User talk:Bonifacto

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The Dummer family
The Dummer family CD is fascinating and I have spent several hours browsing through it. It has enabled me to correct and fill in several gaps on the family tree. I have also added details into several of the Dummer articles. At some time, I intend to add articles on Richard (2011), Jeremiah (2048) and Shubael (2047).

Several queries have come up while doing this:


 * 1) My understanding was that Governor William (2053) had died childless. However, the biography of William Dummer Powell (1755–1834) (a Canadian judge) says that he came from Boston and that “his maternal grandfather, William Dummer, had been lieutenant governor of the colony” (see here). The biography refers to his mother as Janet Grant, so I am confused by the relationship – can you shed any light, or offer an explanation? Perhaps Janet was the “illegitimate” child of Governor William!
 * 2) Wikipedia has articles on Gorham Dummer Abbott (1807–1874) and his brother Jacob Abbott, which say that “he was born in Hallowell, Maine, to Jacob and Betsey Abbott”. Presumably, there must be some connection with Gorham Dummer (2102) who married Sarah Abbott. I see that they were cousins of Lucy Abbott Dummer (2458), Gorham & Sarah’s daughter, so possibly giving Gorham Dummer Abbott the Dummer name was just in recognition of the family connection and doesn’t indicate any direct descent
 * 3) Can you confirm the year of birth of William (2051)? On the family tree in Chapter 5, this is given as 1639, whereas the data file says 1659. As his mother would have been aged 47 at the latter date, this seems highly unlikely. If the earlier date is correct, then he would have been aged up to 41 when he died. I see that his brother, Nathaniel (2358) died in a canoeing accident in 1658, and William also died by “the tipping over of a canoe”. Is this just an unfortunate coincidence or have the two become confused?
 * 4) Stephen (2013) married Alice Archer on 13 Nov 1625; however his first two children Stephen (2173) and Ann (2181) were born in 1622 and 1623 respectively. Does this mean that they were born out of wedlock, or had Stephen been married previously?

Daemonic Kangaroo (talk) 10:56, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
 * I have now created the articles on Richard (2011), Jeremiah (2048) and Shubael (2047).Daemonic Kangaroo (talk) 09:20, 14 December 2010 (UTC)