Quincy
Oakley Genealogy
Narratives
about the genealogy of the Oakley family of
Quincy, Illinois
By Burks Oakley II
e-mail: burkso2 [at] gmail [dot] com
1 - Introduction - a short introduction to my research about my father’s ancestors
2 - Oakley Family History - highlights of our Oakley family ancestry
3A - Miller Family History - highlights of our Miller family ancestry
3B - Ezra Marvin Miller, Revisited - Using Ancestry.com ThruLines to confirm our Miller ancestors
3C - Ezra Marvin Miller's Middle Name - How did he get his middle name of Marvin?
4A - Darling Family History - narrative about my Darling ancestors, who came to America from Scotland in
1650
4B - Lucy Darling, Revisited - Using Ancestry.com ThruLines to confirm our Darling ancestors
5A - Wells Family History - using DNA to break through a brick wall on our Miller-Wells line
5B - Wells/Welles Ancestors, Revisited - Using Ancestry.com ThruLines to confirm our Wells/Welles ancestors
6A - Burks Family History - highlights of our Burks family ancestry
6B - William Burks, Revisited - DNA matches with descendants of William Burks
7A - Crawford Family History - highlights of our Crawford family ancestry
7B - Mary Jane Crawford, Revisited - Using
Ancestry.com ThruLines to confirm our Crawford ancestors
8A - Griffey Family History - using DNA to break through a brick wall on Amy Griffey's line
8B - Amy (White) Griffey, Revisited - Using
Ancestry.com ThruLines to confirm our Griffey ancestors
9A - Lester Family History - highlights of our Lester family ancestry
9B - Elmony Lester, Revisited - Using Ancestry.com ThruLines to confirm Elmony Lester's ancestors
10 - How the Oakley Family Got to Quincy - a summary of the events that brought the first members of the Oakley family to Quincy, Illinois
11 - The Oakley-Botsford Family Relationship - a narrative about how the Oakleys and the Botsfords are related
12 - Eaton Family Relationship - a narrative about how the Oakleys and the Eatons are related
13 - Homesteading in Chadron, Nebraska - a narrative about the Aaron Burr Oakley family's adventure (1885-1891)
14A - Deep Triangulation Confirms Our Oakley Lineage - narrative about DNA and our Oakley-Gardner ancestry (expanded chart showing the different family lines)
14B - Triangulation on Chromosome 15 - DNA matches on Chromosome 15 involving my Oakley ancestors and their descendants)
15 - Our Spencer-Whitbread Ancestors - narrative about DNA and our Spencer-Whitbread ancestry
16 - More Genetic Genealogy involving my Case-Spencer Ancestors - narrative about DNA and our Case-Spencer ancestry
17 - The Y-DNA of the “Quincy Oakley” Males - narrative about my Y-DNA match with other Oakley males
18 - Hannah Louise Tripp and the Mayflower Branch - more about the Tripp family line going back to the Mayflower
19 - More about our Tripp Family Heritage - tracing our Tripp family line back to Rhode Island and to the Mayflower
20 - Our Mayflower Ancestors - narrative about being descended from Francis Cooke, who came to America on the Mayflower
21 - Our Warren Ancestors - going back to the King of Jerusalem during the Crusades
22 - Descendants of Allen Miller and Hannah Louise Tripp - narrative about DNA and our Miller-Tripp ancestry
23 - Descendants of Joseph Mosher and Lydia Taber - narrative about DNA and our Mosher-Taber ancestry
24 - Tracing Abigail Mallory's Ancestors - narrative about Abigail Mallory's ancestors
25 - DNA and Burks Family Relatives - narrative about Ancestry DNA and my Burks family relatives
26 - Our Beers Family Ancestry - narrative about our Beers family ancestors
27 - Our Lyon Family Ancestry - narrative about Lyon family ancestors on my Oakley-Darling-Lyon line
28 - The Warner Branch - narrative about Warner family ancestors on my Burks family line
29 - Our Woodruff and Woodford Ancestors - our Woodruff and Woodford ancestors on our Miller family line
30 - Sarah Rust – tracing our ancestry back to Henry Rust (1613-1684)
31 - Burr Family Genealogy - tracing our Burr family ancestry
32 - The Sermon Preached at the Funeral of Hannah Case Miller - the original document from 1819, plus discussion
33 - David Oakley Jr. and Eunice Oakley - narrative about double first cousins in the Oakley family who married each other
34 - Wind Up in Traer - narrative about Elisabeth Oakley Smith and her husband Gordon Smith
35 - LaVerne C. Miller - musings about Cousin Dick
36 - DNA Triangulation on our Woodruff-Woodford Ancestors - narrative about DNA and our Woodruff-Woodford ancestors
37 - My
DNA Matches with Quincy Oakleys - details about some of my closest DNA matches
38 - DNA Matches with Descendants of James Alfred Burks & Mary Jane Cameron Crawford
39 - My DNA Match with Brett M. Struck - An Oakley Relative
40 - The Levi Burks DNA Circle - details about my DNA matches with descendants of Levi Burks
41 - New DNA Matches with Oakley Descendants - details about my DNA matches with Brenda Coleman and Timothy Bever
42 - Stephen Slane - A Burks Cousin - details about my DNA match with Stephen Slane
43A - Rose Hubbard - We Share Six Sets of Common Ancestors - details about my family tree matches with Rose Hubbard
43B - Accounting for my DNA Match with Rose Hubbard - details about my DNA match with Rose Hubbard
44 - Joseph West and Jane Owen - additional details about my fifth-great grandparents
45 - George Carpenter - A Burks Family Relative - details about my DNA match with George Carpenter and other Burks family descendants
46 - Debra Coleman - A DNA match on my West-Lewis line
47 - Reserved
48 - Richard More - immigrant - Richard More – Another one of my ancestors who came to America on the Mayflower
49 - Some of My Ancestors Who Were European Nobility - details about my European ancestors who were nobility during the Middle Ages
50 - My Ancestral Lines to King Edward I - details about my ancestral lines going back to King Edward I of England
51 - Going Back on One of Elmony Lester’s Ancestral Lines on Geni.com - Sir Gilbert Talbot and beyond
52 - My Scrope Ancestors in the Middle Ages in England - details about my Scrope ancestors who were English noblemen in the late Middle Ages
53A - Jane Phippen's Ancestors in the Middle Ages in England - details about my ancestors going back from Jane Phippen
54 - William Marshal - Knight from the Middle Ages in England - details about my ancestor Sir William Marshal
55 - My Ancestors Who Were Sureties of the Magna Carta - details about these English ancestors
56 - My Ancestral Lines Going Back to Sir William Champernon - details about 8 separate ancestral lines
57 - Capt. George Lamberton – My Eighth-Great Grandfather - immortalized in Longfellow's poem Phantom Ship
58 - My Cousin George Carpenter’s Ancestors (and Mine) on Geni.com - our common ancestors going back to England in the Middle Ages
59 - Sgt. Ephraim Wheeler, My Eighth-Great Grandfather - details about my English immigrant ancestor
60 - My Welsh Quaker Ancestors - details about John Owen and his father Robert Owen
61 - My Welsh Ancestors - Part 1 - details about some of my Welsh ancestors who were nobility
62 - My Ancestral Lines Going Back to Sir Roger Pilkington II, Knight - details about my connections to Sir Roger
63 - Margaret Vernon - My 14th-Great Grandmother - and Her Ancestors in England - details about some of Margaret Vernon's ancestors
64 - My DNA Match with Josh Cocanougher – A Burks Relative - details about my DNA match with Josh Cocanougher
65 - My Revised Ethnicity Estimate on Ancestry.com
66 - Anna Mosher, My Fourth-Great Grandmother - clearing up some confusion with Anna Mosher
67 - My Throckmorton Ancestors in England - details about some of my Throckmorton ancestors
68 - My DNA match with Laura LaChance - details about my DNA match with this Miller descendant
69 - My De Carteret Ancestors on the Island of Jersey - going back to the Middle Ages
70 - William de Tyson, Lord of Alnwick - one of My English Ancestors from the Middle Ages
71 - Henry de Percy - one of My English Ancestors from the Middle Ages
72 - My Ancestral Lines Back to Hugh de Moreville - one of My English Ancestors from the Middle Ages
73 - My Ancestral Lines Back to Hywel Dda ap Cadell, King of the Britons - one of My Welsh Ancestors from the Middle Ages
74 - Going Back to Sir John de Gray, Knight of the Garter - one of My English Ancestors from the Middle Ages
75 - My Ancestors Who Lived in Leeds Castle - and some of Them Even Owned It!
76 - My Ancestral Line(s) Going Back to Poland in the Middle Ages - connecting me back to Polish nobility
77 - Michael Strahan is my Distant Cousin - details about how Michael and I are related
78 - Karen Turnbell - a Burks Relative
79 - Julie Freeman - an Oakley Relative
79B - Florence Messina and Others - a continuation of Chapter 79
80 - My Ancestral Lines to Bolesław the Brave - King of Poland in the Middle Ages
81 - My Ancestral Lines to Eric the Victorious - the First King of Sweden
82 - Oakley Family DNA Matches with Brittany Bunce
83 - Dunrobin Castle, Lord William Moray, and Some of My Scottish Ancestors
84 - My Ancestral Line(s) Back to William “The Lion”, King of Scots
85 - My Ancestral Lines to Welsh Kings - ROUGH DRAFT ONLY
86 - My Ancestral Line(s) to the Stewart Clan in Scotland
87 - Jill Severn – A Burks Relative
88 - Dianthe Case - My Oldest Relative Who Lived in Adams County, Illinois
89 - My Ancestral Lines to Robert de Ferrers - 1st Earl of Derby, Lord of Tutbury
Updated 15 June 2022