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Four separate, unrelated groups of Hazelwoods have been discovered through the Hazelwood FTDNA Project. There may be additional ones not yet discovered.
The first lineage is represented by a Hazelwood whose earliest known ancestor was from Suffolk, England, which according to the UK 1881 Census held the highest density of Hazelwoods.
• Thomas Hazelwood (died 1784) of Suffolk, England
The following six participants represent the second lineage.
• Joshua Morris Hazlewood (born 1824) of Tennessee • Little Berry Hazelwood (born 1795) of Campbell County, Virginia
• Edward Hazelwood (born 1799) of Patrick County, Virginia
• Daniel Haselwood (born 1737) of New Kent County, Virginia
• Asa Hazlewood (born 1800) of Halifax County, Virginia
• Randolph Hazlewood (born 1789) of Charlotte County, Virginia As of yet, a paper trail has not connected these six men's lines, but DNA results prove these six individuals are related. The top four Hazelwoods listed match on all 37 markers. The Randolph and Asa lineages are very close matches, 35/37 and 34/37 respectively. Interestingly, these six men share a mutation that causes a null value for marker 439. This mutation is the subject of study for the Null439 Project.
Robert Hazzlewood of Sheffield, England and John Hazlewood of Leinster, Ireland make up the third lineage.
• Robert Hazzlewood (died 1825) of Sheffield, England Robert's son Adam Hazelwood, Sr. emigrated to Flordia. His son Adam later moved to Wisconsin. • John Hazlewood (1795-1881) of Leinster, Ireland Though a paper trail has not yet connected the lines of Robert Hazzlewood and John Hazlewood, a comparsion of their DNA confirms they are related.
Like the second lineage, the fourth and last lineage has not been traced back to the "Old Country."
• Joseph G. Hazelwood was born in 1814, present day West Virginia. He died 1895 in Iowa.