I was recently writing a couple of Blogs about where my Hathaway ancestors lived. It turns out that there are a ton of Hathaway descendants. This is a good thing for DNA matching. Think about it. If I was the only descendant of my Hathaway ancestors, I wouldn’t have any DNA matches on that line. As it is, I should have a lot. This made me want to look into my Hathaway DNA and see if I could do anything with it.
Hathaway Genealogy
The most recent Hathaway in my genealogy is Wealthy Hathaway born 1809. She married Harvey Bradford and is my 3rd great-grandmother:
Anyone with whom I share Wealthy Hathaway and Harvey Bradford would be a 4th cousin. At ancestry I have a DNA match with a J.H:
JH and I show as th cousins through Harvey Bradford. However, we are equally or more related on the Hathaway side:
This is JH’s tree and Olive descends from two different Hathaway Lines. As I said, prolific.
My JH match also appears on Ancestry’s Thrulines:
JH and Philip have modest DNA matches with me. I have a huge match with Patricia, but we are also 2nd cousins through a closer pair of common ancestors.
More Searching for Hathaway DNA Matches at Ancestry
I can do a seach like this:
This narrows down ancestral Hathaway’s from Wareham, MA. However, some of my Hathaway ancestors were actually from Rochester, MA. When I run this Search with Rochester, I get Louisa. She responded to to a message I sent her, but was somewhat private. Her tree is locked:
She thinks we connect on the Simon Hathaway Line. However, that would make us 7th cousins if she is in the same generation as me from Simon Hathaway. That is pretty far out there for a DNA match of 34 cM. Ancestry expects us to be on the order of 4th cousins based on the amount of DNA that Louisa and I share.
Shared Matches that Louisa and I Share
Assuming that Louisa and I share DNA all the way back from Simon Hathaway and Hannah Clifton, our shared matches could be along that line also.
Gloria is the first shared match I have with Louisa with a useful tree:
Gloria’s second great grandmother is Susan Hathaway born in 1849. As Susan seems stuck at that point, I hesitate to try to figure out who she is. So I am stuck here. Susan had a son named Rufus and there was a Rufus Hathaway who lived not far from where I lived in Massachusetts, but I am stuck on Gloria right now.
Searching for Wareham Hathaway Ancestors with DNA Matches
Next, I’ll go back to my Wareham search that I mentioned above. The first person I find who I don’t already know about is Carol. Carol has a Rebecca Hathaway in her tree:
I found her death record at Ancestry:
Her married name was transcribed as Leaver and I can see why. Here are her parents:
I just have to make the connection to a common ancestor. This will also force me to build out my Ancestry Tree. Based on 139 Ancestry Trees, David’s parents were Salathiel and Lovey:
Here is how Carol and I match as 7th cousins:
It’s a double Hathaway match as Lovey in Carol’s line married Salathiel Hathaway. Salathiel was son of Thomas, so of Arthur. Our common ancestor Simon was also a son of Arthur but from a different wife. I won’t chart that out for the sake of simplicity. I think that means that Salathiel and Lovey were half first cousins once removed! If I add Rebecca Hathaway to my tree, Ancestry will probably see the connection.
Actually, I left out David on Carol’s side:
Back to Wealthy Hathaway
I can add a Wealthy Branch to the tree:
I could also call this the Bradford Branch. On the right side where I am, Annie Snell and James Hartley had 13 children. So I won’t add all those. Patricia also descends from that couple on her mother’s side.
Skot
I wrote a Blog about Skot here. In that Blog I gave more in-depth analysis of Hathaway DNA.
Nadine
I also have a small DNA match with Nadine at Ancestry. Her tree appears to be on the same Lovey/Salathiel Branch. Nadine’s tree stops at Jonathan Hathaway:
Jonathan was one of 11, so there was a good chance that I would be matching some of those descendants.
Looking at My Brother Jon’s Matches
I have four other siblings tested at Ancestry. My brother Jon matches WW by DNA. WW’s tree stops at Simon Hathaway, but Ancestry shows that WW’s Simon is the son of my ancestors Simon Hathaway and Hannah Clifton:
WW is interesting as she has Pitts descendants:
WW’s Ancestry Solves Gloria’s Ancestry with DNA Matches as Supporting Evidence
Remember, I got stuck about on Gloria’s genealogy. Here is how Gloria most likely fits in:
Simon above who was son and grandson of Simon’s Hathaway was born in Rochester, MA and died in Florida. Susan Hathaway must be the sister of Mary Hathaway. Mary marries William Pitts and Susan marries John Pitts. That means that Gloria and WW are my 6th cousins once removed. It’s cool that DNA picked up Simon Hathaway who moved from Rochester to Alabama and Florida around 175 years ago.
Jon and Tami
When I look for Jon’s DNA with a search for Hathaway ancestors from Rochester, MA, I get Tami. Tami is from the Holmes, Florida Branch of Hathaway’s:
Based on WW’s Ancestry Tree, Simon W Hathaway bought 199 acres of land in the Tallahassee area of Florida:
Tami helps build out the Florida Branch nicely:
My Sister Lori and Alyssa
Ancestry doesn’t pick up a common ancestor here, but I think I see one:
I descend from David Hathaway and Priscilla Hiller. Here is that Line:
Alyssa also added her DNA to Gedmatch which is important for analysis. Here is where she matches my sister Lori on Chromosome 2:
The match is fairly low, so it is difficult to tell how significant this DNA match is. However, the genealogical connection is probably quite good, so the DNA match is not as important as, say, with Gloria, where some of the genealogical records appear to be missing.
Lori and Thomas
Here I have added Thomas and Lori:
Joyce, My Father’s Cousin’s Hathaway DNA Matches
Joyce is a generation away from me, so should have more Hathaway DNA. Joyce matches AH:
AH’s tree ends at Salathiel and Lovey Hathaway. I’ll add AH and Joyce to my tree. Actually it is not that easy as it shows Salathiel born in 1836 being the father of Thomas Hathaway born in 1789. That’s not good. I better make my own tree:
My tree goes out to an Isaac Hathaway Jr. That would give a hint as to the father. AH’s tree has Thomas Hathaway as the father of Isaac Hathaway. On Edward’s marriage record, it shows that his father was a Junior:
This record of Intentions is for Isaac Hathaway Jr.:
Short story is that it seems like AH should be in the David Hathaway Line:
That would make Joyce and AH 5th cousins if I have it right.
Joyce’s ThruLines with David Hathaway
ThruLines are a sort of short cut. Ancestry tries to make the connections that I am trying to make by computer matching and DNA matching:
Ancestry wants me to evaluate these, but they look alright to me. The only problem is that Ancestry shows Charlotte as a half 5th cousin and she should be a full 5th cousin to Joyce. Here they are on my Chart:
If all these people had uploaded their DNA results to Gedmatch, I would be able to tell how they match each other and it would give more evidence for this tree.
More Rochester Hathaway DNA Matches for Joyce
When I look for common DNA matches and common Rochester Hathaway ancestors for Joyce, I find Katherine:
Edwin looks familiar from AH’s tree, so I’ll add Katherine to my tree:
Katherine brings the David Hathaway/Priscilla Hiller tree down an additional generation. So the skinny little tree I had at the top of the Blog has filled out quite a bit. This is a composite tree with DNA matches from myself my siblings and Joyce so far.
Joyce and Joyce
Joyce’s match Joyce is from the Salathiel/Lovey Hathaway Line. When I add Joyce, I can take out Thomas. AH had him as an ancestor, but I didn’t think that was correct:
This will fix the Savery Branch. Savery was the brother of my ancestor David Hathaway:
This shows that Joyce is a 4th cousin to my high school friend, Skot.
Joyce and Cynthia
Cynthia is on the Hathaway/Bradford LIne:
Joyce and AF
AF goes back to Simon Hathaway and Hannah Clifton through their daughter, Rebecca:
So far I have only descendants of Simon’s three sons, so this is a new line.
Joyce with Bradford and Catherine
Bradford and Catherine add to the Salathiel/Lovey Line.
Joyce has a DNA Match with MD on the David Hathaway Line
Here is an update of the progress so far:
This shows Simon Hathaway at the top with three sons and a daughter. The David Hathaway line has the most descendants as that is the line that I come from and am comparing. All of these people have a DNA match to me, one of my siblings or to my father’s first cousin Joyce.
Joyce Matches Melanie on the Simon LIne
Melanie is the last DNA match for Joyce with an easily identifiable common Hathaway ancestor.
My Dad’s First Cousin Maury
My cousin tested her dad at AncestryDNA and gave me access to the results. He should match many of the same Hathaway descendants plus a few new ones. When I do the find DNA matches of Hathaway ancestors from Wareham, I get DM. I don’t recognize DM from previous searches. DM has ancestors on the Simon side:
I’ll have to add Maury to my Chart also. Here is how the DNA match works:
Both Maury and DM both likely got the same slice of DNA from Simon Hathaway or his wife Hannah Clifton. DM is on the Simon Hathaway Line that ended up in Florida in the 1800’s.
Maury and HI
HI goes back to my David Hiller ancestor:
Maury’s ThruLines
These are some of the DNA matches and genealogical matches that Ancestry came up with:
I just added HI and already have JH, but I can add in Eli and Janet.
Maury’s Match to Carolyn on the Lovey Branch
My DNA Hathaway Chart
This is what I came up with as a result of this Blog:
These are some of the descendants of Simon Hathaway and Hannah Clifton that have DNA matches with me, my siblings and my father’s two cousins