Yes, it is quite difficult to trace the ancestral line of the feuding Hatfields. Lost, burned, or non-existent records make it hard to trace the Hatfield ancestral line exactly. However. Captain Andrew Hatfield (1727-1813) is NOT related in any way to the feuding Hatfields. DNA testing has proven that Captain Andrew Hatfield belongs to what is referred to as the "Pennsylvania" Hatfield family.

The book "Tale of the Devil" by Dr. Colemen Hatfield and Robert Spence, states that “Though the links between Captain Andrew Hatfield and Ephraim Hatfield have not been established to the satisfaction of genealogists, it was the belief of Ephraim’s descendants that they were closely related to the militia captain.” With DNA testing, that has now been disproved. Before DNA testing it might have been easy to think that they were related, since the two Hatfield families lived so close to one another in West Virginia and both families were pioneers in the area. However, Andrew Supplee Hatfield's father was John Hatfield (b. 1717) who was born in Pennsylvania, where Andrew was also born in 1737. Records show that Andrew was in Loudoun County Virginia by 1769.

Anderson "Devil Anse" Hatfield’s father was Ephraim Hatfield, b. 1812 in Russell Co., Virginia. It is believed that the ancestors of Devil Anse (1839-1921) were all from Virginia. Nobody knows for sure who the immigrant ancestor was of either line of Hatfields.

If anybody wants to find out for sure from which Hatfield line they are related to, a male Hatfield can get their DNA tested and you will find out which line you are related to. To see the Hatfield DNA results, go to http://www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/hatfield/results
and the top group (gray) is the "feuding" family. The 9th group down (yellow) lists the descendants of John Hatfield of Pennsylvania and that which includes Captain Andrew Supplee Hatfield, the one that was a militia Captain at the Battle of Point Pleasant.
Regards,
Elaine Hatfield Powell
5th great granddaughter of Andrew Supplee Hatfield