Talk:Robert Prescott

Robert Prescott (general)
I just removed the following header:


 * For the British Revolutionary War general, see Robert Prescott

This was added by User:EricSpokane in April 06. There isn't an article of that name and there may have been a confusion with Richard Prescott. Unfortunately Eric doesn't seem to be around anymore to ask. --Spondoolicks 13:50, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Genealogical information
Hello, I noticed you removed the section on his family/paternity and replaced it with an unsourced claim that his brother was Richard Prescott and his father was an elder Richard, while his younger brother was an admiral named Isaac Prescott. Currently, the two most reliable sources (DCB and ODNB) somewhat disagree on this, and there are few to no other sources which discuss his family, but you seem very confident in this information. I have reverted your edits for now out of a preference for well-sourced information, but based on the confidence you have in stating this I am assuming that you have sources available, especially since a quick check of your contributions shows many similar edits to the genealogical information of British gentry and historical figures. I would love to more concretely establish this because I think it is ridiculous we do not have concrete information on Prescott's parentage. Given the prevalence of articles on this family (e.g. Richard Prescott, Henry Prescott) if they could be tied together, a genealogy section and genealogical information would certainly feel warranted. I don't want you to discourage you from editing and I am very interested in collaborating on this – potential sources, especially obscure older/out of print/public domain ones, that would let us push beyond boilerplate DCB/ODNB coverage, would really turn these Wikipedia articles into the premier modern online source of information on these figures, which is something I would like to see. Julius177 (talk) 15:48, 10 May 2021 (UTC) Thank you for your courteous message. I realised I was being lazy when I did it. I was in a hurry and was frustrated by the outdated uncertainty in the ODNB. I had accessed the wills of Prescott's father and brothers through ancestry.com which made clear the family links, but I wasn't sure how to reference them. I would very much value your advice on this. I am not yet very expert in the wiki technology.