Bethiah Mansfield (Gedney) - Warner-Harrigton genealogy

Private User

4/28/2017 at 4:33 PM

I have seen this statement in many locations that the Warner-Harrington genealogy gives the wife of Andrew Mansfield as Bethiah Townsend, but the actual Warner-Harrington ancestral pedigree chart (I reviewed a copy of the hand written document today) lists the wife of Andrew Mansfield as Bethia_____. No surname is suggested for her. Is there some other Warner-Harrington document that has this information?
Warner-Harrington Ancestral Charts, 1948 is the document I reviewed.

Will Chapman (Vol. Curator) C

4/29/2017 at 12:48 AM

Nothing conclusive but I expect you have seen https://familysearch.org/search/tree/results?count=20&query=%2B...

Personally I treat published documents such as tthe Warrington-Harrington papers with a measure of cautious pragmatisim - if someone else finds a surname, then the onus of the proof should be on them. On the other hand researching unsubstantiated surnames oneself can sometimes reveal other clues.

Hope this helps...

Cheers

Will

Private User

4/29/2017 at 11:48 AM

Will, what I am saying is that internet sources say that the Warner-Harrington genealogy suggested Townsend as the surname for Bethiah -- however, the actual original Warner-Harrington document does not say that. It seems to me that this frequent report that Warner-Harrington proposed Townsend is not accurate. I am wondering if there is some different Warner-Harrington document.

Bethiah Mansfield (Gedney) - Warner-Harrigton genealogy

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