Given Names A thru E
Guthrie Genealogy · Ungrouped Family Directory
Guthrie Families · A–E
Explore the households. Check the evidence. Help find the missing connection.
27 family entries · Indexed by the ancestor’s given name
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These profiles bring together the project’s recorded households and participant pedigrees. Estimated dates and proposed relationships remain subject to source verification. A listed DNA kit does not prove every link in its submitted family tree.
Autosomal participants may descend through sons or daughters. To investigate a Guthrie paternal line with Y-DNA, the tester must descend through an uninterrupted biological father-to-son line. One participant may have more than one Guthrie ancestry.
In participant paths, GP means grandparents and GGP means great-grandparents. Original annotations, including additional-descent markers, are retained. MNU indicates an unknown maiden surname. A path may stop at an earlier generation for privacy.
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A · Families
Abner Guthrie
Carteret County, North Carolina
Born 1791–1800 · Died before 1840
Esther Royal · married 1818
Open Family, DNA & Research Details
Children recorded: John Wallace, William Henry, Joseph Royal, and Abner Parker.
Research Questions
A connection to Daniel Guthrie and Mary Little remains a hypothesis. Shared residence in Carteret County cannot supply the missing generations.
A useful record lead is the 1870 Carteret deed, Book DD, p. 605, indexed for Abner P., Joseph R., and William H. Guthrie and land inherited from their mother Esther. Examine the deed itself for the relationships and property history.
Reported Participant Lineages
Autosomal · Kit B77847
Abner Guthrie/Esther Royal → William Henry Guthrie/Elizabeth Willis → Bartlett Guthrie/Harriet Lane Willis → William T Guthrie/Annie Buck (GGP)
Additional descent for B77847:
Abner Guthrie/Esther Royal → Joseph Royal Guthrie/Parley Willis → James Royal Guthrie/Mary Caroline Lewis → Annie Grey Guthrie/Denard Stanley Willis (GGP)
Autosomal · Kit B1083583
Abner Guthrie & Esther Royal → William Henry Guthrie & Elizabeth Willis → Silas Blunt Guthrie & Mattie Linton Lewis (participant’s great-grandparents).
Next evidence to seek: Document Abner’s parents and recruit an eligible father-to-son descendant.
Alexander Guthrie
Balquhadie, Fern, Angus, Scotland
Born approximately 1725–1745 · Living in 1765
Spouse unidentified
Open Family, DNA & Research Details
Children recorded: Mary Guthrie, baptized 28 March 1765; married George Walker.
Research Questions
The baptism dated 28 March 1765 identifies Mary as a daughter of Alexander Guthrie, subtenant to John Watson in Balquhadie.
The entry does not name Mary’s mother or specify legitimacy. Alexander’s wife and earlier ancestry remain unresolved.
Reported Participant Lineages
Autosomal · Kit B250253
Alexander Guthrie/spouse unidentified → Mary Guthrie/George Walker → Alexander Walker/Mary Galloway Will (GGO)
Next evidence to seek: Identify Mary’s mother and establish Alexander’s household before 1765.
Alexander Guthrie
Berwickshire, Scotland · farm laborer
Born approximately 1730–1750 · Living after 1786
Janet Fairbairn · married 1778
Open Family, DNA & Research Details
Children recorded: William, Robert, and Alexander.
Research Questions
Kit B358968 is listed as an autosomal transfer from 23andMe, with a reported paternal haplogroup of R-M512.
The project notes associate R-M512 with GFG6 and GFG7. A Y-haplogroup reported through an autosomal testing service can provide a useful clue for comparison; this participant remains represented by an autosomal kit, without a dedicated Y-DNA test confirming a group connection.
Reported Participant Lineages
Autosomal · Kit B358968
Alexander Guthrie/Janet Fairbairn → Robert Guthrie/Helen Mercer → Alexander Guthrie/Catherine Hall → Andrew Guthrie/Elizabeth Fraser → William Alexander Guthrie/Helena Maude Ryan (GGP)
Reported 23andMe paternal haplogroup: R-M512. This is not a dedicated Y-DNA match to a Guthrie group.
Next evidence to seek: Use the reported haplogroup as a research clue and seek a dedicated paternal-line comparison.
Alexander Guthrie
Northumberland / Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Born about 1741 · Death date unresolved
Spouse unidentified
Open Family, DNA & Research Details
Children recorded: Alexander Guthrie (1781–1864), who married Margaret Bruce.
Research Questions
The central questions are the elder Alexander’s wife and the evidence connecting him to the younger Alexander. A Newcastle association alone cannot identify his parents or establish a Scottish birthplace.
Cast a wide net in local parish and nonconformist registers, wills, deeds, tax lists, and records of neighboring households. Broader record searches may reveal connections; a general regional history cannot establish this family’s ancestry.
Reported Participant Lineages
Autosomal · Kit B1053462
Alexander Guthrie Sr / Unidentified Spouse → Alexander Guthrie / Margaret Bruce → Robert Guthrie / Elizabeth Ann Watts → Edmond Guthrie / Maria Amanda Emilia Johansdotter or Stuhmer (GGP)
Next evidence to seek: Find the younger Alexander’s baptism and records identifying both parents.
Alexander Guthrie
Forres, Moray, Scotland → descendants in Australia
Birth broadly estimated in the 1820s–1840s · Death unknown
Helen Fraser, also listed in the pedigree as Helen Patricia Fraser
Open Family, DNA & Research Details
Children recorded: Adam Guthrie Fraser, born 25 November 1859 at Forres; later used Guthrie and married Mary Martina Kain.
Research Questions
The project notes identify Alexander and Helen as Adam’s unmarried parents. Helen is described as a housemaid.
The original 1859 statutory birth entry, any later correction, and records of Adam’s adult life are the next sources to compare. The family’s later Australian residence does not establish why they migrated.
Reported Participant Lineages
Autosomal · Kit 519699
Alexander Guthrie/Helen Patricia Fraser → Adam Fraser (Guthrie)/Mary Martina Kain (GP)
Next evidence to seek: Establish Alexander’s identity and the evidence naming him as Adam’s father.
Alexander Guthrie
Pennfield, Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada
Born about 1791 · Died 23 February 1852
Susannah Tatton · married 21 June 1819
Open Family, DNA & Research Details
Children recorded: Francis, Michael J., Robert, and George.
Research Questions
Alexander’s birthplace is unknown. Find a Grave lists New Brunswick, Canada, but that birthplace has not been established. He died on 23 February 1852, aged 61, indicating a birth about 1791.
The Family Focus article identifies an 1827 land petition in Charlotte County, with Samuel Bliss also named: Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, microfilm F4209. The petition may help clarify residence, service, or family circumstances.
The correct autosomal participant identifier is B193060.
Reported Participant Lineages
Autosomal · Kit B193060
Alexander Guthrie/Susannah Tatton → Robert Guthrie/Mary E Archibald → Effie Cornelia Guthrie/spouse unidentified → Wallace Edward Guthrie/Jennie Catherine Snow (GGP) +more
Next evidence to seek: Obtain the 1827 petition and identify a suitable paternal-line tester.
Alexander Porter Guthrie
Randolph County, Illinois → Humboldt County, California
Born 1826 · Died 1875
Caroline Conrad
Open Family, DNA & Research Details
Children recorded: Nine children are reported; the represented line passes through Alexander Harrison Guthrie.
Research Questions
The Illinois-to-California connection provides two places to investigate the same household. Compare censuses, marriage records, deeds, and probate before assigning parents or a reason for the move.
Reported Participant Lineages
Autosomal · Kit B216614
Alexander Porter Guthrie/Caroline Conrad → Alexander Harrison Guthrie/Sarah Florence Stone (GGP) +more
Next evidence to seek: Identify Alexander Porter’s parents and document the move west.
Andrew Guthrie
Largo, Fife, Scotland
Born approximately 1700–1720 · Living after 1754
Margaret Ferney · married 1740
Open Family, DNA & Research Details
Children recorded: Eight children are reported; the represented line passes through Elizabeth Guthrie, wife of John Beatson.
Research Questions
A candidate is Andrew Guthrie, recorded on 26 September 1703 as a son of James Guthrie of Nether Drummochie and Margaret Guthrie.
The shared name and compatible period make him worth investigating, but do not establish that he married Margaret Ferney. Keep this parentage provisional until records connect the two households.
Reported Participant Lineages
Autosomal · Kit 253733
Andrew Guthrie/Margaret Ferney → Elizabeth Guthrie/John Beatson → David Beatson/Harriett Davis → William Beatson/Maria Wallen → Catherine Alice Beatson/Samuel Henry Drew (GGP)
Autosomal · Kit 302548
Andrew Guthrie/Margaret Ferney → Elizabeth Guthrie/John Beatson → David Beatson/Harriett Davis → William Beatson/Maria Wallen → Catherine Alice Beatson/Samuel Henry Drew (GGP)
Autosomal · Kit N119086
Andrew Guthrie/Margaret Ferney → Elizabeth Guthrie/John Beatson → David Beatson/Harriett Davis → Harriet Beatson/William Murdock → Peter Murdock/Mary Ann Harriet Leftwich → Wallace Murdock/Mary Elizabeth Powell (GGP)
Next evidence to seek: Find evidence linking the Largo husband to the 1703 Andrew.
Andrew Guttery
Pennsylvania → Warren County, Ohio
Born approximately 1760–1780 · Died 1819
Sarah Milliken
Open Family, DNA & Research Details
Children recorded: Seven children are reported; the represented line passes through Cephas Guttery.
Research Questions
Retain the Guttery spelling while searching Guthrie and other variants. The 1819 Ohio estate, land records, and earlier Pennsylvania household are useful starting points for a documented connection.
Reported Participant Lineages
Autosomal · Kit 928071
Andrew Guttery/Sarah Milliken → Cephas Guttery/Rachel Hollingshead → Andrew Guttery/Sarah A Perrine → Demas Guttery/Martha Warwick (GGP)
Next evidence to seek: Identify Andrew’s parents and connect his Pennsylvania and Ohio records.
Ann Guthrie
Londonderry, Ireland → Walker’s Creek, Augusta County, Virginia
Born about 1690 · Died about 1767
Archibald Rhea
Open Family, DNA & Research Details
Children recorded: Margaret (1715), William (1716), Robert (1718), Archibald (1724), and Agnes (date unknown).
Research Questions
John S. Rhea married three times. Project members descend through Margaret Turk’s son Thomas Turk Rhea and daughter Elizabeth Rhea, and through Magdalene Dill’s daughter Nancy Rhea. These are separate descendant paths through different marriages.
The participant pedigrees use differing given names for William Rhea’s Clark spouse; that separate naming question remains open.
Kit N72751 has an explicitly unresolved connection above John Watson Rhea. It should not be treated as a verified descent from Ann.
Y-DNA from a Rhea male line would investigate that Rhea paternal line. Investigating Ann’s Guthrie paternal ancestry requires a suitable male-line descendant of her father or another established Guthrie paternal relative.
Reported Participant Lineages
Autosomal · Kit 51353
Ann Guthrie/Archibald Rhea → William Rhea/Catherine E Clark → James Rhea/Elizabeth Risk Meek → James Rhea/Rachel Jolliff → Nancy Rhea/ Hugh Foutch → Elizabeth Ann Foutch/Austin Farris (GGP)
Autosomal · Kit 70674
Ann Guthrie/Archibald Rhea → No Further Lineage Info Provided
Autosomal · Kit 179203
Ann Guthrie/Archibald Rhea → William Rhea/Elizabeth Clark → John S Rhea/Margaret Turk → Elizabeth Rhea/Tolliver Wright → Margaret Wright/Martin Jones Sr → John Ray Jones/Sarah Catherine Lawrence → Mary Ann Jones/Ezekiel Chance (GGP)
Autosomal · Kit 261930
Ann Guthrie/Archibald Rhea → William Rhea/Catherine E Clark → John S Rhea/Magdalen Dill → Nancy Rhea/Phillip B Mason → Esther Mason/Thomas A Anthony → John Franklin Anthony/Mary Sue Deadman → Martha Anthony/Robert Lee Payne (GGP)
Autosomal · Kit 261932
Ann Guthrie/Archibald Rhea → William Rhea/Catherine E Clark → John S Rhea/Magdalen Dill → Nancy Rhea/Phillip B Mason → Esther Mason/Thomas A Anthony → John Franklin Anthony/Mary Sue Deadman → Martha Anthony/Robert Lee Payne (GGP)
Autosomal · Kit B30216
Ann Guthrie/Archibald Rhea → William Rhea/Catherine E Clark → John S Rhea/Margaret Turk → Thomas Turk Rhea/Sarah Lynch → John Shaw Rhea/Sarah Lyle → James Benjamin Rhea/Mary Ann O’Brien → Walter Lyle Rhea/Eula Grace Galford (GGP)
Autosomal · connection to Ann unverified · Kit N72751
Ann Guthrie/Archibald Rhea → Tree Errors 1-2 generations → John Watson Rhea/Rutha Robinson → Milla ‘Mollie’ Ray/Hugh McCown → William McCown/Jemima Osborne → Sarah Jane McCown/Orville Cure (GGP); Uncertain Guthrie Ancestry d/t Tree Errors
Autosomal · Kit N96075
Ann Guthrie/Archibald Rhea → Robert Rhea/Sarah Bingham → Isabella Rhea/James McCleskey → David Henderson McCleskey/ Martha Jane Jarret → David Milton McKleskey/ Mary Thirza Ulmer → William C McCleskey/Dorothy Jane Eleanor Dunlin → Mary Eldorado McCleskey/Benson Everenthus Robbins (GGP)
Next evidence to seek: Identify Ann’s parents and resolve the disputed Rhea pedigree links.
Ann Elizabeth Guthrie
Northern Ireland → Philadelphia → Clay County, Illinois
Born about 1810 · Died 8 September 1864 at Flora, Illinois
Robert Carrick (1815–1896) · married 30 November 1837 in Philadelphia
Open Family, DNA & Research Details
Children recorded: John Sylvester (1838), Robert G. (1841), James (1843), Margaret (1847), and Catherine Ann (1848).
Research Questions
The Philadelphia marriage is a useful starting point for identifying relatives, witnesses, or a congregation. An Irish county or parish is still needed before attaching Ann to a family overseas.
Reported Participant Lineages
Autosomal · Kit 265055
Ann Elizabeth Guthrie/Robert Carrick → James Carrick/Mary Jane Babcock (GGP)
Autosomal · Kit 265056
Ann Elizabeth Guthrie/Robert Carrick → James Carrick/Mary Jane Babcock (GGP)
Next evidence to seek: Locate the original marriage record and establish Ann’s Irish home.
Anna Maria Guthrie
Kiskiminetas, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania → Benton, Butler County, Kansas
Born about 1820 in Pennsylvania · Died 8 September 1897
George Dunmire (1808–1890) · married about 1843 in Pennsylvania
Open Family, DNA & Research Details
Children recorded: Henry Robert (1844), James Edward (1854), George Washington (1856), Sophronia (1861), Ambrose (1863), and William (1866).
Research Questions
James Guthrie and Margaret Dixon of GFG2A–Branch G are proposed parents. The 1840 Kiskiminetas search identifies Samuel Gutherey and two James Gutherey households. The second James household is the only one of those three with a female of approximately Anna Maria’s age. That James has been identified in the research as the husband of Margaret Dixon.
If this identification is correct, Anna would be their youngest daughter, born a year after their last known child. The participant has at least two reported matches to GFG2A descendants; most other Guthrie matches are to Ungrouped families.
An unnamed census age category cannot identify Anna Maria, and autosomal matches require a documented ancestral path. Her placement remains a theory, not an inferred group assignment based on a verified paper trail.
Reported Participant Lineages
Autosomal · Kit B18761
Anna Maria Guthrie/George Dunmire (GGP); Theory: GFG2A – Branch G
Next evidence to seek: Find a will, deed, marriage record, or other source naming Anna’s parents.
Annie Guthrie
Genesee County, New York
Born about 1780 · Birthplace and death date unknown
Meredith Smith, born 1778
Open Family, DNA & Research Details
Children recorded: Archibald Smith, born 1798.
Research Questions
Nathan Guthrie’s presence in Genesee County does not establish him as Annie’s father. The proposed chronology and the identities of nearby households need investigation. GFG3A families in the Pennsylvania–Maryland area provide an additional regional comparison, not an established identification of Annie’s parents.
New York has been presumed for Annie’s birthplace and place of death; neither location is established.
Start with records naming Annie as Meredith’s wife and Archibald’s mother, then trace the couple’s associates and earlier residences.
Reported Participant Lineages
Autosomal · Kit B105448
Annie Guthrie/Meredith Smith → Archibald Smith/Miranda Brown → Henry Warren Smith/Mary Jane Barnes → Wade Arthur Smith/Belle Eugenia Cleveland → Lois Emma Smith/Louis Joseph Gerard (GGP)
Next evidence to seek: Identify Annie’s parents without relying on a same-county surname match.
Anslem Guthrie
Virginia · Tennessee · Alabama · South Pass, Union County, Illinois
4 July 1796 – 13 January 1879
Matilda Brock (1806–1879) · married 14 June 1822 in Limestone County, Alabama
Open Family, DNA & Research Details
Children recorded: Elizabeth Ann (about 1822), Mildred Crain (1824), Harriet (1826), James Brock (1829), and Aseneth (1833).
Research Questions
Parents have not been established, and Y-DNA representation is still needed. The Guthrie Research Tree does not connect Anslem to GFG1A or specifically to David Guthrie and Mary Booth. Those proposed connections remain speculative.
Keep this man separate from Dr. Anselm/Anslem Guthrie, husband of Amanda Perry. The project’s 2024 participant update explicitly warns about that confusion.
Census records place Elizabeth Ann’s birth about 1822. The 1821 date appears in community trees without an identified supporting source.
Reported Participant Lineages
AncestryDNA participant 1
Anslem Guthrie / Matilda Brock → James Brock Guthrie / Susan Catherine Owens → Alice A Guthrie / William Frank Pearson → Horace Cortez Pearson / Allie M Cameron (GGP)
AncestryDNA participant 2
Anslem Guthrie / Matilda Brock → James Brock Guthrie / Susan Catherine Owens → Alice A Guthrie / William Frank Pearson → Horace Cortez Pearson / Allie M Cameron → Edna E Pearson / Clarence Aldridge (GGP)
AncestryDNA participant 3
Anslem Guthrie / Matilda Brock → James Brock Guthrie / Susan Catherine Owens → Alice A Guthrie / William Frank Pearson (GGP)
Next evidence to seek: Identify Anslem’s parents and recruit a suitable paternal-line Y-DNA participant.
B · Families
Bartlett H. Guthrie
Caroline County, Virginia → Kentucky → Randolph County, Illinois
8 October 1788 – about 1845
Rosamund Samuel (1791–1845) · married 25 December 1810 in Caroline County
Open Family, DNA & Research Details
Children recorded: Henry Ware (1811), Ann Francis (1813), William Marshall (1815), Sarah Ann Samuel (1817), Martha Thompson (1819), Elizabeth Garnett (1820), Thomas J. (1824), Lucinda Margaret (1827), Bartlett James (1828), Caroline Virginia (1830), Mary Jane (1834), and Adaline Rosamond (1836).
Research Questions
William Guthrie and Mary, surname unknown, of Virginia are proposed parents. They are retained in the submitted participant paths with the parentage explicitly labeled as a theory.
The two listed participant lines descend through different children of Bartlett and Rosamund; they do not independently prove Bartlett’s parentage. Y-DNA representation is still needed.
Reported Participant Lineages
Autosomal · Kit 176216
William Guthrie/Mary (surname unknown) (Theory) → Bartlett Guthrie/Rosamund Samuel → William Marshall Guthrie/Minerva (Dickenson) Humphrey → William M Guthri/Martha Marie McKinley (GGP)
Autosomal · Kit 299920
William Guthrie/Mary (surname unknown) (Theory) → Bartlett Guthrie/Rosamund Samuel → Lucinda Margaret Guthrie/Edward J Spindle (GGP)
Next evidence to seek: Find records naming Bartlett’s parents and recruit a suitable paternal-line Y-DNA participant.
Benjamin Guthrie
Craven County, North Carolina
Birth roughly estimated in 1700–1729 · Died about 1759
Mary Ann Shoenwolf · marriage estimated in the 1740s
Open Family, DNA & Research Details
Children recorded: Margaret (1748), Ebenezer, and Elizabeth; the latter two birth dates are unknown.
Research Questions
The wide birth estimate and approximate death date are research guides. Estate, land, and church records are needed to establish the household and distinguish Benjamin from other men of the same name.
Reported Participant Lineages
Autosomal · Kit 156563
Benjamin Guthrie/Mary Ann Shoenwolf → Margaret Guthery/William Bush → Levi Bush/Betsey Ipock → Nancy Bush/Morgan Ipock → Elizabeth Ipock/Stephen Edward Morris → Martha Elizabeth Morris/James Stephen Toler → Mattie Stephen Toler/Thomas Bryan Jones (GGP)
Next evidence to seek: Locate Benjamin’s estate and evidence identifying his wife and children.
Benjamin Guthrie
North Carolina → Marion County, Georgia · Carteret research
Born about 1780 · Died 1856
Nancy, surname unknown · born about 1795 in Georgia
Open Family, DNA & Research Details
Children recorded: The Research Tree lists Sampson Samuel (1831), William Allen (1832–1922), and Benjamin Gilmore (1836–1929).
Research Questions
Benjamin’s parentage is unknown. This family is listed separately from Daniel Guthrie and Mary Little because no connection to them has been proved.
The Research Tree places his birth about 1780 in North Carolina and death in 1856 in Marion County, Georgia. Its 1850 census abstract places the household at Majors, Marion County: Benjamin, 70, a North Carolina-born farmer with $800 in real estate; Nancy, 55, born in Georgia; Sampson, 19; Allen, 18; and Benji, 12.
The tree cautions that the attached 1830–1840 Carteret census records do not appear to belong to this Benjamin. The age ranges do not align, and the children are reported born in Georgia as early as 1831. The Carteret connection requires further work.
The tree’s reported birth years and the census ages are retained as separate research information. Y-DNA representation is needed.
Reported Participant Lineages
Autosomal · Kit B35939
Benjamin Guthrie/Nancy (surname unknown) → Benjamin Guthrie/Susan Caston → Allen Guthrie/Elizabeth Rutledge → Lee Guthrie/Ella Cato (GGP)
Next evidence to seek: Establish Benjamin’s parents, resolve the Carteret census identifications, and recruit a suitable father-to-son descendant.
Beverly Guthrie
Virginia → Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Born 1755–1768 · Died 1807–1809
Sarah Colquitt (1773–1848) · married 17 December 1793 in Virginia
Open Family, DNA & Research Details
Children recorded: Nancy S. (1794), Martha “Patsy” (1800), Elizabeth “Betsy” Jane (1802), and Nehemiah (1807).
Research Questions
The family has autosomal representation through several children. A qualifying father-to-son descendant of Nehemiah could help identify Beverly’s paternal group.
Kit 264103 has a separate Guthrie ancestry associated with GFG1A. That additional descent cannot assign Beverly’s own paternal line to GFG1A.
Reported Participant Lineages
Autosomal · Kit 117903
Beverly Guthrie/Sarah Colquitt → Nancy S Guthrie/William B Collins → William Guthrey ‘George’ Collins/Maryann M Davis → Charles Gendon Collins/Bulah F Johnson → Charley Thomas Collins/Johnnie Pearl Cato (GGP)
Autosomal · Kit 184695
Beverly Guthrie/Sarah Colquitt → Elizabeth Betsey Jane Guthrie/Andrew Turner → William Beverly Turner/Mary Ann Ragland → William Burl Turner/Marietta ‘Mary’ E Pace (GGP)
Autosomal · Kit 204392
Beverly Guthrie/Sarah Colquitt → Nancy S Guthrie/William B Collins → William Guthrey ‘George’ Collins/Maryann M Davis → Charles Gendon Collins/Bulah F Johnson (GGP)
Autosomal · Kit 264103
Beverly Guthrie/Sarah Colquitt → Martha ‘Patsy’ Guthrie/William Buck Andrews → Sarah Jane Andrews/Benjamin Barfield → Ava Miranda Barfield/William Curry → Benjamin Lonis Curry/Ida Mae Burgess → Ethel Minnie Currie/Earman Cleveland Guthrie* (GGP) +more
Separate GFG1A–Branch B descent for 264103:
John Guthrie/Elizabeth Baskett → John Guthrie/Mary Shay → Garritt Guthrie/spouse unidentified → James Guthrie/Nancy Garrett → Benjamin Franklin Guthrie/spouse unidentified → Thomas Sanford Guthrie/Susan Hudson → William Brooks Guthrie/Lula Jane Smith → Earman Cleveland Guthrie*/Ethel Minnie Curry (GGP) +more
Autosomal · Kit B434770
Beverly Guthrie/Sarah Colquitt → Nehemiah Guthrie/Nancy Banks Turner → James Beverly Guthrie/Emeline E Summers (GGP)
Next evidence to seek: Recruit a suitable Nehemiah-line tester and identify Beverly’s parents.
D · Families
Daniel Guthrie
Possible Virginia origins → North Carolina · Carteret research
Birth estimated about 1690 · Living after 1753 · Death date unknown
Mary Little · marriage estimated about 1720
Open Family, DNA & Research Details
Children recorded: Proposed children: Charles (1722–1769), Solomon (1730–1796), Samuel (about 1732; alternate 1736), and Daniel (1735–1789). These tree dates and relationships remain subject to verification.
Research Questions
Daniel’s birth year is an estimate, and his proposed Virginia birthplace is unproven. Migration from Virginia to North Carolina in the early 1700s remains a research theory. His death has been placed after 1753, possibly in North Carolina, without an established date or place.
The Research Tree notes a 9 March 1713 will-witness entry in Pasquotank County and a 1716 Perquimans land-grant lead. These are records to examine when testing the proposed identification and migration.
The Research Tree places Samuel Guthrie Sr. with Sarah Williston and also lists the widow Frances Evans as a spouse. It places Levi under Samuel and Sarah, and Zabed under Levi. Levi’s dates are estimated about 1756–1812; the tree cautions that, if a 1771 tax-list entry is his, his birth would need to be earlier. The submitted participant paths below are retained as provided.
Kit 171140 is an Ungrouped Y37 participant whose reported haplogroup is R-M269. Its 1 October 2026 export lists 15 matches: five at three steps and ten at four steps. Six have Willis or Williston surnames, including four at three steps and two at four steps. No Guthrie-surname match is listed.
GFG5 is the project’s only Y-DNA clue for the wider Carteret-area Guthrie question through James C. Guthrie (born 1803 in North Carolina; died about 1850 in North Carolina), husband of Caroline Guthrie (1809–1868). Both spouses were born Guthrie, and Caroline is traceable to one of the Carteret lines. James’s earlier ancestry is unknown. Daniel and Mary Little are theorized progenitors of the area’s Guthrie families; proof is pending. GFG5 also has Virginia origins, but that does not establish Daniel’s group.
There is no Y-DNA result with a verified connecting pedigree that establishes Daniel Guthrie’s paternal profile. James C. Guthrie’s GFG5 result therefore remains a regional clue, and kit 171140’s surname matches do not establish Daniel’s DNA or identify the generation of a surname change.
An adoption or other paternal event within the reported Samuel line remains one possible explanation for the Willis/Williston matches. Independent father-to-son descendants are needed for comparison, including other Carteret branches and Abner Guthrie’s family.
The Carteret families include multiple intermarriages. James and Caroline may have been cousins, but their precise relationship remains unproved. Additional descendant paths are intentionally abbreviated in this directory.
Reported Participant Lineages
Y-DNA Y37 · R-M269 · Kit 171140
Daniel Guthrie/Mary Little → Samuel/Sarah Williston → Levi Guthrie/spouse unidentified → Zabed Guthrie/Polly Moore → Solomon Moore Guthrie/Elizabeth (surname unknown) → Stephen Guthrie/Mary Guthrie* → William Bernie Guthrie/Geneva Lynn Willis (GGP);
A further descent through Mary Guthrie is noted without a full path. The reported result is R-M269, with Big Y Unconfirmed; the more detailed haplogroups shown for matches are not assigned to kit 171140.
Autosomal · Kit 11757
Daniel Guthrie/Mary Little → Samuel Guthrie/Sarah Williston → Stephen Guthrie Sr/spouse unidentified → Stephen Guthrie Jr/Betsey Sullivan → Hetty Ann Guthrie/Joel Hancock → William Hancock/Mary Wallace Rose (GGP)
Autosomal · Kit 193047
Daniel Guthrie/Mary Little → Samuel Guthrie/Sarah Williston → Levi Guthri/Elizabeth Yeomans → Elijah Guthrie/Susannah Yeomans → Absalom Guthrie/Mary Willis → James Guthrie/Ruby Lewis → Polly Guthrie/Eugene Gilliken → Dewey Gilliken/Bessie Potter (GGP)
Autosomal · Kit 238365
Daniel Guthrie/Mary Little → Samuel Guthrie/Sarah Williston → Mary Magdalene Guthrie/William Howland → Mary Howland/John Alford Lee → James Jordan Lee/Nancy Thompson → John Arnold Lee/Rurah Victoria Shinn (GGP)
Autosomal · Kit 296698
Daniel Guthrie/Mary Little → Samuel Guthrie/Sarah Williston → Mary M Guthrie/William Howland → Mary Howland/John Alford Lee → James Jordon Lee/Nancy Thompson → John Arnold Lee/Rurah Victoria Shinn (GGP)
Autosomal · Kit B167411
Daniel Guthrie/Mary Little → Samuel Guthrie/Sarah Williston → Zabed Guthrie/Polly Moore → Solomon M Guthrie/Elizabeth ‘Lizzie’ Guthrie* → Stephen Guthrie/Mary Guthrie* → Percy Guthrie/Robena Willis (GGP); ALSO: Lizzie’s line; ALSO: Mary’s line
The submitted line also notes ancestry through Elizabeth “Lizzie” Guthrie and Mary Guthrie; those additional paths are not set out here.
Next evidence to seek: Establish a verified pedigree to Daniel and compare independent paternal branches.
David Guthrie
Monkton / Dalrymple, Ayrshire, Scotland
Born approximately 1740–1760 · Living after 1791
Agnes Morrison · married 29 December 1776 at Dalrymple
Open Family, DNA & Research Details
Children recorded: Agnes (1777), David (1780), James (1782), James (1784), Margaret (1788), and Mary (1791).
Research Questions
Review both James entries separately. Reuse of a name may follow a child’s death, but the dates alone do not establish that explanation.
The marriage, children’s baptisms, and witnesses may help identify David’s earlier household.
Reported Participant Lineages
Autosomal · Kit 724719
David Guthrie/Agnes Morrison →David Guthrie/Janet Merrie → James Guthrie/Henrietta McDougall → Robert Melville Guthrie/Ida May Blakely → Melville M Guthrie/Martha Florence Fisher (GGP)
Next evidence to seek: Establish David’s parents and reconcile the two James entries.
David Guthrie
Straiton, Ayrshire, Scotland
Born about 1761 · Died 4 April 1841
Jean Smith (1765–1820) · marriage listed as 1 February 1783 at Stewarton
Open Family, DNA & Research Details
Children recorded: Charles Guthrie (1784–1863), who married Isabel Muir.
Research Questions
The proposed earlier chain is John Guthrie–Isobel Craig → John Guthrie–Janet Mirrie → Robert Guthrie–Helen Corsbie → John Guthrie–Mary McMurtrie. Those links remain proposed.
Do not merge this household with David Guthrie (1770–1821) and Jean Smith whose children were born at Ochiltree. Verify that the Stewarton marriage belongs to the Straiton couple.
Reported Participant Lineages
Autosomal · earlier generations proposed · Kit 500204
John Guthrie/Isobel Craig → John Guthrie/Janet Mirrie → Robert Guthrie/Helen Corsbie → John Guthrie/Mary McMurtrie → David Guthrie/Jean Smith → Charles Guthrie/Isabel Muir → Jean Guthrie/John Shields → John Gillies aka JG Shields/Helen Craig Alexander (GGP)
Next evidence to seek: Separate the two David–Jean households and verify each proposed earlier generation.
David Guthrie
Abbeyleix, Queen’s County, now County Laois, Ireland
Born about 1789 · Died 23 June 1873
Isabella Wood (birth year unverified; died 1884 in Ireland) · marriage listed as 1843 in Ireland
Open Family, DNA & Research Details
Children recorded: Mary Anne (1845), Jane Charlotte (1851), David Henry (1856), and two unnamed sons.
Research Questions
The represented descendant is Hon. David Henry Guthrie of New Zealand, husband of Eliza Jane Bryce.
AncestryDNA participation is recorded, and the line’s Y-DNA remains in the Ungrouped category.
Isabella’s reported birth year of 1829 in Ireland has not been verified. Retain it as a research lead while checking the original birth and marriage evidence.
Reported Participant Lineages
AncestryDNA participant · no kit number listed; Y-DNA Ungrouped
David Guthrie & Isabella Wood → Hon. David Henry Guthrie (Ireland → New Zealand) & Eliza Jane Bryce (participant’s great-grandparents).
Next evidence to seek: Verify the marriage and Isabella’s birth year, and develop comparisons for the Ungrouped Y-DNA line.
Donald Michael Guthrie
County Clare, Ireland
Born about 1815 · Living after 1857
Margaret Whalen (1820–1907, Ireland) · marriage estimated about 1838 in Ireland
Open Family, DNA & Research Details
Children recorded: Andrew (1839), Catherine (1840), Thomas (1840), Patrick (1843), Mary (1849), Bridget (1849), John G. (1854), and Margaret (1857).
Research Questions
The participant identifies him as Donald Michael Guthrie. He may have used his middle name, Michael, which appears in the submitted descendant paths.
Matching birth years for Catherine and Thomas, or Mary and Bridget, do not by themselves establish twins.
Reported Participant Lineages
Autosomal · Kit B200761
Michael Guthrie/Margaret Whalen → John G Guthrie/Bridget Therese Kelly (GGP)
Autosomal · Kit B200812
Michael Guthrie/Margaret Whalen → John G Guthrie/Bridget Therese Kelly (GGP)
Next evidence to seek: Identify the parish, verify the father’s recorded name, and find the marriage.
E · Families
Edward “Ned” Guthrie
Guthriesville, York County, South Carolina
Born about 1825 · Died 20 January 1886
Phillis Jordan; later Emmerline, recorded as Lowry or Garvin
Open Family, DNA & Research Details
Children recorded: Edward “Ned” Calvin (1857), Dorcas (1859), Maggie (1867), John (1868), James (1870), Samuel (1872), Anderson (1875), and Calvin (1877).
Research Questions
Ned’s descendants are an African American family. He was born into slavery. His family’s Guthrie surname is established in the research, but its origin and his parents remain unresolved.
Robert Emmet Guthrie and Mary Jane Williamson are associated with Guthriesville and are reported to have held enslaved people during the decade before emancipation. No documentation identifying Ned, or an enslaved man of his age as Ned, has been found in that household. The Williamson family, related by marriage, is another research lead.
Autosomal testing of 1 descendant includes a few matches to people of Guthrie ancestry from multiple unrelated groups.
A match to specific Guthrie ancestry has not been triangulated. The origin of Ned’s surname and a possible biological Guthrie connection remain unresolved. Continue comparing family records, post-emancipation records, and records naming enslaved people.
Reported Participant Lineages
Autosomal / AncestryDNA · Kit B774835
Descendant generations are not listed.
Next evidence to seek: Identify Ned’s parents, verify his marriages, and connect records across emancipation.
Elinor Guthrie
South Carolina → Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
Born about 1758 · Died 22 April 1838
Daniel Reeves (1754–1838) · marriage listed as 17 March 1779 in Reevesville, Orangeburg, South Carolina
Open Family, DNA & Research Details
Children recorded: Reported, unverified birth years: Asa James (1776), Zachariah (1778), Elisha (1788), Sarah “Sally” (1791), Hannah (1792), Nancy (1793), Ellender (1796), and Ann “Hanna” (1799).
Research Questions
Definitive birth information has not been established for these children. The listed years are retained as research leads; they do not support a conclusion about the marriage chronology or parentage without further evidence.
Elinor’s Guthrie parents have not been established by the entry. Her descendants’ Reeves surname does not determine her paternal Guthrie group.
Reported Participant Lineages
Autosomal · Kit 256900
Elinor Guthrie/Daniel Reeves → Asa James Reeves/Mary Polly Moore → Middleton Reeves/Amelia F Smithwick → Willie P Reeves/Stella Williams (GGP)
Next evidence to seek: Reconcile the marriage and early children, then identify Elinor’s parents.
Elizabeth Guthrie
Lincoln and Burke Counties, North Carolina
Born about 1778 · Died March 1860
Robert Kincaid (1764–1836) · married June 1802 in Lincoln County
Open Family, DNA & Research Details
Children recorded: Archibald J. (1803), Nancy Nixon (1805), Patsey (1807), and Catherine Louisa (1810).
Research Questions
Kit 327982 is associated with this couple, but its intervening descendant generations are not provided in the directory.
Elizabeth was born in North Carolina, possibly Lincoln County, and died in Burke County. A documented participant pedigree and records identifying her parents are needed before evaluating a group connection.
Reported Participant Lineages
Autosomal · Kit 327982
Elizabeth Guthrie/Robert Kincaid → No Further Lineage Info Provided
Next evidence to seek: Supply the missing descendant path and investigate Elizabeth’s birth family.
Elizabeth Guthrie
Virginia → Indiana → Urbana, Monroe County, Iowa
23 December 1791 – 27 February 1862
James Jefferson McIntire (1798–1859) · married about 1821 in Indiana
Open Family, DNA & Research Details
Children recorded: William Madison (1822), John Milton (1824), America (1825), Thomas (1828), Mary Ann (1830), Alfred (1832), and Hiram (1833).
Research Questions
The represented line passes through Mary Ann McIntire and Andrew Gillespie. Elizabeth’s own Guthrie parents remain the missing connection.
The Indiana marriage and records of relatives traveling to Iowa may distinguish her from other women named Elizabeth Guthrie.
Reported Participant Lineages
Autosomal · Kit B6154
Elizabeth Guthrie/James Jefferson Mcintire → Mary Ann McIntire/Andrew Gillespie → Alfred Andrew Gillespie/Florence Belle Briggs (GGP)
Next evidence to seek: Identify the Indiana marriage locality and records naming Elizabeth’s parents.
Help Resolve the Next Connection
Most Wanted Documents & Comparisons
- Carteret families: original deeds and estates connecting Abner’s household, Daniel’s descendants, and the separate James C. Guthrie line; independent paternal-line Y-DNA comparisons.
- Alexander and Susannah Tatton: the 1827 New Brunswick land petition on microfilm F4209, plus records establishing Alexander’s birthplace.
- Scottish households: original baptism and marriage entries for Balquhadie, Berwickshire, Forres, Largo, and the distinct Ayrshire David–Jean families.
- Unresolved parents: records naming the birth families of Ann Rhea, Ann Elizabeth Carrick, Anna Maria Dunmire, Annie Smith, Elinor Reeves, and the two Elizabeths.
- Ned Guthrie: family, estate, church, marriage, Freedmen’s Bureau, and other records that may connect his household across emancipation.
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Send the ancestor, spouse, dates, places, and the evidence supporting the correction. For a participant pedigree, include the kit number and identify the uncertain generation.
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