This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/XOH.2ACIB/2219.1 Message Board Post: Hello Brenda, I don't know if there is any connection but I have been searching for an Elijah Cain born in Shenandoah, VA in 1828. The only reason I thought there may be a connection is that the Newhouse family came from around there according to a previous post of yours. The only information I have on my Elijah is that he was the baseborn son of the widow Mabel Timartha Cain. He was bound over to learn the trade of shoemaker in 1840. This all happened in Warren County, VA. I also know that he was called Elijah Cain, alias Gibson when he was bound over to a Mr. Andrews. I cannot find any trace of him. My great-grandfather was also of child of Mabel's born years later. I have not found his father either. I don't know if this is any help but maybe some details will come together at some point. Gail