39 relatives here, but not a curator... happy to assist

Hah! We're 12th cousin's now, you've been a busy tree builder.

I would love assistance in sourcing and correcting tree. What area of history / geography is interesting you?

No area in particular, though if I had to choose one area in particular which makes the most sense in terms of number of relatives I would probably say colonial Massachusetts - Reading, Salem, Monson, possibly Woburn

I am all about the Woo- bin. :). Woburn, Cambridge, Cambridge Farms (now Arlington), Lexington, Newton, even as far west as Concord.

Salem puts you in Essex county, another axis, and somewhat covered in the Salem Witch Trials Project.

So let's think of an interesting event to build a project around. For instance, we've done "founders of Newbury" based on a monument.

What's put there for Middlesex county?

8th cousin twice removed here :)

There's an Early Salem project and an Early Reading project and there really should be one for Woburn if there is not yet.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minute_Man_National_Historical_Park ?

kind of a late event, tho

It actually should be Charlestown, not Woburn, I think, based on this:

Charlestown, settled in 1629, only nine years after the Pilgrims founded Plymouth Colony, is actually the starting point of Woburn’s history. In the early 1630s, looking to expand Charlestown, its citizens petitioned the newly elected representatives of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts Bay Colony for more land. A wide extent of territory on the “main land” eight miles northward was granted to Charlestown (this area includes present day Woburn, Winchester, Burlington and parts of Stoneham and Wilmington).

http://users.rcn.com/woblib/chrnlgy.htm

So - we need an official list of some sort to identify the founders / settlers.

Too many Minute Men! :). Would make a cool project. Also a Sons of Liberty project would be awesome.

http://www.geni.com/projects/Original-Planters-Woburn-Massachusetts...

No wonder I knew my source so easily.:). I sent you a collaboration request to join the project. The list of founders need updates on the project index.

That Learned fellow is familiar Hatte. :):)

Maybe when done with Woburn, back track to Charlestown, 1629? I've actually been working a bit on those families.

sure, sounds good... I'll add my second (found so far) ancestor to Woburn Planters and continue on from there

Okay, the Richardson brothers appear to have some difficulties. Samuel, is shown as being born in 1670, yet shows as the brother of Thos. III and Ezekiel the immigrant. about 100 years off, in other words.

Samuel Richardson, III

I just changed Thos. RIchardson III to Thos. IV too :)

hah, just found ancestor #3 in the original planters list :)

I'm going to guess we want Deacon Edward Convers Woburn selectman April 13, 1644 as opposed to Sgt. Samuel Converse (b. 1637) on the original planters list.

unless there's evidence to the contrary, I think Ezekiel Richardson is accidentally on the list twice and so far I haven't found a profile of Gershom Flagg which I think fits the bill. The rest seem good.

Except you now have a little "merge party" to help me finish because of your Samuel Richardson lll find.). Putting him in the right place brought in some duplicates :):). Source as you go along if the profile is "empty."

Lt. Gershom Flagg b. 1641 in Watertown does show up here http://www.yeoldewoburn.net/Flagg.htm , but unless we change the project from Original Planters to early settlers probably doesn't fit the bill.

ah, yes Samuel :)

Sarah Richardson
married to

Samuel Richardson

versus

Samuel Richardson, of Woburn

married to

Unknown Profile

seems to me to be the major conflict now, I'll look at some sources and see what's what...

Sarah Hayward was married to Jr., not lll.

okay, glad you were able to clear that up while I ate dinner :)

she appears to be attached to Sr. as well as Jr.

So do you know how to disconnect her from the wrong husband? Be SURE the children have the correct parents 1st (I speak from bitter experience).

Once that's checked (parents are assigned easiest from the drop down box in the Edit Relationships tab) then it's simply "remove this relationship" to "grant the Geni divorce."

I think we're almost done! David Prins has helped out also.

She has no children listed, only stepchildren, so that's no problem.

I agree with the Geshom Flagg question & I'm unclear if Sgt Converse is whom is meant as a founder - his dates are correct in profile & too young to have been in "the group of 7." So perhaps we just need to clean up the list of original proprietors.

Yes, not all of the 13 currently listed were in the group of 7, for certain ;)

I think a couple of notables such as Rev Thomas Carter are good too. Part of what's fun about projects like this is to see the inter related families.

And then I'll challenge you to create the Charlestown project. I'm not sure how to winnow it down and what the best source material is yet.

whew, that sounds like a challenge for another day, lol