James Walter Welch, Sr. - Conflicting Info

I don't think this James and his wife Vannie were the parents of the WIliam in my line IF Vannie was born abt .1735, as that's the same general date of birth given for the WIlliam in question. So either some of the dates are incorrect or it's a case of same-name confusion with some trees connecting the wrong William to these parents.

I have been researching this Welch man. Does anyone know a male Welch from this line. My father was a Welch and I have his Haplogroup through a close male cousin. I have been trying to determine if my gggrandfather Welch was part of this family (James the Packhorseman) Welch or if he is part of John William Welch's family from Tryon County, NC who came from Pennsylvania.

Well, I find myself back here after having worked on DNA matches on Ancestry ThruLines today that show me matching Indigenous Americas - North with descendants from this line and our only common ancestor is Nancy Ann Welch and Thomas Blakeney. Nancy Ann is showing in various trees as the daughter of William Welch who was the son of James 'Packhorseman' Welch and everyone is showing William's mother as Vannie (Daniel) Welch, Cherokee.

In the past I wasn't having DNA matches on Native American DNA to validate these connections, but now they're all that makes sense of the DNA info.

Everyone on Ancestry seems to show John Welch I and Nancy Bilt as the parents of this James 'Packhorseman' Welch. Does anyone have proof which sets of conflicting parents connected here is correct?

Most are showoing this James as James John Welch I. Geni is the only place I'm seeing the middle name Walter. But chances are more likely he didn't use a middle name. They weren't very common in his time period.

I had posted before about a problem with the date of birth for Vannie and I see on Ancestry now that her date of birth is showing as 1715 • Benton, Cherokee Nation East, Polk County, Tennessee, Colonial America.

If I hadn't encounted all the DNA matches pointing straight at these lines today, I wouldn't have been sure about any of these connections, but all the DNA evidence indicates Native American on these lines.

Thanks, Hattie. I think you're correct. It's so easy to happen with same-name folks.