COLCLOUGH Surname DNA Project
The COLCLOUGH/COAKLEY/COKELEY
Surnames DNA Project
Participation:

1. The cost for participation is $99. If the cost of the test is the sole barrier to your participation, then please e-mail the project's group administrator (see e-mail address near the bottom of this page). He may be able to find funds pledged by others to test the line your DNA represents.
2. The recommended test for the project is the 12-marker Y-chromosome test. Many tests are offered by the lab we are using for the project, but the 12-marker test is sufficient. You may choose to have more extensive testing performed (at an increased cost), but a Y-chromosome test of at least 12 markers is required for the purposes of the project.
3. Please make sure upon ordering the test that you click any "confirm" button that may appear. Depending on your monitor resolution, you may have to use your scroll bars to find it.
4. Do NOT sign up for the project if you are female, or if you just want to know the results of the project thus far. The test is based on the Y-chromosome, and because women have no Y-chromosome, they cannot participate directly (though they may help indirectly by helping to recruit males with the surname COLCLOUGH, COAKLEY, COKELEY, or some other spelling variation thereof, by helping defray the costs of others, or by providing moral support, etc.). The results of the project will be posted to this webpage as they are returned to me - so there is no need to sign up for the project just to see the results - just check back to this page from time to time for updates.
5. E-mail me if you have any trouble ordering your DNA testing kit. I will ensure that you will get a DNA test kit one way or another.

If you are male, and your last name is COLCLOUGH, COAKLEY, COKELEY, or some spelling variation thereof, and you want to participate by ordering your DNA kit now, then please click the below link:

Sign me up for the COLCLOUGH/COAKLEY/COKELEY DNA Project!

 

Results:

Notes on usage of this site:
1. The results of each participant's DNA analysis is provided in the Results Table below.
2. The paternal descent of each sample provider is given in the link in the results table. Click the associated link to open a new page which will show this person's Colclough/Coakley/Cokeley descent. The new page that loads will also give the participant's e-mail address. Use your browser's 'back' button to return to this page.
3. For every new DNA "type" identified, a new "Node" is created (arbitrarily designated as type "A", and incrementing alphabetically for subsequent 'new' nodes). These "Nodes" are identified by letter on the left-hand side of the Results Table, and near the yellow, circular nodes in the Network Diagram.
4. The Colclough/Coakley/Cokeley Network Diagram shows the genetic relationship among all the participants.
5. Given the participant's "node" and known paternal descent, we can deduce the "node" (DNA type) of the participant's patriarch (i.e., his father's father's (etc.) father).
6. Each Colclough/Coakley/Cokeley patriarch, and all his male-line descendants (and patrilinear ancestors) comprise a "clan" of particular DNA type, or Node. The Patriarch's Table, below, associates each node with its clan, where known.
7. By DNA-testing a male-line descendant of your Colclough/Coakley/Cokeley patriarch, you can directly determine if it is possible that he is genetically related to any of the other "clans" thus far identified.
8. Clans with the same Node (i.e., the same DNA type) are related, whereas Clans with different Nodes are not related.
9. With enough samples, most or all clans should be identified.
10. The Group Administrator is happy to answer any questions you may have about the project.
Y-Chromosome Test Results
N
o
d
e
DNA Sample Provider
(click links to get e-mail address and claimed descent)
Kit #
DYS
3
9
3
DYS
3
9
0
DYS
1
9
DYS
3
9
1
DYS
3
8
5
a
DYS
3
8
5
b
DYS
4
2
6
DYS
3
8
8
DYS
4
3
9
DYS
3
8
9
i
DYS
3
9
2
DYS
3
8
9
ii
A
John Michael Coakley
33706
13
25
14
11
11
14
12
12
12
13
13
29
B
Daniel Coakley
33947
13
24
14
10
11
15
12
12
11
13
13
29
C
Jeffrey H. Cokeley
37723
13
24
14
10
11
14
12
12
12
13
13
30
D
privatized Coakley
42721
14
20
16
10
14
20
11
12
12
13
11
30
E
William Clay Coakley
(proxy for Barbara)
43504
13
24
14
11
11
14
12
12
12
13
13
29
C
privatized Colclough
43610
13
24
14
10
11
14
12
12
12
13
13
30
E
John Leonard Coakley
(proxy for Jackie Catlett)
101628
13
24
14
11
11
14
12
12
12
13
13
29
F
James Coakley
369964
13
24
14
10
11
15
12
12
12
13
13
29
For more data from the FTDNA website click this link (opens new window).
How to read the data table and network diagram:

In the diagram to the left, each yellow circle represents a "node", or distinct Colclough/Coakley/Cokeley DNA type. The size of the yellow circle is proportional to the number of results that match that node type (viz., number of people with identical DNA). To assess the genetic relatedness between two nodes, move from one node towards another node via a blue path and count the number of mutations experienced along the way. Each mutation is designated by blue numbers and letters (439a, for example). The diagram as a whole is designed to minimize the number of mutations needed to explain ALL the data in the table.

The question then becomes, "How closely related are the groups?". Well, mutations are rare events. I will spare you the math (e-mail me if you are really interested in this), but suffice it to say that the point where two cousins are likely to have ONE mutation between them is approximately at the 13th cousin level. The point at which two groups are more than 50% likely to have 3 or more mutations between them is about the 35th cousin level (or a common ancestor approximately 1,000 years ago).

But remember that these are statistical measures. This does not mean that Colclough/Coakley/Cokeley with different DNA types could not have shared descent, it just means that they are not LIKELY to be close cousins. Rare events like mutations DO happen, and there are cases where multiple mutations DO appear between close cousins (they are just rare, and hence generally unlikely). If another sample were provided which "split the difference" between "E" and "C" (for example), then it would appear to make a shared descent between "E" and "C" more likely. On the other hand, the separation between "A" and "B" is greater (4 mutations) and thus less likely to ever appear to be jointly descended.

This project is still very young, and more samples will continue to pour in, and the analysis will become more and more clear. Please help us with this project by participating and/or locating appropriate individuals for testing. DNA analysis is a valuable and powerful way to uncover linkages within, between, and among sample groups - but its power relies entirely on gathering enough samples to make it worthwhile. Please help :)

Colclough/Coakley/Cokeley Clans:
Node
Samples
Patriarch
A
33706
COLCLOUGH, Benjamin
Born: Abt. 1669, Presumably Europe or Virginia
m1: Abt. 1698, probably St. Paul's Parish, Stafford County, Virginia
Spouse: Rachel [--?--]
Died: Probably before 11 APR 1722
B
33947
COAKLEY, Daniel J.
Born: Circa 1820, ?
[Note from participant: Enchigeelagh in County Cork seems to be the Homestead.]
C
37723
43610
COAKLEY, Elijah
Born: Circa 1774, Norfolk County, Virginia
Died: Circa 1822, Virginia (near Cumberland, Maryland)
D
42721
COAKLEY, Samuel
Born: About 1808
Died: 06 September 1874, Sumner County, Tennessee
Married: Lucinda Groves
E
43504
101628
Coakley, Michael
Born: About 1825, Ireland.
Married: Catharine [--?--].
Died: 08 June 1885, Greenwood, Steuben County, New York.
Buried: Andover, Allegany County, New York.
E
43504
101628
Coakley, John Theodore
Born: 13 May 1866, Andover, Allegany County, New York.
Married: Rosina Schaumeyer, circa 1891, <Arkansas>.
Died: 09 September 1906, Vancouver, Washington.
E
101628
Coakley, John Leonard
Born: 29 May 1893, St. Louis County, Missouri.
Died: 16 September 1973, Kansas City, Clay County, Missouri.
F
369964
Coakley, James
Born:.
Died: circa 1788.
Note: of King George County, Virginia.
?
0
COLCLO, Jeremiah
Born: Abt. 1784, possibly Virginia
m1: Abt. 1805, pssibly Virginia
Spouse: Sally [--?--]
Died: 24 DEC 1840, Hancock County, Ohio
?
0
COAKLEY, Benjamin
Born: Abt. 1750, Norfolk County, Virginia
m1: 08 JAN 1787, Norfolk County, Virginia
Spouse1: Sarah "Sallie" Dale
Spouse2: Mildred [--?--] Neal
Died: About 1815, ?
?
0
COAKLEY, James
Born: Abt. 1775, probably Virginia
m1: 10 JAN 1798, King George County, Virginia
Spouse: Susannah Dishman
Died: ?, ?
?
0
COAKLEY, Reuben
Born: Abt. 1785, King George County, Virginia
m1: 06 FEB 1810, King George County, Virginia
Spouse: Mildred Rogers
Died: Before 1850, King George County, Virginia
?
0
COAKLEY, William
Born: Abt. 1788, probably Virginia
m1: 21 JAN 1817, Essex County, Virginia
Spouse: Margaret Carter
Died: After 1830, Green County, Kentucky
Last update: 25 April 2012: