This site was created and launched by Dr. R. Alan "CHIP" Satterly on January 20th, 2009.

1/24/09 A DIRECT descendant of Nicholas Satterlee, one of the very EARLIEST immigrants to colonial America, has agreed to join our project.
Nicholas, whose descendants have usually kept the spelling SATTERLEE, came to Westerly, R.I. about 1670. Goldie Satterlee

Fowler's research indicated that he was the son of the Rev.William Satterlee, Rector of the Parish of St. Ide in Exeter, Devon, England.
Over the years, questions have arisen as to whether Nicholas was really directly related to Benedict Satterlee of Connecticut or William SatterLY of Long Island, who Goldie thought were his brothers or half-brothers.
Having the exact DNA profile on the Nicholas line will shed much light on the history and genealogy of the Satterlee-ly-ley family.

2/2/2009

We need more volunteers. If you are a KNOWN male descendant of Benedict Satterlee of Connecticut or William Satterly of Long Island, please contact me. Also, if you are a member of a "disconnected" Satterlee-ly-ley line, we may be able to help more clearly define your family line.

5/19/2009

A known direct descendant of Nicholas Satterlee of Rhode Island has completed his 67 loci DNA analysis.
Another descendant of Nicholas has joined today and we await his results.
IF both these men are truly descendants of Nicholas Satterlee, their DNA profiles will be VERY similar.
If their DNA tests are NOT similar, we will have to find ANOTHER "known" descendant of Nicholas to settle the issue.

In the same way, we will find "known" descendants of Benedict Satterlee of Connecticut and William Satterly of Long Island, to determine a DNA profile COMMON to each line.

Taken together, we will then be able to construct an accurate y-DNA profile for each Satterlee-ly line and see if, in fact, the three main lines were truly descended from Willaim Satterly of Exeter/Devon/England dating back to about 1650.

6/5/2009

Lockwood Satterly came to Oneida County in Upstate N.Y. in the 1830's. He became the scion of a large number of descendants but his parentage is unknown. Family tradition has it that Lockwood came from the William Satterly of Long Island branch of the family.

For now, we have put Lockwood and any of his descendants into the group classified as "Disconnected."

Two Satterly men descended from Lockwood, but by different sons of Lockwood, have joined the project and their DNA profiles will be recorded. Our goal will be to see which branch of the Satterly line best suits Lockwood's Satterly heritage.

6/8/2009

Currently, we have two men who are thought to be direct descendants of Nicholas Satterly of R.I. undergoing Y-DNA testing.

Also we have two "Disconnected" lines that are being evaluated.
The Ephraim Satterly line has one member.
The Lockwood Satterly line has two participnats.

Preliminary DNA testing and evaluation shows DNA similarities between the two disconnected groups.

Surprisingly, the DNA probe from the one Nicholas Satterly participant is NOT similar to either one of the two "disconnected"
lines. This suggests that Nicholas was NOT closely related to the other two Satterly lines.

More news is expected before long.

10/10/2012

Status of the Satterly-lee-ley Surname DNA project at Family Tree DNA

DNA probes are the hottest thing in genealogy and family research right now. That's because the male Y-chromosme is passed virtually UNchanged, except for relatively rare mutational alterations, from father to son over hundreds of generations. My DNA probe would be a near perfect match to my most distant common ancestor Willam The Immigrant Satterly b 1632 d 1677. So, all Satterly-lee-ley men directly descended from that William would have similar looking DNA patterns and could be identified as being a very likely member of his tree.

There were three main Satterly-lee-ley men who came to America in the mid to late 1600's who form the basis of most of our Satterly-lee-ley ancestry.

William Satterly of Setauket, Brookhaven, LI, NY.
Nicholas Satterlee of Westerly Rhode Island.
Benedict Satterlee of Westport, Connecticut.

Goldie Satterlee in her published works always surmised that these men were somehow closely related, perhaps brothers, or half-brothers or perhaps a father and two sons combination.

If they WERE closely related, their DNA probes would all be similar even in descendants 10 generations away in 2012.

Also, some folks, notably family researcher Katie Jacques, thought that the Nicholas Satterlee of R.I. line might NOT be a clsoe match, primarily because of religious differences between the two other families.

The Satterly-lee-ley Surname DNA Project was set up to look into these issues.

We also felt that by establishing a DNA pattern for each distinct Satterly-lee-ley line, we might be able to assist many of the current "dis-connected" Satterley-lee-ley family researchers. These being folks who have not yet been able to find a direct "paper" link to one of the three earliest ancestors.

To date we have obtained DNA probes from several Satterlee members descended directly from Nicholas Satterlee of Westerly, R.I. and one direct descendant of William satterly of LI. We also have obtrained DNA probes from several "dis-connected" Satterly-lee-ley men.

And the results are interesting. The DNA probes from the Nicholas Satterlee of RI line do not closely match that of a direct descendant of the William Satterly of LI line.
So, it appears at this time that they are distinct genealogical lines.

Also, several "dis-connected" Satterly-lee-ley men who had paper trails favoring a William Satterly of LI connection DID match fairly closely with that DNA line.

And several living Satterly-lee-ley men who had paper trails pointing to Nicholas Satterlee of R.I. had probes that matched that line. They can now focus THEIR research much more closely.

The most UNusual aspect of the testing to date has been the fact that several Lewis men, with ties back to Westerly, RI also had close matches to that Satterlee line.

I hired a professional genealogist to delve into this issue more deeply and nothing could be resolved.

Finally, we have yet to find a Satterly-lee-ley person from the BENEDICT Satterlee of Connecticut line to participate.

This is CRUCIAL, since the Benedict Satterlee DNA probe could perhaps point more towards the William SatterLY line or perhaps the Nicholas Satterlee of RI line.

Or perhaps even be completely separate from the other two.

If you are a known and true descendant of either the benedict satterlee of Conn. line OR a descendant of the William satterly of LI, please contact me and join the DNA project.

It's fun, private and relatively inexpensive.

I also have a standing offer to pay for anyone's testing if they are willing to participate but are of limited financial means.

We NEED your help!!

Thanks and Best Regards!!

Dr. Chip Satterly

William the Immigrant Satterly b 1632 d 1677
William II
Nathaniel
Selah
Ephraim
Robert C.
George E.
Robert O.
Robert Alan
Robert Alan II aka Chip

June 12, 2013

According to many records, Samuel Satterly of Yarcombe, Devon, England b abt 1745 came to America and fought for OUR side during the Revolutionary War.  He joined a NJ regiment and served about 9 months. After the war he moved west, perhaps with Daniel Boone from Virginia into Kentucky and later settled in Kentucky. He lived until 1833 and died in Greenville, Darke County, KY. he is thought to have had at least one son, Jacob satterly, who had a large family and produced many sons, who themselves produced a line of Satterly men.

One of the male Satterly descendants of this Sam Satterly b 1745 recently joined the Satterly-lee-ley DNA project and his results have returned.

There was previous speculation that Sam Satterly b 1745  might have been descended from the same English  Satterlee-ly-ley line that our current project has focused on, but it appears that the current living male descendant of Sam satterly b 1745 in England has a completely different DNA probe than previous contributors of DNA to our project.

There are many potential reasons for this, but at this point we can say that the current Satterly descendant of Sam satterly b 1745 is not a close macth to other members of the surname project.

I am trying to recruit other Satterly members from this line and the additional information should prove both interesting and helpful!

Dr. Chip Satterly