Talk:Richard Bellingham

confused
According to s:Pelham, Herbert (DNB00), this article had confused the Penelope Pelham who was daughter of Herbert Pelham and married Josiah Winslow with Herbert Pelham's sister, also Penelope Pelham, who was the one who married Bellingham. Charles Matthews (talk) 15:37, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

Ann Hibbins as his sister
Hawthorne's dipiction of Bellingham was fictional and in the Scarlet Letter Bellingham was the brother of condemned witch Ann Hibbins. Here is the problem, Hibbins and Bellingham lived in the 17th century, yet no 17th or 18th century sources, that I have researched, mention them being related. It is only after the publication of the Scarlet Letter that historians and geneologists record a relationship between the two. Since this finding is original research, I cannot really say it in the article, so it is best to use the sources that say Hibbins was "reputed" [by Hawthorne, apparently] to be Bellingham's sister, rather than the sources that state it as an undisputed fact. --Ishtar456 (talk) 11:45, 19 September 2010 (UTC)


 * I've added a source documenting Hawthorne's probable source for the claim, and another with a genealogical tree showing Bellingham as an only child.  Magic ♪piano 19:01, 16 February 2011 (UTC)