virginia, died Oct 28, 1845 Carroll Co. MO.

68. James Bradford Shirley 1830 Monroe Co. TN

69. William Shirley b. ca. 1750-60, lived Marblehead, Massachusetts

70. William Shirley b.1804 VA, lived Smith Co. Mississippi

71. John H. Shirley  b. ca 1786 North Carolina.  Lived in Hempstead Co. AR

72. Eli Wiley Shirley b. 1820 Tennessee.  Lived in Arkansas  Haplogroup R1b

73. John Shirley b.ca.1802 VA. Lived in Missouri

74. Thomas Jefferson Shirley born abt. 1807, NC

75. Young Shirley b. 1822 SC  Haplogroup I

76. Richard Shurley b. ca. 1670s of St. Marys Co. Maryland

77. John Shirley b. ca 1800 South Carolina. Lived in Bollinger Co. Missouri

78. John Robert Shirley b. ca 1788 Lived in Pendleton Co. Virginia. 

79. Lawrence Shirley b. ca. 1710-15, lived Burlington Co. New Jersey

80. John Shirley of Scotland, lived Gilmer Co. GA went to Arkansas. Married an Indian woman. Had a son named Lord Wellington. 

81. Noah Shirley born ca.1803 lived White Co. TN  Haplogroup R1b

82. Abraham Shirley 1813 Mills, Anderson Co. SC m. Eliza  Downs. Lived in Franklin co. GA

83. James Shirley b 1795 and Richard O. Shirley b 1802 of Prince William Co VA. These families did not migrate to SC or KY.

84. John W. Shirley born about 1825 in Kentucky. African-American ancestry living Metcalf Co KY. This lineage includes the famous opera tenor George Irving Shirley

85. Edward W. Shirley born about 1833 VA. Lived in Botetourt Co VA. Apparently unrelated to Branch 18 who also lived in the county. New! Haplogroup I1

86. Job Sherley, Revolutionary War Soldier, served as a minute man and lived to receive a pension. Moved to Niles, Cayuga NY about 1810; He died in Pennyville, N.Y. Descendants can be found near Chattanooga TN.New!

MISCELLANEOUS BRANCHES (unable  to identify connections to a branch) DNA results posted

 

   


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