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Thomas Y-DNA

Y-DNA testing is associated with a male’s patrilineal line, also called the surname line, because it runs along that lineage of the pedigree chart: a male’s father, his father’s father, his father’s father, and so on. Want to learn more? Read “Understanding Y-DNA testing.” and “Using your Y-DNA results.”

For Thomas males that test, as of March 2022, the Thomas FTDNA Y-DNA project had 528 members. The project is ungrouped.

Kimberli Faulkner Hull atDNA matches

Kimberli Faulkner Hull’s Thomas direct line: Kimberli Faulkner Hull < Evelyn Lee Phillis Faulkner < William Walker Phillis < Julia Ann Thomas Phillis < Lewis Thomas < Jesse Thomas.

Note: Some names link to obituaries, which are placeholders until a profile is written for the individual.

Generation 4: Julia Ann Thomas

Julia Ann Thomas and John C. Phillis were parents to seven known children with two children who have descendants that are potential non-direct line descendant atDNA matches: Fred Ewing and Clarence Edgar. Four of their children died with no known children: Charles Suitt, John Boyce, Howard Thomas, and Ralph Russell.

Fred Ewing Phillis descendant atDNA matches

Note: Fred Ewing Phillis married Mabel Zula Hooper, both siblings of Kimberli Faulkner Hull’s grandparents, William Walker Phillis and Myrtle Ivy Hooper, resulting in their children being double cousins.

Julia Ann Thomas Phillis > Fred Ewing Phillis > Harold Fred Phillis > living descendant.
Double 2nd cousin. 399 cM and X match
*(Bettinger Shared cM Project 4.0, v.4 range 41-592, avg. 229) Note: Single 2nd cousin

Julia Ann Thomas Phillis > Fred Ewing Phillis > Harold Fred Phillis > living descendant > Ancestry match. Double 2nd cousin 1x.. 201 cM across 13 segments and Xmatch.
*(Bettinger Shared cM Project 4.0, v.4 range 14-353, avg. 122). Note: Single 2nd cousin 1x

Julia Ann Thomas Phillis > Fred Ewing Phillis > Harold Fred Phillis > living descendant > FTDNA match. Double 2nd cousin 1x removed. 213cM and X match.
*(Bettinger Shared cM Project 4.0, v.4 range 14-353, avg. 122). Note: Single 2nd cousin 1x

Clarence Edgar Phillis descendant atDNA matches

Julia Ann Thomas Phillis > Clarence Edgar Phillis > Julia A Phillis > Ancestry match.
2nd cousin. 183 cM across 10 segments.
*(Bettinger Shared cM Project 4.0, v.4 range 14-353, avg. 122).

Julia Ann Thomas Phillis > Clarence Edgar Phillis > Julia A Phillis > Ancestry match.
2nd cousin. 170 cM across 12 segments.
*(Bettinger Shared cM Project 4.0, v.4 range 14-353, avg. 122).

Julia Ann Thomas Phillis > Clarence Edgar Phillis > Patricia Ruth Phillis > living descendant > Ancestry match. 2nd cousin 1x removed. 60 cM across 5 segments.
*(Bettinger Shared cM Project 4.0, v.4 range 14-353, avg. 122).

Generation 5: Lewis Thomas

Lewis Thomas and Jenette “Jane” Savage were parents to seven known children, two of who have known descendants that are potential non-direct line descendant atDNA matches: Samuel H.Thomas, William P. Thomas, and possibly Mary M. Thomas Suitt. Three of their children died with no known children: Jesse A., Emma R., and Walker M. Thomas.

Samuel H Thomas descendant atDNA matches

Lewis Thomas > Samuel H Thomas > Jennie Florence Thomas > Ava Gertrude Urban > Mary Jane Smith > Ancestry match. 3rd cousin 1x removed
(Bettinger range 0-192, avg. 48). 44 cM across 4 segments.

William P. Thomas descendant atDNA matches

Lewis Thomas > William P Thomas > Merrill Annis Thomas > descendant > Ancestry match.
3rd cousin.
(Bettinger range 0-234, avg. 73). 18 cM across 3 segments.

Lewis Thomas > William P Thomas > Merrill A Thomas > Betty Pauline Thomas > Ancestry match 3rd cousin
(Bettinger range 0-234, avg. 73). 22 cM across 2 segments.

Generation 6: Jesse Thomas

Jesse Thomas and Catherine Ader were parents to four known children, with three children who have descendants that are potential non-direct line descendant atDNA matches: Samuel Thomas, Charles Thomas, and Jesse Thomas.

Samuel Thomas descendant atDNA matches

Samuel and Julia Gillet Thomas were parents to ten known children, with seven children who have descendants that are potential descendant atDNA matches:: Julia Ann, Hannah Jane, Charles Magee, John Keller, George, Emma Elizabeth, and Samuel P. It is believed Albert Thomas died as a child and it is unknown if Martha C. had children. Hannah Jane and Charles Magee. have identified descendant DNA matches:

Charles Thomas descendant atDNA matches

Charles and Charlotte Fiester Thomas were parents to seven known children, with six children who have descendants that are potential descendant atDNA matches: Sarah, Bartley T., Margaret C., Anna, Harriett F., and John C. It is unknown if Elizabeth had children. Anna Thomas and John C. Thomas have identified descendant DNA matches:

  • Jesse Thomas > Charles Thomas > Anna Thomas > Louis Ona Ferbrache > Elizabeth Marie Ferbrache > descendant > Ancestry match descendant. 4th cousin 1x removed
    (Bettinger range 0-126, avg. 28). 22 cM across 2 segments.
  • Jesse Thomas > Charles Thomas > John C Thomas > Forest Bartley Thomas > Walter Forest Thomas > Robert Thomas > Ancestry match descendant. 4th cousin 1x removed
    (Bettinger range 0-126, avg. 28). 26 cM across 1 segment.

Jesse Thomas descendant atDNA matches

Jesse Thomas and Lavina Talbot were parents to nine known children, with seven children who have descendants that are potential descendant atDNA matches: Lewis Alvin, Jasper N., William, Mary C., Samuel Milton, Joseph Franklin “Frank,” and Charles Parker Thomas. It is unknown if Henry L. and Eleanor W. had children.

A descendant DNA match has been identified for Jasper N. Thomas:

Jesse and Catherine Thomas > Jesse Thomas > Jasper N. Thomas > Lulah Blanche Thomas > Charles Byron Hast > Paul Jasper Hast > Ancestry match descendant. 4th cousin 1x removed (Bettinger range 0-126, avg. 28). 16 cM across 1 segment.

Additional Thomas DNA matches

Endnotes

1. Samuel Thomas was listed in George W. Thomas’ obituary as his brother. Samuel B. Thomas’ death certificate states his parents were Samuel Thomas and Elizabeth Nofsker (sp?) .

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Health, certificate of death, no. 71939, S. B. Thomas, 8 July 1936. Place of death: Unity, Westmoreland County. Widower. Birthplace: Grays Station, Pennsylvania. Spouse: Levina Thomas. Parents: Samuel Thomas and Elizabeth Nofsker.

The death certificate of George’s sister, Mary Thomas Shrum, also names Samuel Thomas and Elizabeth Nofser as her parents.

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Health, certificate of death, no. 10074, Mary E. Shrum, 9 Jan 1930. Place of death: Derry Westmoreland County. Widow. Birth: 4 Apr 1841, Derry Westmoreland County. Parents: Samuel Thomas, born PA, and Elizabeth Nosfer, born in Maryland.

* Bettinger Shared cM Project 4.0, v.4 used to validate DNA match cM with relationship (example: the cM for a 1st cousin 2 X removed should fall in the range of 33-471, with an average of 221).

Citing this page: Kimberli Faulkner Hull, author and compiler, “Thomas DNA” Cool Adventures 
( https://cooladventures.com/genealogy/thomas-dna/: posted 2022).

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