{"id":30238,"date":"2026-11-04T20:51:13","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T20:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/?p=30238"},"modified":"2026-11-04T20:51:13","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T20:51:13","slug":"my-regular-thrulines-review-at-ancestry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/2026\/11\/04\/my-regular-thrulines-review-at-ancestry\/","title":{"rendered":"My Regular ThruLines Review at Ancestry"},"content":{"rendered":"

I don’t see any new ThruLines under my name, so I will see if I am behind on my brother’s ThruLines<\/p>\n

Brother Jon and Morgan<\/h2>\n

This one looks interesting:<\/p>\n

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However, when I check my McMaster DNA Tree, Morgan is already there:<\/p>\n

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Morgan looks like one I would not have missed.<\/p>\n

Jon and Catherine<\/h2>\n

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Maybe this one is difficult to evaluate. I think I will skip this for now. I get a lot of Howorth ThruLines, but this one with Heyworth could be tricky. Jon has 7 Howorth matches all potentially descending from James Howorth:<\/p>\n

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More on the Howorth Line<\/h2>\n

I can go back a generation with a person whose DNA I administer. Her name is Joyce. Here is what I have for a Howorth DNA Tree:<\/p>\n

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However, this has not been updated for some time. Apparently, I had some faith that the Abraham branch was correct. Here is what I have for an Ancestry Tree:<\/p>\n

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The fact that there are two Abrams in the tree is confusing.<\/p>\n

Joyce’s New Matches<\/h2>\n

Here is one Joyce has with Linda:<\/p>\n

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I have a huge Hathaway DNA tree already, but there is room for more. I have so many Simon Hathaway matches that I have a tree just for Simon Hathaway born 1852. I’ll put in Linda as a floating tree and then attach her to my Ancestry Tree if she matches up.<\/p>\n

Linda has a small tree:<\/p>\n

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Here is Coley in 1930:<\/p>\n

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Here is a lot of information in a family history book:<\/p>\n

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In 1900, James W was a farmer in Hathaways Mills, Florida:<\/p>\n

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Linda’s tree checks out:<\/p>\n

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Here is Simon Wing in 1850:<\/p>\n

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It looks like he was in North Carolina for a while. James is on the next page:<\/p>\n

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I just need to merge this Simon Wing Hathaway with the one in my tree.<\/p>\n

Then I can add him to my Hathaway DNA Tree. This is the Simon Line of that tree:<\/p>\n

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The problem is that I do not see a Susan in the 1850 Census. So something may be wrong. Also the Simon W. Hathaway in the 1850 Census was 66, so he may have been born 1794.<\/p>\n

Joyce and Linda do have a shared match with FinnishPast.<\/p>\n

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This shows Finnish going back to Margaret who I show on the 1850 Census. So why do I have Finnish going back to Susan on my Hathaway DNA Tree?<\/p>\n

I’ll just create a floating tree for FInnish. This seems like a large brangch, so it would be worthwhile to check out.<\/p>\n

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His tree is private which makes it more difficult to check. Finnish has a half nephew at Ancestry who has this tree:<\/p>\n

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Compare that with this maternal side tree from Finnsh’s first cousin Frances:<\/p>\n

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This is a littile confusin as Mary Weeks is married to Jake Pitts in one tree and Charlie Pitts in another. However, they are both the child of Roxie Bailey.<\/p>\n

All this to say that I believe I am on the right track. I should really be tracking Frances. However, I have started with Finnish, so will continue on. I built the tree on what I know:<\/p>\n

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These two get married in Alabama:<\/p>\n

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But if Maryetta was born in 1912, she was 13 or less at marriage? I guess we will have to go with that.<\/p>\n

Here is something from the Geneva County Register:<\/p>\n

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Geneva County is not close to Majette, so something was going on.<\/p>\n

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5 Years later, Maryetta is 17, so that checks out from the 1930 Census. Charlie is a mail carrier.<\/p>\n

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From FindaGrave,\u00a0 Charlie’s dad was a Reverend.<\/p>\n

For some reason, the spouse is Mary Etta Rollins. Perhaps she remarried?<\/p>\n

Rufus Jefferson Pitts<\/h4>\n

In the 1900 Census, Rufus is a day laborer:<\/p>\n

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Rufus was living as a farmer’s son in 1880:<\/p>\n

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Rufus’ father John lived through the Civil War.<\/p>\n

According the ThruLines, Rufus’ mother was Margaret Ann Hathaway PItts. Here is some information from ThruLines:<\/p>\n

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If this is true, then Margaret died when Rufus was 1 month old and before the 1870 Census.<\/p>\n

Looking at Rufus from the Hathaway Side<\/h3>\n

There may be some published Hathaway genealogies that would cover Rufus or other information from the Hathaway side.<\/p>\n

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Simon Wing has a large family. Does this record imply that Margaret’s son’s name was Lafayette and not Rufus?<\/p>\n

I’m building this bridge from two difference directions but have not yet met in the middle. Margaret stays single for a while:<\/p>\n

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This that Margaret was born in South Carolina.<\/p>\n

Here is the record that connects the two ends of the family:<\/p>\n

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Fortunately, Rufus lived a long time up to the Social Security period. Here he is Rufus Hathaway Pitts instead of Rufus Jeffereson Pitts in honor of his mother.<\/p>\n

Correcting My Hathaway DNA Tree<\/h2>\n

It is time to get rid of Susan Hathaway.<\/p>\n

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I will replace her with Margaret Ann Hathaway born 1831? in South Carolina:<\/p>\n

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I added in the two siblings of Finnish who are Celesta and Daniel. So when Margaret’s famiy moved South I don’t know if they realized that they would get involved witht the losing side of the Civil War!<\/p>\n

Adding James Hathaway to My Hathaway DNA Tree<\/h3>\n

I see that the James Hathaway Line is already in my Ancestry Tree:<\/p>\n

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The Line is in white down to Linda which means they are all in my Ancestry Tree (because I added the line earlier in the Blog). It would be good to know if Linda matches descendants of the Margaret Ann Line by DNA.<\/p>\n

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Linda matches Finnish, Gary and Daniel on this screen and others further down.<\/p>\n

Here is the name of James’ wife:<\/p>\n

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The only problem now is that Margaret Ann is out of order chronologically. Here, I’ve moved Margaret Ann and descendants:<\/p>\n

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This is the Southern Branch of my Hathaway relatives.<\/p>\n

Summary and Conclusions<\/h2>\n