Friday, June 11, 2021

A RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY: THE JASPER TERRY THEORY

QUESTION:  Is the Jasper Terry with wife Margaret of Montgomery Co., Va a son of Jasper Terry-Mary Morrison, and brother to Josiah Terry, father of Jasper Morrison and Aaron Burr Terry?

WHAT IS NEEDED: DNA from the line of Jasper Terry and wife Margaret to determine Haplogroup GROUP.

WHAT WE KNOW: (G-02 has already been identified with Jasper-Mary Morrison, Jasper Morrison Terry, Aaron Burr Terry) or I-02 (already identified with the line of Bucks Co., Jasper and Mary Hart Terry (who came through Botetourt Co., Va early but may have died there or moved onto SC with her family; and with presumed son of William Terry and Rachel Manson Terry , one John Terry who married Esther Brown and fathered son Josiah, William and John Jr. (the lines tested to date) or I-01 that figures prominently in lines in eastern Virginia (famous Nathaniel Terry, for example) who went into NC,SC, and elsewhere.



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