Jacob
Byerly
Born in Fort Bedford, Bedford County, Pennsylvania
Ancestors 
Brother of
Philip Michael Byerly [half], Catherine Elizabeth Byerly [half], Mary Elizabeth (Byerly) Fleeger [half], Johannes Francis Byerly [half], Andrew Byerly II and Joseph Byerly
Husband of
Anna Elizabeth (Harmon) Byerly
— married
1781 in Fort Waltour, Westmoreland Co., PA
Descendants 
Father of
Jacob Byerly, Andrew Byerly, Mary Elizabeth (Byerly) Skelly, Henry Byerly, Peter Byerly, Benjamin Byerly Esq., Joseph Byerly, Susannah Byerly, John Byerly, David Byerly and Lewis Byerly
Died
at age 98
in Sewartsville, North Huntington Township, Westmoreland County, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 1 Feb 2012
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Biography
From Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania:
William Skelly married Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Harmon) Byerly; he (Jacob) was a soldier at Fort Pitt during the Revolutionary War.
Jacob was born in 1760. He passed away in 1858.
Sources
- Jordan, John W. Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York, 1915, Vol 1, p. 179-182)
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31766126/jacob-byerly: accessed 14 November 2023), memorial page for Jacob Byerly (1759–7 Jul 1858), Find A Grave: Memorial #31766126, citing Brush Creek Cemetery, Irwin, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by KRL (contributor 47074363).
- https://web.archive.org/web/20211022184349/https://fillinginthefamilytree.com/2016/04/27/jacob-byerly-1759-1858-anna-elizabeth-harmon-1760-1826/
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jacob by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jacob:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jacob by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jacob:
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~1.56%
Don Scott
:
23andMe
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Deb (Gilbert) Plaag :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A032801 [compare], Ancestry member deborahgilbertplaag
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Carleton Tucker :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Marla (Fleeger) Barina :
23andMe
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