I was recently contacted through Wikitree by a non-member searching for descendants of Samuel Marshall. She had gotten my name through the fact that people had incorrectly added him to my ancestors Thomas and Mary (Keith) Marshall, and therefore my DNA had populated on the profile. I am fairly certain that he is unrelated (as he would’ve been born before their firstborn child, my ancestor - John) but I am searching for descendants who have done DNA tests. I would like to see about getting more members of this lineage to test. The woman who contacted me was going to offer a Y-DNA test free of charge to someone who was a direct male descendant of Samuel, to see if he is related to her ancestor Aaron (Marshall-162). Unfortunately, she knows she is not a relative of mine, as a Marshall cousin of hers confirmed via Y-DNA he is not part of those Marshall’s.
I am hopeful that by posting this thread, someone will eventually come along who is a Samuel Marshall descendant who has tested or would be willing.
That, and I’d really like to figure out his parents. It is kind of annoying having random people connected to this line, and it happens quite often (especially when they are added without sources!)
