Most of the work I have done personally so far is with Beezley's in the US. That record is becoming quite extensive. We have identified three major lines in the US that probably account for at least 90% of the living Beezley's in the US. These lines are well developed and proven distinct by DNA testing. Of those, one may be a result of a "non-paternal event" in the 18th century.

 

In expanding to all spellings, world-wide, we have been collecting clusters of data based on "Patriarch Trees", descendants of an earliest known Patriarch. In most cases, a Patriarch Tree is based on the pedigree of at least one living descendant. In the case where that descendant is a male Beasley who has participated in the YDNA study at FTDNA, that tree is typed, first by broad YDNA Haplogroup (specifically, R1b, R1a, E1b1 and I1), second, within that Haplogroup, into "CLANS". A CLAN would be defined by FTDNA participants whose genetic distance is near enough to "match" at least one other participant. For Y37 that would be a maximum of 4 mismatches or Y67 a maximum of 7 mismatches. We have very few Y111 tests. Y12 and Y25 are considered inconclusive in the absence of historical data. Other descendants of a given Patriarch Tree are considered of the same type lacking evidence to the contrary.

 

The CLANS are designated by color and the tree by the identity of the Patriarch: name, approximate date and place of birth. For example, mine is R-BLUE-WilliamBeesley1680MD. As earlier Patriarchs are identified, the Patriarch name would change, but the Haplogroup and CLAN remain the same. Those Patriarch Trees without YDNA confirmation are noted as Haplogroup X.  Those with a tested Haplogroup, but no genetic match are designated as "WHITE" clan. Those without YDNA testing or documented connection but with evidence suggesting a possible connection (e.g. atDNA) are designated, for example, X-YELLOW. Those with tests submitted but awaiting results are designated X-PENDING. Those with no testing and no provisional connection are designated X-UNTESTED. As of January 2016, we have nearly 50 Patriarch Trees:

 

E-OLIVE - 2 trees

I SILVER - 1 tree

I-WHITE - 1 tree

R-BLUE- 5 trees

R-GREEN - 1  tree

R-ORANGE - 1 tree

R-PURPLE - 1 tree

R-RED - 1 tree

R-TEAL - 2 trees

R-WHITE - 5 trees

R-YELLOW - 5 trees

X-PENDING - 2 trees

X-UNTESTED - 15 trees

X-YELLOW - 8 trees

 

Most of the Patriarchs were born in America (US/Colonies) except England - 5, Australia - 1, New Zealand - 1, Sweden? - 1