This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: gkcarson Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.carson/2863.1.1.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi again Debbie, I've seen the family trees listing a Robert Carson with a wife Margaret Bates. Some of those list his date of birth around 1700. Others listed it as your Robert born 1762 PA. Many of those family trees listing him born 1700 tie to that phantom Alexander Harvey Carson person born 1650s and they have a jumble of Carson children and grandchildren, many of whom aren't connected. I suspect that various researchers have tried to connect their lines to the famous Kit Carson line, in turn causing major errors in many other Carson family trees when others pick up those errors as fact. I found a funeral for a child of an Alexander Carson in Belfast N Ireland dated 1719. That's the year some of the family trees say Alexander Harvey Carson died, but it was actually a child's funeral. Gary Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.