The HARTLEY Surname - DNA

It's early days, but there appear to be TWO different surname lineages ?

The frontrunner is Haplotype R1b1 ... likely derived from the place-name HARTLEY ...

In this instance, the origins of the surname Hartley are of local or toponymic origin
that is, derived from the name of the place of residence of the initial bearer. That means the surname derives from the place-name HARTLEY that is found in a number of English counties including Cumbria, Lancashire, Northumberland, Staffordshire, Berkshire, Hampshire, Devon, Dorset and Kent.

In other words, 'John' lived at 'Hartley', therefore he became 'John of Hartley', eventually 'John Hartley'.

None of the R1b1 results below are close enough a match to one another to indicate a common ancestor within the past 10 000 years. In other words, they bear the same family name, Hartley, but are 'unrelated' to one-another, so weren't descended from, say for instance, a John Hartley who lived 5 000 years ago.

Internet results showing Haplotype Group R1b1; results as follows:

but where did the place-name come from ?

I think it likely the place-name 'Hartley' was derived from the family name, 'Hartley' [or something very similar] ...

Haplotype Group I1-a ... likely derived from Old Norse peoples [Vikings, Danes, Saxons and Normans]

Looking at the National Geographic website on DNA results and the Atlas of the Human Journey, there is confirmation of a movement of peoples with I1-a Haplotype DNA [M253] into the British Isles, Normandy and Scandinavia after the Great Ice Age. The Haplotype is estimated to have first appeared about 15,000 - 20,000 years ago.
Before that, it is thought that more than 20,000 years ago the I1 lineage came to North West Europe from the Middle East and North Africa.

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