Laurens County mtDNA Results

mtDNA Results

Participant #1 - Direct female line as follows: Amelia Bolt, d/o Nancy Fuller, d/o Amelia Watson, d/o Nancy Wright, d/o Patience Coleman Glenn b. abt 1774 - Virginia (Mother may have been Francis Harris)

Participant #2 - Direct female line as follows: Mary Jones, d/o Elizabeth Wise, d/o Frances McDonald (aka McDaniel), d/o Sarah McKendrick b. 1824 - Decatur Co., GA (Mother may have been Elizabeth Park, b. 1805, Georgia)

#	Name	Haplo	HVR1	HVR2
1	Glenn	U5b	189C,192T,249C,270T,398A	73G,150T,263G,315.1C
2	McKendrick	U5b	189C,192T,249C,270T,398A	73G,150T,263G,315.1C

Understanding the match

mtDNA mutates much more slowly than Y-DNA, thus, it's possible for a perfect match to occur within the last thirty generations. However, if two people share a common geographical ancestry, then the likelihood of a match increases and may give the clues needed to locating the paper trail.

Participants #1 and #2 are a perfect mtDNA match and share Laurens County ancestry. The match may give Participant #2 a family group to focus upon in searching for his unnamed female ancestor.

Patience C. Glenn was probably born in Virginia. She married Samuel Wright 1 Oct 1774 in Cumberland Co., VA. She moved to Laurens Co., where Samuel died about 1808. Her mother is thought to be Frances Harris.

If a paper-trailed direct descendant on an all female Glenn or Harris line is tested, and matches, this would help corroborate that Patience's mother was indeed a Harris.
NOTE: Scholarship funds have been donated to the Laurens County SC DNA Project designated for the testing of a qualifying descendant.

Participant #3 - Direct female line as follows: Dora Holloway, d/o Martha Kennedy, d/o Mary "Jennie" Lewis, d/o Susan Bailey

#	Name	Haplo	HVR1	HVR2
3	Bailey	H1	124C,519C	2630G,309.1C,309.2C,315.1C

Participant #4 - Direct female line as follows: Alberta Ball, d/o Anna Cora Ball, d/o Mary Bolt Donaldson, d/o Nancy Elliot Bolt, d/o Nancy Hubbs, b. 1789 - Laurens Co, SC (Mother's name: Elizabeth -------)

#	Name	Haplo	HVR1	HVR2
4	Hubbs	H	263C,519C	2630G,315.1C,4770C

Participant #5 - Direct female line as follows: Leila Mae Adams, d/o Martha "Mattie" Louiza Phebe Jane Martin, d/o Mahala Elizabeth Francis Grimes, d/o Nancy Culbertson, d/o Mahala Spruill, b. 1793, Laurens (possible d/o Elizabeth Robertson)

#	Name	Haplo	HVR1	HVR2
5	Spruill	W	223T,292T,519C	73G,189G,195C,204C,207A,263G,309.1C,315.1C

Participant #6 - Direct female line as follows: Ruth Walpole, d/o Mary Walker Allen, d/o Ruth Adair, b. 1812, Alabama (Parents born in Laurens,SC)

#	Name	Haplo	HVR1	HVR2
6	Adair	H	519C