THE DNA SHOULD TELL THE TALE: Origins of Barry Co., Missouri Terry Families

Note: There appears to be a clear correlation between the Terry family of Barry County, Missouri (Wesley Sartin Terry, John King Terry, Martin Terry, William Terry, John Terry, William Terry,,,with wife Rachel ...) and Terry's who migrated on the ship The James in 1635. These three men - brothers or cousins - settled primarily in Long Island first, then drifted into Flushing, and then into Bucks Co., Pa. One group - directly related to the Barry Co., Mo line - moved into Virginia (same locales with shifting names of Fincastle, Augusta, Montgomery) with some then moving toward frontier bounty award lands in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Indiana. Finally, into Arkansas, Missouri, and Texas and all points west.

DNA should provide some clear guidance to linking family lines. My brother did his DNA and it firmly placed our line in the descent from a group in Botetourt Co., Va with links back to Bucks Co., PA. This line - my own - from Barry Co., Missouri was revealed to have a Paternal Haplogroup of 12a2.  

According to the Family at DNA (Terry - Results | FamilyTreeDNA) my line of Terry should be clear.

Family letters identify a Josiah Terry in Tennessee as a brother to my William Terry.   Again, DNA confirms this - Kit # 90918 Group I-02

0 William Terry b 1724 d 1803
+ Rachel Manson

1 John Terry b 1760 d 07 Dec 1842
+ Esther Brown

2 Josiah Terry b abt 1780 VA
+ Nancy Thomas; m(1) d 1868 Oneida, Scott Co TN
+ Nancy Stevens; m2 (Source- above link)

This group reflects the family of one known ancestor - so again DNA confirms: 

Kit # 90695 Group I-02 =

0 William Terry b 1724 d 1803  
+ Rachel Manson

1 John Terry b 1760 d 07 Dec 1842 (Note someone has added "Burris" to his name without any citations and an unverified story of its source and his parentage). 
+ Esther Brown (The Terry, Brown, and others had strong Pennsylvania ties to Quakerism).

2 William Terry b 07 Nov 1785 d  15 May 1869
+ Barbara Ennis [My Line!!]

3 John Terry b 09 May 1818 d  13 Sep 1898
+ Lucinda King Reed

Other studies and DNA confirm a link from this William and Rachel back to the Bucks Co., PA group. That information confirms a relationship between this William and a Jasper Terry with wife Mary Hart (whose mother was named Miles) through DNA.

Another jasper often tacked on or thought to be the same man, a Jasper Terry with wife Mary Morrison, comes from an entirely different haplogroup: G-02.

This should help to clarify connections and remove some profound mistakes being repeated without any supporting evidence.