From Roy Haas: A friend sent me excerpts from court records of Russell Co. VA regarding John’s indictment and conviction for murder of a Mc Laughlin in 1816. He served 9 years, it seems. I wonder what the poem written in prison meant when referring to Elliott?

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In order to confirm that my gg grandfather Solomon Baldwin was not a genetic Baldwin and that, as a consequence, none of his descendants (and possibly even some of his ancestors) are not genetic Baldwin’s, we had to find another direct line descendant of Solomon’s and submit another unique DNA sample. My cousin Tim Baldwin (descending from one of the sons of Solomon – Alexander) submitted a sample in January.

The 12, 25 and 37 marker samples have been returned to Tim and they are a perfect match with my sample markers. Tim is joining several FTDNA projects including the Baldwin and Maness projects.

This is exciting news. Now we can say with certainty that all male Baldwin’s who descended directly from Solomon are not genetic Baldwin’s. We are likely either Maness (or Manes, or Maynor) or Lawson. Thus, the hunt begins for our true genetic heritage and origins.