 1753 - UNKNOWN
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| Prefix |
Sr |
| Born |
1753 |
Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Occupation |
1783 |
- Sea Captain. May have come to line in New York
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| Died |
UNKNOWN |
Castlewarren (Kilkenny) Ireland |
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| Buried |
Franestown Churchyard, Castlewarren (Kilkenny) Ireland |
| Notes |
- Event Memos from GEDCOM Import...
Anecdote
1783 granted property that is now Trinity Church, NYC. FALSE PEDIGREES Not even an innocent hobby like genealogy is safe from fraud or from those who would take advantage of you. Everything from fabricated genealogies to estate frauds abounds, and you could be a victim and not know it. Earlier this century about 200 fabricated genealogies were produced by Gustav Anjou, a Staten Island, N.Y. genealogist, who developed a profitable business in "mail-order estate frauds abounds, and you could be a victim and not know it. Earlier this century about 200 fabricated genealogies were produced by Gustav Anjou, a Staten Island, N.Y. genealogist, who developed a profitable business in "mail-order ancestors." More than 100 genealogies compiled by Anjou have been located. They are widely accessible and probably being used by genealogists today, who are not aware that the pedigrees are false. According to Robert Charles Anderson, certified genealogist and a Fellow of the American Society of Genealogists, a typical Anjou pedigree displays four recognizable (at least to the more experienced researcher) features: A dazzling range of connections between dozens of immigrants (mostly to New England). Many wild geographical leaps, outside the normal range of known migration patterns. An overwhelming number of citations to documents that exist, and actually include what Anjou says they include. Here and there an "invented" document, without citation which appears to support the many connections. Not only did Anjou falsify many genealogies, evidently he fabricated his own pedigree and credentials, according to Gordon L. Remington, Fellow of the Utah Genealogical Association and editor of "Genealogical Journal," in an article that appeared in Volume 19, No. 1-2 of that periodical. The same combined issue also includes an excellent article by Helen Hinchliff o estate frauds, and one by Anderson on the Anjou pedigrees, identifying many by surnames. Estate frauds were a rip-off that touched hundreds of thousands of American families. If you uncover references to a fortune or estate that some of your relatives tried to obtain years ago, be wary. Also, you may encounter family members who will not admit that they or their parents were defrauded and who still believe in a lost family fortune. One of the oldest estate fraud cases is the one surrounding Anneke Jans Bogardus, a New Amsterdam woman who died in 1663. Her farm eventually became the property of Trinity Church. Known by such s as Bogardus, Anneke Jans Bogardus, Webber, and Wyckoff-Jans Estates, it was the object ofon-and-off litigation for over 200 years. Many descendants of Anneke--the subject of about 400 published genealogies and articles--also wrongly believe she was the granddaughter of William the Silent, Prince of Orange. This myth continues to find its way into genealogies of naive researchers. The bulk of estate frauds has been associated with common surnames. These scams--many of which occurred about 75 to 100 years ago--worked like this: Confidence men sought "missing heirs" by placing advertisements in the personal ads or legal notices of newspapers. Then they planted stories in newspapers about huge estates that were soon to be awarded to rightful heirs. Naturally many people responded. Then these "heirs" (at the urging of the swindlers) would form associations a estate claimants, incorporate under the laws of their state and write letters to their cousins encouraging them to join the association, and pay the membership dues and special assessments for legal fees to fight for their "estates." Newspaper wire services picked up dozens of such items about meetings of these various "heirs groups" in small towns. Eventually these stories began to appear in major newspapers such as "The New York Times." Of course, appearance in prestigious newspapers gave credence to the stories of the estates. Among well-known estate frauds are those for the surnames: Mercer, Edwards, Edwards-Hall, Harper, Jans, Baker, Drake, Fisher, Kohler, Springer, Hyde and Van Horn. Genealogists who accept without question or verification undocumented pedigrees discovered online, in manuscripts, books, family group sheets and in computer databases may be guilty of perpetuating genealogical myths and errors. Check the accuracy of your pedigree by consulting primary sources. Just because something is online or in print does not make it so. Bromley, Myra Vanderpool, downloaded from Prodigy (R)
- (Research):Jason Proteous has him born in (Wicklow) IRE or Wales. He also has James Edwards as his father.
- Cause of Death: Drowned
REFN: 6672
REFN80610
(Medical):Drowned while returning to Scotland from the US to trace his brothers and sisters.
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| Person ID |
I34786 |
Moon Anderson Family History & Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
17 Oct 2017 |
| Family |
Mary James, b. Abt 1758, Kildermond (Carlow) Ireland , d. UNKNOWN, Y/ |
| Married |
Abt 1777 |
| Children |
| | 1. John Joseph Edwards, Y/ |
| | 2. Elizabeth Edwards, Y/ |
| | 3. James Edwards, d. 1820, Sea |
| | 4. Living |
| | 5. Thomas Edwards, b. 1778, Castlewarren (Kilkenny) Ireland , Beckwith (Lanark) ON |
| | 6. Robert Edwards, b. Between 1778 and 1796, d. PRIVATE |
| | 7. Harriet Edwards, b. Between 1778 and 1796, d. PRIVATE |
| | 8. Jane Edwards, b. 1779, Franktown Public Cemetery, Beckwith Twp (Lanark) ON |
| | 9. Francis Edwards, b. 10 May 1784, County Kilkenny, Ireland , d. 25 Dec 1861, Warwick Twp., Lambton County, Ontario Canada |
| | 10. Esther Edwards, b. Abt 1790, Y/ |
| | 11. Martha Anne Edwards, b. 1796, d. 3 Oct 1855, Montague (Lanark) ON |
| | 12. Sarah Edwards, b. Abt 1797, Wexford, Leinster, Ireland , d. 11 Mar 1877, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario Canada |
| | 13. Mary Edwards, b. Abt 1810, County Kilkenny, Ireland , bur. Jul 1852, Sanders Family Cemetery , Brooke Twp; Lambton County, Ontario Canada |
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| Last Modified |
14 Oct 2017 |
| Family ID |
F11982 |
Group Sheet |
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