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More Toler - Towler DNA results in
Ian — Tue, 04/14/2009 - 03:00
About a week ago I talked about my line, and when put into perspective with Ray Toler's book, you can propose a line that goes back more than 400 years. Well recently a descendant of a the David Toler line (a Line that is deeply rooted in WV) had his DNA tests upgraded to 67 markers (from 12). This was done to provide us more insight. Well....the results are in. We are a 67 for 67 match. This means that both the David Toler line of WV and my line out of Pittsylavania County, VA are realted, without a doubt.
If you use Gene Toler's book (Following the river wide and deep) as a guide you can expand the sides to look like this....
My Line WV Toler's Line
0. Me --------------------
1. My Father --------------------
2. Henry Preston Towler 0. WV Toler
3. John Henry Towler 1. His father
4. Caleb Preston Towler 2. Wyatt Albert Toler
5. Robert Towler / Toler 3. James Russell Toler
6. Caleb Towler / Toler 4. William Toler (B 1814, Giles county V [WV])
7. William Henry Toler 5. Zachariah Toler (B. 1785 Montgomery Co. VA)
8. Joseph Toler 6. David Toler (B. 1763, Virginia)
9. William Toler 7. William Toler (B.1720, King Wm Co. VA)
10. Joshua Toler 8. William Toler (B Abt 1702 M: Sarah F Segar)
11. Thomas Toler (B abt 1670) 9. William Toler (B. abt 1667)
12. James Toler (B abt 1640) 10. James Toler (B abt 1640)
13. James Toler (B abt 1620) 11. James Toler (B abt 1620)
14. Charles Towler (Virginia Company) 12 Charles Towler (Virginia Company)
0. Me --------------------
1. My Father --------------------
2. Henry Preston Towler 0. WV Toler
3. John Henry Towler 1. His father
4. Caleb Preston Towler 2. Wyatt Albert Toler
5. Robert Towler / Toler 3. James Russell Toler
6. Caleb Towler / Toler 4. William Toler (B 1814, Giles county V [WV])
7. William Henry Toler 5. Zachariah Toler (B. 1785 Montgomery Co. VA)
8. Joseph Toler 6. David Toler (B. 1763, Virginia)
9. William Toler 7. William Toler (B.1720, King Wm Co. VA)
10. Joshua Toler 8. William Toler (B Abt 1702 M: Sarah F Segar)
11. Thomas Toler (B abt 1670) 9. William Toler (B. abt 1667)
12. James Toler (B abt 1640) 10. James Toler (B abt 1640)
13. James Toler (B abt 1620) 11. James Toler (B abt 1620)
14. Charles Towler (Virginia Company) 12 Charles Towler (Virginia Company)
My Generation 11 and the WV Toler's Generation 9 were brothers
Looking at the Probabilities given by the DNA testing this lineup works. Our most recent common ancestor is James Toler (B 1640) who is 12 generations back from me, giving us a 99.89% likelihood that the 2 different lines connect at that point.
What does this mean? We need to find other forms of documentation for the portion of the line that goes back from Joshua. These will not be easy… but it looks like we are getting more and more proof that the Toler / Towler name has been in the country for more than 400 years!
Long story Short, we spring from the same stock as the West Virginia Clan, and the David Toler Line Does connect to ours, albeit a little further back than we have paper documents for. We now have DNA documentation….just need to back it up. The David Toler line has a few pretty dedicated researchers, so maybe they will come up with some more proof.