Thirty participants in the Acree Surname DNA Project, identified alphanumerically, have been tested. Their genetic profiles may be viewed by participants at the DNA Ancestry website. Their paternal lines, excluding persons born after 1900, are shown below.
Twenty-three of our participants, who descend from John Acree, Sr. of North Carolina, Abraham Acree of Virginia, or William Acree of Georgia, all have matching Y-DNA test results - exhibiting exact matches or genetic distances of 1-3 (no more than three differences) within 46 markers.
Two of our participants, who descend from William Acree of Wayne Co., Kentucky, have matching Y-DNA results.
The remaining five participants have different test results.
LINEAGES FROM JOHN ACREE, SR. OF BERTIE CO., NORTH CAROLINA
Acree016
PATERNAL LINE
Frank M. Acree, Jr.
Frank M. Acree, Sr.
Nathan C. Acree, Sr.
Edward C. Acree
John R. Acree
Edward Acree
John Acree, Sr.
BORN
1897 in TN
1857 in TN
1831 in TN
1808 in TN
1780 in NC
c1760 in NC
c1735 in VA
BIRTH MOTHERS
Edna R. McDonald
Louise J. Byrd
Sarah Jane Marberry
Mary Lydia Ross
Mary S. Brown
Sarah
Patience
Acree004
PATERNAL LINE
Frederick F. Acree
Nathan C. Acree, Jr.
Nathan C. Acree, Sr.
Edward C. Acree
John R. Acree
Edward Acree
John Acree, Sr.
BORN
1892 in AR
1864 in TN
1831 in TN
1808 in TN
1780 in NC
c1760 in NC
c1735 in VA
BIRTH MOTHERS
Della M. Hefner
Martha Willis
Sarah Jane Marberry
Mary Lydia Ross
Mary S. Brown
Sarah
Patience
Acree009
PATERNAL LINE
Lytton Glynn Acree
Nathan C. Acree, Sr.
Edward C. Acree
John R. Acree
Edward Acree
John Acree, Sr.
BORN
1866 in TN
1831 in TN
1808 in TN
1780 in NC
c1760 in NC
c1735 in VA
BIRTH MOTHERS
Katie Mae Ford
Sarah Jane Marberry
Mary Lydia Ross
Mary S. Brown
Sarah
Patience
Acree030
PATERNAL LINE
Cecil W. Acree
Amos A. Acree
Nathan C. Acree, Sr.
Edward C. Acree
John R. Acree
Edward Acree
John Acree, Sr.
BORN
1895 in TN
1869 in TN
1831 in TN
1808 in TN
1780 in NC
c1760 in NC
c1735 in VA
BIRTH MOTHERS
Irlene Fentress
Eugenia Byrd
Sarah Jane Marberry
Mary Lydia Ross
Mary S. Brown
Sarah
Patience
Akrie017
PATERNAL LINE
Harvey Akrie
William W. Acree
William B. Acree
Joel Brown Acree (probably) *
John R. Acree
Edward Acree
John Acree, Sr.
BORN
1888 in GA
1866 in GA
1827 in KY
1810 in TN
1780 in NC
c1760 in NC
c1735 in VA
BIRTH MOTHERS
Adella Holloway
? Holloway/Goolsby
Mary S. Plummer
?
Mary S. Brown
Sarah
Patience
* Note: The lineage of Akrie017 is indefinite, lacking documentation beyond William B. Acree. Based on comparative Y-DNA profiles ("haplotypes") within the project, which exhibit slight but distinctive mutational differences, it is evident that William B. descended from John Acree, Sr. through Edward. Geographical circumstances indicate that he descended from Edward through John R. and Joel Brown Acree.
Acree001 & Acree025
PATERNAL LINE
James Walter Acree
James Hardy Acree
Joab Cotton Acree
John Acree, Jr.
John Acree, Sr.
BORN
1874 in TN
1832 in TN
1799 in NC
c1762 in NC
c1735 in VA
BIRTH MOTHERS
Wilhelmina Caroline Sachse
Nancy Peyton Waugh
Sophia Campbell Marshall
Penelope Hayes
Patience
Acree002
PATERNAL LINE
William John Acree
William A. Acree
John Harrell Acree
John Skinner Acree
William Acree
John Acree, Sr.
BORN
1870 in NC
1839 in NC
c1817 in NC
c1795 in NC
c1765 in NC
c1735 in VA
BIRTH MOTHERS
Mary Agnes Vaughn
Mary Lewis Cox
Emily Harrell
Charlotte Harrell
Phereby Skinner
Patience
Acree023
PATERNAL LINE
George McDonald Acree
Nathaniel Benjamin Acree
Nathaniel Burgess Acree
Henly Acree
John Acree, Sr.
BORN
1894 in MO
1853 in TN
1811 in NC
1768 in NC
c1735 in VA
BIRTH MOTHERS
Annie Lee Hawkins
Mary Susan Cathaline Stone
Mary Matilda Rowlett
Mary Ives
Patience
LINEAGES FROM ABRAHAM ACREE OF CAROLINE CO., VIRGINIA
Acree014
PATERNAL LINE
George Washington Acree
John Acree
Uriah Acree
John Acree
Abraham Acree
BORN
1892 in TN
1841 in TN
1800 in VA
1760 in VA
c1735 in VA
BIRTH MOTHERS
Arling Ross Monroe
Mary ("Lockey") A. Shumaker
Catherine
Lucy Schools
Ann
Acree018
PATERNAL LINE
Ambrose Buford Acree
Ambrose Acree
Ambrose Acree (probably) *
Abraham Acree
BORN
1856 in VA
1788 in VA
c1755 in VA
c1735 in VA
BIRTH MOTHERS
Carrie Elizabeth Samuel
Hannah Buford Clarke
?
Ann
* Note: The lineage of Acree018 lacks confirmation beyond the Ambrose who was born in 1788.
Acree026
PATERNAL LINE
Edward Fitzhugh Acree
George Washington Acree
Matthew Yarrow Acree
John Acree
Abraham Acree
BORN
1877 in IA
1843 in TN
1796 in VA
1760 in VA
c1735 in VA
BIRTH MOTHERS
Anna E. Simmons
Frances Louisa Rowley
Charlotte George
Lucy Schools
Ann
Williamson019 & Williamson024
PATERNAL LINE
Hubert Murry Williamson
John William Williamson
Elbert K. Williamson *
John W. Acree (probably)
James Acree
Abraham Acree
BORN
1881 in MO
1855 in MO
1828 in TN
c1800 in SC
c1755 in VA
c1735 in VA
BIRTH MOTHERS
Mary Louella Mae Morgan
Susan Marie McClanahan
Chana Campbell
Polly Kinnon
Catherine
Ann
* Note: Elbert was adopted in eastern Tennessee by John Williamson, who also brought a Cherokee Indian girl into his family. In their DNA tests, two of Elbert's descendants (Williamson019 and Williamson024) matched the ancestral haplotype of Abraham and his brothers. Based upon geographical circumstances and census records, it has been determined that Elbert was most likely fathered by Abraham's grandson John.
LINEAGES FROM WILLIAM ACREE OF WILKES CO., GEORGIA
Acree010
PATERNAL LINE
Robert Franklin Acree
Albin Abner Acree
Starling Acree
John Acree
William Acree
BORN
1873 in GA
1826 in GA
c1784 in NC
c1760 in NC
c1735 in VA
BIRTH MOTHERS
Luther Cordelia Strain
Martha Ann Lacey
Mary Elizabeth Wilson
Elizabeth Acree
Agnes Shearin
Acree028
PATERNAL LINE
Marvin Albin Acree, Sr.
Pleasant Albin Acree
Albin Abner Acree
Starling Acree
John Acree
William Acree
BORN
1885 in GA
1858 in GA
1826 in GA
c1784 in NC
c1760 in NC
c1735 in VA
BIRTH MOTHERS
Webbie Penelope Hudgins
Celesta Octavia Shown
Martha Ann Lacey
Mary Elizabeth Wilson
Elizabeth Acree
Agnes Shearin
Acree008
PATERNAL LINE
John Wesley Acree
William Acree
Allen Acree
Wylie Acree
John Acree
William Acree
BORN
1875 in GA
1826 in GA
c1800 in GA
1781 in NC
c1760 in NC
c1735 in VA
BIRTH MOTHERS
Katie Ann Sewell
Mary C. Martin
Drucia Whitfield
Anna Morris
Elizabeth Acree
Agnes Shearin
Acree003
PATERNAL LINE
Robert Walter Acree
James Clayton Acree
James L. Acree
Allen Acree
Wylie Acree
John Acree
William Acree
BORN
1894 in GA
1862 in GA
1830 in GA
c1800 in GA
1781 in NC
c1760 in NC
c1735 in VA
BIRTH MOTHERS
Mary Sadie Isbell
Frances Kesler
Martha Martin
Drucia Whitfield
Anna Morris
Elizabeth Acree
Agnes Shearin
Acrey006
PATERNAL LINE
Robert Frederick Acrey
William Floyd Acrey
Wylie Allen Acree
Allen Acree
Wylie Acree
John Acree
William Acree
BORN
1897 in TX
1862 in GA
1834 in GA
c1800 in GA
1781 in NC
c1760 in NC
c1735 in VA
BIRTH MOTHERS
Pearl Ricks
Basha Fortner
Sarah Jane Brown
Drucia Whitfield
Anna Morris
Elizabeth Acree
Agnes Shearin
Acree012
PATERNAL LINE
James Wiley Acree
Wiley Wood Acree
Wylie Acree
John Acree
William Acree
BORN
1861 in GA
1827 in GA
1781 in NC
c1760 in NC
c1735 in VA
BIRTH MOTHERS
Margaret Virginia Barnett
Mary Elizabeth Blanchard
Anna Morris
Elizabeth Acree
Agnes Shearin
Acree015
PATERNAL LINE
James Blanchard Acree
Wiley Wood Acree
Wylie Acree
John Acree
William Acree
BORN
1873 in GA
1827 in GA
1781 in NC
c1760 in NC
c1735 in VA
BIRTH MOTHERS
Sarah Belle Guthrie
Mary Elizabeth Blanchard
Anna Morris
Elizabeth Acree
Agnes Shearin
Acree027
PATERNAL LINE
Herbert Eli Acree
Robert E. Lee Acree *
John E. Acree
Nathaniel Acree
John Acree
William Acree
BORN
1895 in TX
c1865 in AL
c1824 in GA
1786 in GA
c1760 in NC
c1735 in VA
BIRTH MOTHERS
Lillian J. Binyon
Louella Turman
Mary E. Polk
Elizabeth Ann O'Neal
Elizabeth Acree
Agnes Shearin
* Note: Robert's parents are indefinite. He was orphaned as a young boy in the aftermath of the Civil War and appears to have been raised within his sister's family, who moved from Alabama to Texas in the 1870s. Their father was almost certainly John E. Acree, of established lineage, who died in the late 1860s.
Acree021
PATERNAL LINE
Henry Acree *
BORN
1867 in AL
BIRTH MOTHERS
Susan E. Pate
* Note: Henry ran away from home as a teenager. His lineage is undetermined, but he probably descends from William.
LINEAGES FROM WILLIAM ACREE OF WAYNE CO., KENTUCKY
Acree011
PATERNAL LINE
Tyler Alexander Acree
William T. Acree
Green B. Acree
William Acree, Jr.
William Acree
BORN
1884 in KY
1841 in KY
c1816 in KY
1780 in NC
1752 in MD
BIRTH MOTHERS
Ina Bledsoe
Catherine J. Barger
Nancy Carter
Candis
Phoebe
Acree022
PATERNAL LINE
Thomas Luther Acrea
Ephrene Greenbury Acrea
Denton L. Acree
William Acree, Jr.
William Acree
BORN
1879 in TX
1854 in KY
1815 n KY
1780 in NC
1752 in MD
BIRTH MOTHERS
Ida Ann Haynes
Ruth Jane Moyer
Permelia A.
Candis
Phoebe
LINEAGE FROM ALLEN WASHINGTON ACREE OF YORK CO., VIRGINIA
Acree029
PATERNAL LINE
Vernon Darrell Acree, Sr.
Leroy Beauregard Acree
Allen Washington Acree
BORN
1894 in VA
1861 in VA
c1821 in VA
BIRTH MOTHERS
Marguerite Elizabeth Penny
Vernella Breeden
Lucy Rebecca Davis
LINEAGE FROM PETER ACREE OF KANAWHA CO., WEST VIRGINIA
Acree020
PATERNAL LINE
Everette Ervin Acree
Peter Acree
BORN
1876 in WV
1849 in WV
BIRTH MOTHERS
Lydia Leah Canterbury
Margaret J. Reynolds
LINEAGE FROM JASPER NEWTON ACREE OF METCALFE CO., KENTUCKY
Acree013
PATERNAL LINE
Sherman Acree
James Elliot Acree
Jasper Newton Acree*
BORN
1895 in KY
1865 in KY
1839 in TN
BIRTH MOTHERS
Flora Romines
Nancy Mariah Coomer
Mary Haley Cravens
* Note: Jasper Newton Acree (1839-1911), of Metcalfe Co., Kentucky, an ancestor of many Acrees in the U.S., was an orphan whose father is unknown. Circumstantial evidence indicates that his mother was Rhoda Wigginton, who married Lewis Acree in Rhea Co., Tennessee, in 1825 and had children with him. Lewis was probably a descendent of Abraham Acree of Caroline Co., Virginia, (above) through Abraham's son James, who migrated to that area of Tennessee. Lewis died before the 1840 census and Rhoda died afterward, leaving her young children to be raised by foster families. In his Civil War pension application and a published newspaper article describing wartime recollections, Jasper related that his father died before he was born, that his mother died when he was four years old, and that his half-brother was killed during the war. The Y-DNA profile of the above Jasper descendent matches a haplotype shared by men having Lawson and Jenkins surnames, with ancestors in southeastern Tennessee. According to the census, there were several men with those surnames living in the Rhea/Meigs/Bledsoe/Hamilton/Bradley Co. area, where Jasper spent his youth in the 1840s. It's likely that his father was one of them.
OTHER LINEAGES
Acree005
PATERNAL LINE
Charles Ewen Acree
One of his two mature sons
William Reader (probably) *
BORN
1869 in AL
1842-45 in AL
c1819 in NC
BIRTH MOTHERS
Martha A. Beasley
Rebecca P. Wheeler
Elizabeth Helms
* Note: Rebecca's husband, Wooten O'Neal Acree, died in 1864 of illness while serving in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. (He descended from William Acree of Wilkes Co., Georgia.) Widowed Rebecca is not known to have remarried, but she gave birth to two additional children in the late 1860s, including Charles. An additional Y-DNA test of Acree005 (raising tested markers to 46) revealed a close match with a man whose patrilineal ancestor was William Reader, Rebecca's married neighbor in 1866, who died later that year. It is a reasonable deduction that one of his two mature sons - Nathan or Allen, who were living nearby, fathered Charles and his sister.
Acres007
PATERNAL LINE
Charles Henry Acres
Henry Acres
BORN
1891 in London, England
1854 in London, England
BIRTH MOTHERS
Doris Hall
Helena Bartlett
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