Re: Robert Fitts (Mass) 1630's
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In reply to:
Robert Fitts (Mass) 1630's
10/24/99
Per our cousin, Sylvia Fitts Getchell, in her "Fitts Families, A Genealogy,"(Newmarket, NH, 1989), p. 58, Robert and Grace had only the one child, Abraham, b. ca. 1633/34, prob. England, d. 27 Mar. 1692, Ipswich, MA.As her "info cut-off" was probably mid-1985 to meet her publisher's schedule, is there any "proof" offered that post dates her work to the effect that Robert and Grace had another child?
I have become quite leery of the LDS data, as, for as much of it that is reliable and useful, very little seems to be carefully verified...
My own paternal grd'father is noted as "Abner Conal [sic] Young."Wrong answer!I have copies of records from VT and CT clearly showing he was "Abner Carroll Young."I also have an extract from a pub. genealogy of the Shepards of CT, into which he married.There is no doubt in my mind that "Shepard Families of New England" vol. 2 (1972) is the obvious source of the error!
To quote a recent President of these United States, "Trust but Verify" anything from the LDS...