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HARRIS DNA—GROUP 39

Compiled by Glenn Gohr

*This is a partial summary. It may take several weeks for any updates to this page after updates to the Harris Y-DNA Results page at FTDNA and the last update from the HARRIS WELCOME Page. This is a time-consuming project.

Last updated January 1, 2018.

(Contact the webmaster with any further updates.)

This is an ongoing project seeking to chart out lines of descent that have been DNA tested as shown on the Harris Y-DNA Results Page. Information is based on DNA results, lineage information supplied by kit submitters, Bible records, vital records, legal documents, census records, family histories, internet sources, etc. In some cases the paper trail and/or information found on the web or other sources may be in error. Please view this information as a tool and not as proven fact.

NOTICE: Information presented in these webpages is not to be construed as PROVABLE FACTS. It is up to the user to verify all information that he/she receives. Some information has been provided by kit submitters and their own research. Other information has been added from other sources. Additions and corrections are welcome.

Lineage information in brackets { } lists the Group Number and the DNA Kit Number as found on the Harris Y-DNA Results Page. If you are looking for a specific kit number, click CONTROL and F at the same time. Then do a key word search by kit number or name of earliest-known ancestor. Additional information will be included as more DNA markers are tested and as more participants match up with this grouping.

This group belongs to the J haplogroup. The new haplogroup listings adopted in 2014 conform to the ISOGG SNP nomenclature, which uses the shortened haplogroup name (one letter only) combined with the terminal SNP (Single Nucleotide Polymorphism). In groups where kits are matched together, they will show the same haplogroup letter, but they may show different SNP designations.

See the International Society of Genetic Genealogy (ISOGG) page for the Y-DNA Haplogroup J and its Subclades.

Here are lineage charts (supported by DNA) that fall into Group 39 of the Harris Y-DNA Results. All spouses are not shown—only the ones that are listed as the parent of the generation that follows. For questionable generations, the names are preceded by an asterisk *. This means the connection between the person with an asterisk and the previous generation are unproven.

The modal listing of Group 39 up to 67 markers is listed on the HARRIS Y-DNA RESULTS Page.

In order to better compare matches in Group 39, the modal listing has also been posted on Ysearch with a user ID of XEEPZ. To view the modal listing go to the Ysearch user ID page for XEEPZ


For an exact match to the modal of this group, the submitter must be a male with the HARRIS surname, be from the same haplogroup, and the DNA markers from his kit number should match exactly with these results. In most cases there will be at least one variation in DNA marker values. If the two test kits are from close relatives, then the variation is due to normal mutations of DNA. DNA mutations usually occur every 3 or 4 generations. Some specific markers tested are known to mutate faster than others.

HARRIS DNA GROUP 39 LINEAGE CHARTS


Lineage #1.—DNA Kit #93659. This is for William Harris (ca. 1766-Bet. 1843 - 1844) of Jessamine Co., KY. He is possibly the son of a George Harris of Virginia.

This family’s migration pattern is: Hanover Co., VA > Lexington, Fayette Co., KY > Jessamine Co., KY > Owen Co., IN.

This kit belongs to the J haplogroup. This is a 111-marker kit that matches the 111-marker modal for Group 37 with one variance in marker 34. The kit submitter has not supplied a lineage. A few more details from other sources are added below:

1 *William {39-#93659-#183356} Harris b: ABT. 1766 d: BET. 1843 - 1844
  + Jane "Jenny" Overstreet b: 22 DEC 1766 d: ABT. 1810
    2 Thomas Boyd {39-#93659} Harris b: ABT. 1797 d: 26 JAN 1864
      + Elizabeth McCarley b: 9 SEP 1803 d: 17 OCT 1868

(Source: Noah Smothers Family Tree on Rootsweb's WorldConnect site: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=SHOW&db=nsmother, accessed 9/30/2010)

Census records:
*Males and surviving widows in the DNA line are marked with an asterisk.

1850 Census, Washington, Owen Co., KY, p. 101
#244, #244
*Thomas Harris	53 M Farmer	2000 re	Kentucky
Elizabeth "	47 F			Do
Elizabeth J. "	18 F			Indiana
Rice "		15 M			Do

*can't locate Thomas Harris in 1860 Census.

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Go to the Harris Surname DNA Study on FTDNA

For information on additional family members in this line, go to SOME EARLY HARRISES AND POSSIBLE DNA CONNECTIONS


Lineage #2.—DNA Kit #183356. This is for William Harris (ca. 1766-Bet. 1843 - 1844) of Jessamine Co., KY. He is possibly the son of a George Harris of Virginia.

This family’s migration pattern is: Hanover Co., VA > Lexington, Fayette Co., KY > Jessamine Co., KY.

This kit belongs to the J haplogroup. This is a 67-marker kit that matches the 111-marker modal for Group 37 with no variances. The kit submitter has not supplied a lineage. A few more details from other sources are added below:

1 *William {39-#93659-#183356} Harris b: ABT. 1766 d: BET. 1843 - 1844
  + Jane "Jenny" Overstreet b: 22 DEC 1766 d: ABT. 1810
    2 James {39-#183356} Harris b: 20 JAN 1790 d: 20 MAR 1857
      + Jeriah Overstreet b: 25 JUN 1793 d: AFT 1870

(Source: Noah Smothers Family Tree on Rootsweb's WorldConnect site: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=SHOW&db=nsmother, accessed 9/30/2010; Marriage record of James Harris and Jariah Overstreet in Jessamine County Marriage licenses, 1810; listing on Findagrave.com for James Harris.)

Census records:
*Males and surviving widows in the DNA line are marked with an asterisk.

1850 Census, District 2, Jessamine Co., KY, p. 45B
#96, #96
*Harris, Jas Sr.		60 M 	Farmer	3000 re	Ky
Harris, Jeriah		57 F			"
Harris, Lewis		29 M 	Waggon Maker	"
Harris, Lucy A.		15 F			"
Thompson, Eliz Ann	20 F			"

1860 Census, Nicholasville, Jessamine Co., KY, p. 127
#886, #886
Thomas Harris	46 M Farmer		5000 re 400 pe	Kentucky
Mary A. "	40 F					"
Mark "		20 M Salesman in Store		400 pe	"
Mary "		18 F					"
Payne		14 F					"
Melvin		9 M					"
Willie		2 M					"
Jno Overstreet	19 M Farmer				Missouri
*Jeriah Harris	76 F					Virginia

1870 Census, Nicholasville, Jessamine Co., KY, p. 13
#90, #105
Brown, Jacob	68 M W Wagon Maker	1500 re	Pennsylvania
     Jane		63 F W Keeping House		Kentucky
*Harris, Jeriah	76 F W At Home		4000 re	Kentucky *Jeriah is Jane Brown's sister-in-law.
Baker, Mandy	18 F W Domestic Servant		Kentucky

Go to the HARRIS Y-DNA RESULTS Page

Go to the Harris Surname DNA Study on FTDNA

For information on additional family members in this line, go to SOME EARLY HARRISES AND POSSIBLE DNA CONNECTIONS


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