The Pearsall Family DNA Surname Project

The Pearsall Family

Members History Genealogy

The History of the Parshall Family from the Conquest of England by William of Normandy, A.D. 1066 to the Close of the 19^th Century (1903)

The Parshall Family A.D. 870-1913 (1915)

History and Genealogy of the Pearsall Family in England and America (1928)

Volume I

Volume II

Volume III

The Pearsall Family DNA – Surname Project

HISTORY

Our family’s roots stretch back to Staffordshire County, England - 52.862° N 02.275° W (from ~1200 A.D. or ~30 generations to present-day).

Our English line begins with the arrival of Gilbert de Corbeil to Northumbria circa 1100 A.D.:

Gilbert de Corbeil

Robert Fitz-gilbert de Corbeil

Robert de Peshale

John de Lumley de Peshale

William de Peshale

Walter de Peshale

Adam de Peshale

Sir Richard de Peshall (b.c. 1340, d.c. 1380)

Sir Thomas de Peshall (b.c. 1370, d.c. 1420)

Nicholas de Peshall (b.c. 1400, d.c. 1450)

Hugh de Peshall (b.c. 1430, d.c. 1490)

Sir Hugh de Peshall (b.c. 1450, d. 1488)

Humphrey Peshall (b.c. 1470, d. 1489)

John Pershall (b. 1485, d.c. 1520)

Richard Pershall (b.c. 1500, d.c. 1550)

Edmund Pershall (b.c. 1531, d. 1629)

Our ancestral line branches away from England ~1600 A.D. with migration to present-day America.

Question: Are there any living cousins in Staffordshire?

Help us find out! Genetic genealogy now offers us the opportunity to know if any one living in England shares similar Y-chromosome DNA markers. The possibility is intriguing.

PARTICIPATION

Please participate! All are welcome to join. Science is now available to help “reconstruct” our family tree with your help. The three primary service providers are: DNA Heritage, Relative Genetics, and Family Tree DNA. The Pearsall Family project is registered with each of the three providers linked in the table below. In order to join the project, the process includes:

1. Register with one of the three service providers below and contact the project administrator (myself)

2. Order a test and request a sample kit (typically with two cheek swabs)

3. Using a cheek swab, gently rub the inside of your cheeks for ~60 seconds (painless)

4. Place the cheek swab in a sealed envelope or container

5. After ~4 hours, repeat steps 3 and 4 with the second cheek swab

6. Return both samples to the testing service

7. Testing usually takes about 6 weeks

8. You will be notified of the results on-line

9. Your results can then be compared with others to calculate genetic distance (e.g. when two individuals likely shared a common ancestor)

10. Values from the test results can be used to search public databases (listed below) for other closely-related individuals.

Testing service

DNA Heritage
(DNAH)