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HARRIS DNA—GROUP 61

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 of kits belongs to the R 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 R and its Subclades.

Here are lineage charts (supported by DNA) that fall into Group 61 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 61 up to 67 markers is listed on the HARRIS Y-DNA RESULTS Page.

In order to better compare matches in Group 61, the modal listing has also been posted on Ysearch with a user ID of 4XCQK. To view the modal listing go to the Ysearch user ID page for 4XCQK

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 61 LINEAGE CHARTS

Lineage #1.—DNA Kit #265128. This is for the line of Elijah Harris (ca. 1800-ca. 1875) of North Carolina and Perry Co., IL.

This family’s migration pattern is: North Carolina > Knox Co., KY > Perry Co., IL > Franklin Co., IL > Monroe Co., IN.

This is a 67-marker test that belongs to the R haplogroup. It matches the 67-marker modal for Group 61 with no variances. The kit submitter has not supplied a lineage. A few details from other sources are added below: 

1 Elijah {61-#12922} Harris b: ABT. 1800 d: ABT. 1875
  + Eliza Jane Smith b: ABT. 1804 d: AFT. 22 JUN 1865
    2 George Washington {61-#12922} Harris b: 12 APR 1836 d: 21 NOV 1914
      + Sarah Hillen b: ABT. 1832 d: ABT. 1882
        3 William Warren {61-#12922} Harris b: 2 JUN 1867 d: 20 JUL 1938
          + Mary Ellen Plumlee b: 5 AUG 1868 d: 27 APR 1954
            4 George Franklin {61-#12922} Harris b: 11 MAY 1896 d: 15 MAY 1990
              + Amelia OPAL Baldwin b: 31 MAR 1900 d: 21 SEP 1996

(Source: https://www.familytreedna.com/public/harris-mtdna/default.aspx?section=ycolorized; Jesse Macon Lawrence, Jr.'s page or Rootsweb's WorldConnect site: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jmljr, accessed 6/28/2006; Dick Dutton's Master File on Rootsweb's WorldConnect site: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dickdutton, accessed 6/28/2006; listings for G. W. Harris, Mary Ellen Harris, George Franklin Harris and Opal Baldwin Harris on Findagrave.com)

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

Lineage #2.—DNA Kit #491800. This is for the line of George. Harris (ca. 1853-1910) of Kentucky.

This family’s migration pattern is: Kentucky > Harland Co., KY.

This is a 67-marker test that belongs to the R haplogroup. It matches the 67-marker modal for Group 61 with variances in markers 6 and 29. The kit submitter has not supplied a lineage. A few details from other sources are added below: 

1 George {61-#491800} Harris b: BET. 1853 - 1854 d: 1910
  + Margaret Paul b: 18 MAR 1855 d: 9 SEP 1925
    2 Joseph {61-#491800} Harris b: 21 MAY 1875 d: 24 APR 1944
      + Maranda Griffith b: 27 DEC 1885 d: 20 JAN 1958

(Source: https://www.familytreedna.com/public/harris-mtdna/default.aspx?section=ycolorized; Rick_HarrisJr74 tree at Ancestry.com.)

Go to the HARRIS Y-DNA RESULTS Page

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

Lineage #3.—DNA Kit #265128. This is for the line of Richard Harris (1795-1864) of Virginia and Shelby Co., IN.

This family’s migration pattern is: Virginia > Johnson Co., IN > Shelby Co., IN > Monroe Co., IN.

This is a 67-marker test that belongs to the R haplogroup. It matches the 67-marker modal for Group 61 with no variances. The kit submitter has not supplied a lineage. A few details from other sources are added below: 

1 Richard {61-#265128} Harris b: MAR 1795 d: 1864
  + Sarah C. Grogan b: 1804 d: AFT. 1850
    2 Tiffin D. {61-#265128} Harris b: 27 MAR 1838 d: 20 MAR 1909
      + Malissa Coleman b: UNKNOWN d: UNKNOWN
        3 Benjamin P. "Ben" {61-#265128} Harris b: 14 JUL 1890 d: 12 DEC 1958
          + Erma Edell Chaney b: 18 NOV 1886 d: 4 AUG 1978

(Source: https://www.familytreedna.com/public/harris-mtdna/default.aspx?section=ycolorized; MAXWELL FAMILY of Delaware to Chester Co, Pa. ca 1766 on Rootsweb's WorldConnect site: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dmaxwelljr, acessed 10/8/2016; http://boards.ancestry.ie/localities.northam.usa.states.indiana.counties.franklin/--E4D691AE-1AAF-4A45-ABB8-161834D84D40/mb.ashx?pnt=1, accessed 10/8/2016; listings for Richard Harris and Tiffin D. Harris on Findagrave.com)

Go to the HARRIS Y-DNA RESULTS Page

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

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