If you are a Wathen or Warthen with ancestors from Maryland, Kentucky, or Indiana, there is a strong likelihood that you are a descendant of the colonial settler John Wathen. Here's the place to start to learn more about this carpenter who traveled from England to Southern Maryland in 1670.

From the late eighteenth century through the mid-nineteenth century, members of the Wathen family moved in waves from Southern Maryland to Kentucky and beyond. Learn why they moved and where they settled.

DNA testing has helped to piece together disconnected branches of the Wathen family tree. Learn what Y-DNA testing is and how it has been used to answer big questions in Wathen genealogy.