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From: "Edward S Robson" <>
Subject: [BAUGHAN-DNA] Mordecai Baughan
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 17:05:27 -0400

Dear Baughan/Baughn/Boughan folks,



Wow! The final results for our Mordecai Baughan of Culpepper descendent
were announced this morning! It is official! Mordecai Baughan was a
genetic descendent of James and Thomasin Boughan of Rappahannock (later
Essex) County, Virginia. Our Mordecai Baughan descendent is a 36 of 37
marker match to the Essex County Boughan modal haplotype as presented in our
two original Essex County Boughan members. His sequence presents one
additional repeat at marker 464c compared to the modal haplotype. His
mutation occurred on a different marker(s) than our Genographic Project
transferee and our Richard and Juriah Baughn of Hanover County descendent.
Mr. Thomas Moore shows Mordecai's descent from James Boughan on his website
which you can see at the following link:
http://homepage.mac.com/thomas_moore/genealogy/wc02/wc02_106.html.



We had hoped that the sequence for our Mordecai Baughan descendent would
share some of the same mutations as our Richard and Juriah Baughn of Hanover
County descendent. Had this been the case, then our Richard Baughan
descendent would possibly be able to claim descent from Mordecai's line of
descent. The same thing can be said about our Genographic Project
transferee. Both of these gentlemen differ by one from the James Boughan
modal haplotype; but each on a different marker. Neither shares any
mutations with our Richard Baughn descendent. For these reasons, it would
seem to me that Richard Baughn of Hanover County was not a descendent of
James and Thomasin Boughan's son, Henry. That would place his line of
descent in the lines of one of the other three sons of James and Thomasin
Boughan.



We have reached a point in the Baughan family DNA study where we have proven
some very fundamental relationships. I am very excited about the results we
have had so far. There are a number of other relationships that would be
very interesting to test. There was a John Baughan in New Kent/Hanover
County at very early period; a period that almost rivals the Essex County
Boughan family. I have been in contact with some people who logically seem
to descend from this line of Baughans and have tried unsuccessfully to
recruit a member into our study from those lines. I am hoping that those
lines will eventually be represented in our study. One individual
apparently is descended from Elkanah Baughan who is very probably descended
from Joseph Baughan of eastern Hanover County and who is, therefore, very
probably from the same line as this John Baughan. This individual has
declined to be tested. It seems to me that a test in this line would be a
very valuable test result for many of us Baughan/Baughn/Boughan researchers,
especially, the Tucker Baughan descendents whose sequence does not seem to
match the Essex County Boughans. I hope that an individual in this line
will eventually be tested.



I have also been in touch with another person who is descended from a
Hanover County Baughan. This person's descent seems to trace back to the
Baughans of western Hanover County whom I believe to be connected to the
Hewletts Baughans. There seems to be a possibility that this family is also
connect to the Caroline County Baughans. Two of James and Thomasin
Boughan's great grandsons were left land in King and Queen County, possibly
in a part of the county that later became Caroline county. These two great
grandsons were Thomas and Benjamin Boughan. There is evidence that suggests
that Thomas later owned land in Henrico County near Deep Run Creek and
possibly even later in a part of Lunenburg County that later became part of
Charlotte County or Campbell County. It seems that Bemjamin and his family
stayed in Caroline County. But the position on a map of the Hewletts,
Hanover County Baughans and the Caroline County Baughans suggests that there
might be a relationship. It certainly would be interesting to have yDNA
results for these families to compare to currently existing results.



My great, great grandfather moved to Lunenburg County during the Civil War
to try to isolate his family from the consequences of the war. I have
always wondered why he chose Lunenburg to move his family to. The discovery
of two 1750 deeds in Lunenburg County for a William Baughan of Hanover and a
Thomas Baughan may shed some light on the "WHY". I recently became aware of
the "OTHER" Lunenburg County Baughan family. I have traced their lineage
back to North Carolina where they get lost in the mists of time. I would
love to see yDNA results for a member of that family of Baughans.



At any rate, I think I have reached a point in the life cycle of this study
where I will take a less intense recruiting posture and let the study have
its own head for a while. There certainly are specific tests for which I
would like to see the results. But recent attempts to recruit members from
those families have been less than successful. So, I think it is time now
to announce the results on certain message boards and see if interested
parties will step forward on their own. If any of the readers of this
report have an interest in seeing results for a certain family of Baughans,
please encourage a male Baughn descendent from that family to be tested.
Also, if any readers of this report have suggestions for how to recruit more
study members, I would be very interested and willing to discuss with you
your ideas.



Enjoy the rest of your summer and let me know how you feel about anything
that interests you about our DNA study.



Ed Robson

Group Administrator

B(a)(o)ugh(a)n Family DNA Study

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