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Private User - Master with relationship locks done.

Private User - And no source other than an Ancestry tree.

Cynthia Curtis, A183502, US7875087

In the absence of sources, I selected how the profile was originally configured on Geni:

Jonathan Windsor son of Joseph (of Jonathan) Windsor son of Jonathan Windsor son of Luke Windsor

Added will of Thomas Jesper d. 1748 North Farnham Parish, Richmond County. Transcribing into a Text file now.

Could someone please assist with these stalled merges/data conflicts? I've tried resolving and contacting profile managers with no success.

Sarah Ann "Dollie" Litten Fugate
Mary "Polly" Sturgill Akers
Preston Hall
William L "Billy" Coffey, CSA
Charlotte Temple Williams
Charles Tower Love
Lena Ingersoll
Edward Monroe Tower

Thanks so much
Debbi

Deborah Ann Tower - resolved.

Deborah Ann Tower - I did an internet search on Sarah Ann "Dollie" Litten Fugate and got this - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85610375/sarah_ann_litten. Dates are good. But only one husband. More research, please.
Mary "Polly" Sturgill Akers - fixed.
I'm not sure what the issue is with Preston Hall There are no data conflicts.
Same for William L "Billy" Coffey, CSA And Charlotte Temple Williams; Lena Ingersoll and Edward Monroe Tower

Mary Margaret Cope probably never existed and is just perpetuated in online trees.

She was born after her mother died, and in a different state. She can be cut off, but will probably come back, because many online trees have her with these parents.

Could someone please assist with these stalled merges/data conflicts? I've tried resolving and contacting profile managers with no success.

John Campbell, I
Edy Eva Miller
Lucinda Slocum
Rhoda Perkins
Alexander Blevins
Joel Joseph Blevins
Maud Viola Tower
Margaret Laverne Hoskins

Thanks
Debbi

Deborah Ann Tower - John Campbell, I fixed.
Edy Eva Miller fixed.
Alexander Blevins fixed.
Joel Joseph Blevins fixed.
Lucinda Slocum fixed.
Rhoda Perkins fixed.
Maud Viola Tower fixed.
Margaret Laverne Hoskins fixed.

Bridget Madden seems to have impossible children and dates.

She was born between 1694 and 1714
She married between 1714 and 1724
She was having children from 1737 to 1760
She was having children after she died.

Updated data for Bridget Madden

Robert Samuel Todd, I needs some help, due to CC issues, children born in two countries at the same time, and born after the death of their mother.

Hello! Wondering why Dr. William Dyer profile photo is a ship with the word "emigrant"?

Noticed while adding sources along my path to Anne Hutchinson, and tree building cousins laterally, but did not want to delete/change as he is an MP. As far as I know, he was born in Bosto, and never lived outside of Colonial Massachusetts. The bio also mentions he was born in England. Not sure why?

Thanks!

Private User

Is most likely the original Dyer ancestor in this country given the year of his birth...either him or his father.

Deborah Ann Tower I'm sure you're trying to be helpful, but please take a look at the sources and his immediate ancestors.

There's contradiction in sources in the profile for Dr. Dyer on his birth. FindAGrave has "He was born in England" b. 1653.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32305026/william-dyer

But that's not possible if he was the son of Samuel Dyer & Anne (Hutchinson) Vernon as they married in Rhode Island in 1663.

Made the gravestone image the "main" image.

Thank you Erica Howton

I wonder why the FindAGrave profile says he was born in England? And thinking of this again, I feel as though this came up once before? I will message the person who manages the profile on FindA Grave. Hopefully it is someone who is active and receptive to edits. Will also add some sort of source/comment there as well. It's very clear to me the link to England is a few generations prior on each branch of these lines, as there is so much documentation.

Thanks again

The tombstone says he was 85 at death, which would place him as born about 1653. Which, as noted, is impossible if his parents are correct; so that's the area to double check.

I should also mention that exaggerating age at death was not unusual; but still, it's an interesting discrepancy that makes me think. Also that there's an exact birth date quoted in his profile, but not in his parents.

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Found his birth record.

A Report of the Record Commissioners of Boston, 1357. (Reliability: 3).88 < Archive.Org > "William of Samuel & Anne Dyer born Mar. 7."

I'll make a curator note about the tombstone discrepancy.

Erica Howton Thank you! I had to leave the house right after I posted the reply.

I added the birth record for his mother Anne a few months ago. If you view full size, should be able to see. From memory, there was some confusing in the bio with the "9th month", and people not realizing that was November when she was born versus September in our calendar.

https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000214069960822

Yes, it remains in the bio:

"Notes
Birth of Anne Hutchinson is listed as September 18th, 1643, according to Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 for Anne Hutchinson. It is transcribed as: born 18th - 9th month.
Anne is unique in that she is the convergence of four authenticated royal ancestral lines for Tor Martin Hylbom plus one noble line. One royal line comes from Edward I, King of England (to Sir Edward Raleigh), another from John, King of England (to Anne Chamberlayne) another from Henry I, King of England (to John Booth and Anne Thimbleby) and the last from Henry II, King of England (to William Marbury). The nobleline is from Sir William de Huntingfield, one of the Magna Charta Sureties (to Anne Chamberlayne).<ref name=Hylbom/>"

Feel free to update / correct biographies. the "about" is rarely locked, and this kind of detail fix is what we need from everyone.

Thanks! I will fix it--as uncertain since it is an MP.

There are (older, 1950s era) SAR apps for Henry Dyer out there, which in turn lead back to Dr. William Dyer and give the "circa 1653" birthdate, so maybe someone purchased new stones without the accurate info? I'm also seeing the suggestion to add some sort of unsourced, but clipped/saved website screenshot which references Dorking, England as a place of birth on Ancestry so possibly where this originated or at least how it has been perpetuated.

Is it likely 'Elder' Squire Boone had a middle name? It was added from a merge in 2015.