Barking Up the Wrong Tree: No Leeway

17 March 2014

No Leeway

Sometimes I'll be just about done typing in details and click over to a parent's or spouse's profile only to realize that it is the one I should be writing about. Today was one of those days. I deleted the profile of a man whose wife had 43 children, at least 3 of them born after she died, and decided to type up his mother's profile instead. How long will it take you to figure out why?

Elizabeth Lundy
B: 1710 in Isle Of Wight, Virginia
M: 1732 to Peter Lee in Brunswick, Virginia, United States
M: 1732 to Peter Lee in , Brunswick, Virginia, USA
D: 1782 in Brunswick, Virginia

SPOUSE & CHILDREN
Peter Lee (1731-1738)
✿ William Lee b. 1727
✿ Peter Lee b. 1730
✿ Sampson Lee b. 1745
✿ David Lee b. 1746
✿ Noah Lee b. 1755
✿ Westbrook Lee b. 1759
✿ Batt Lee
✿ Burchet Lee
✿ Caro Lee
✿ Dau Lee
✿ Elizabeth Lee
✿ Geaine Lee
✿ Lundeay Lee
✿ Mary Lee
✿ Penelope Penny Lee
✿ Rebecca Lee

SPOUSE & CHILDREN
Peter Lee (1718-1738)
✿ William Lee b. 1727
✿ Peter Lee b. 1730
✿ Batt Lee b. 1737
✿ Sampson Lee b. 1745
✿ David Lee b. 1746
✿ Noah Lee b. 1755
✿ Noah Lee b. 1755
✿ Westbrook Lee b. 1759
✿ Betsey Lee
✿ Burchet Lee
✿ Caro Lee
✿ Caro Lee
✿ Dau Lee
✿ Elizabeth Lee
✿ Geaine Lee
✿ Jane Lee
✿ Lunday Lee
✿ Lundeay Lee
✿ Mary Lee
✿ Mary Lee
✿ Penelope Penny Lee
✿ Rebecca Lee

A man who died at the age of 7 did not father one child, much less 16. And a man who died at the age of 20 did not father 22 children. Maybe after medical advances in late 20th century but certainly not in the 18th.

Thanks to Kristin for the link to this tree ;-)
If you have a tree to suggest please send a link to buwtree(at)gmail(dot)com. Thanks!

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2 comments:

AnonymousWednesday, 14 May, 2014
I see this MANY times. People are just careless and L A Z Y (or lack common sense???).
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UnknownMonday, 18 January, 2016
I spend a great deal of time finding and fixing other's mistakes in ancestry, however, I have Peter Lee born in 1711, not 1718 or 1731. I just make sure I only add the children born while the parents were both alive, and check other sources.
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