Need help merging Colonial Americans?

Erica Howton - The rest of the children of Joseph & Elizabeth are in Harvard VR. https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofha00harv/page/106/mode/2up

My take on the split of the children is that their property was on the line between the two towns. (Part of Stow was carved out to become Harvard.)

I had originally thought like you did, that Jonathan of Stow had to be the son of Joseph & Elizabeth. But the military service for Joseph & his sons fits much more with Colonel, and the children of Jonathan are pretty much of Stow. And everyone incorrectly has Sarah Whitman married to the Col.

I’m seeing a theory that Col. Jonathan was a son of Thomas Weatherbee & Sarah Weatherbee

Which makes no sense to me but fits your idea.:)

How do you counter the published pedigree placing Col. Jonathan as son of Joseph & Elizabeth?

Here’s a well sourced internet tree that places Col. Jonathan with Joseph & Eliizabeth.

Note for Joseph:

That two of his sons had served under him in the 8 months campaign at Cambridge [in 1775]. [MSS 16-929] Conjecture that the two sons are Jonathan and Joseph as sons from 2nd marriage would be too young.

https://kenspratlin.com/our-genealogy//getperson.php?personID=I2401...

I think he posted at Wikitree.

I’ll add a PDF version to Joseph.

There’s no indication Jonathan of Stow did military service.

Ah ha!

https://kenspratlin.com/our-genealogy//getperson.php?personID=I2401...

John Wetherbee of Marlboro and Stow Massachusetts, Vol. I, Page 89 lists 4 possible ancestors: Thomas-15, Edward-18, Phones-17, and Silas-21.
So, I now am thinking we show no parents for either Jonathan, unless we can find a stronger association with Jonathan of Stow with Joseph & Elizabeth.

Thanks for finding the source.
I agree that Jonathan, son of Joseph & Elizabeth, belongs to Abigail Farwell based on the death record. (It has his age at death.)
Without a gravestone or death record, we cannot be sure when Sarah's Jonathan was born.

What do you make of Farwell sisters of Groton marrying Wetherbee brothers of Harvard if Col. Jonathan wasn’t actually a brother? And what’s up with the names for his kids? Aside from (wait for it … son Jonathan), they are not very Wetherbee - ish names, are they?

Since Sarah Whitman Whitney died so young, I wondered who raised up her kids. Capt. Whitney seemed a very short term guardian. I was thinking her brother, Capt. Thomas Whitman since he posted bond. So, why not Wetherbees as guardians?

We have the probate record for Jonathan of Stow, he died in 1793. No real clue for his birth date. Sarah was born 1761.

OK, I’m about to upload from John Wetherbee of Marlboro and Stow Massachusetts, Vol. I, Page 89 lists 4 possible ancestors:

Thomas-15, Edward-18, Phones-17, and Silas-21.

https://archive.org/details/johnwetherbeeofm01mazz/page/88/mode/1up...

It refers to Sarah Whitman’s Jonathan of Stow.. This book (1991) shows Col. Jonathan the same way the other pedigrees do, as son of Joseph & Elizabeth of Harvard.

https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000205900241860

What do we now think?

About "What do you make of Farwell sisters of Groton marrying Wetherbee brothers of Harvard if Col. Jonathan wasn’t actually a brother?" - Since I have come around to the thinking that Col. Jonathan Weatherbee IS the husband of Abigail Farwell, for her sister Mercy to marry a younger brother (actually half-brother) is fine and normal. (Countless other Colonial families did the same thing.)
No clue on why no Weatherbee came forward for the children of Sarah. Without knowing his origins, he may not have had family to help.

This was a really interesting case, because we flipped our thinking several times (at least, I did). Thanks for digging in.

I’ve gotten all Wetherbee kids entered on both families. Naturally, some dups flew on in.

Susanne Floyd - I traced the new tree down. It links to the user - all manually added. Elisabeth Hallock does not have all of her children according to her profile on WikiTree.
Thanks for finding this.

Private User - don’t merge the Gedcom file. We need to deal with the existing tree first.

Gedcom - DONT MERGE Diana Bentley

Existing tree - Diana Bentley

Private User

I added more sources & bios to Dinah ‘Diana’ Bentley & Green Bentley, Sr. & revised some dates & locations. Diana really did marry young, the locations really are all over, and they really had at least 9 children.

I’ll try to isolate the Gedcom file.

Private User - cleaned the tree around Joseph Petty, Sr. & added sources.

Annber Lynn Collins

Thank you for calling attention. I’ve locked relationships for Sarah Fuller & Capt. William Fuller, Colonial Gov. of Maryland and separated John Fuller, of Baltimore County who married Hester Wright from them.

Private User - done for Abraham Bush, Sr.

Private User - I understand. I’ll give it another go-round,

Private User - I found more correct parents for William Walton Bush He was already in Geni.

Private User

Resolved for Martha Hazard We do not know the parents of her father George Potter, of London so there’s no conflict, only theories.

There’s a Gedcom in progress.

Before I merge William Glanville (old) with William Glanville (new) does anyone have credible source(s) on his birthdate?