This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: WBudde6501 Surnames: Dunbar, Budde, Schueller Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.dunbar/1176.1.1.4.1.1.2.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Dear Mary, You sound very frustrated over the errors made by past Dunbar researchers. I'm not totally sure when the issue of passing on names came up in the posting thread, but it has little or nothing to do with the specific issues about Sir Ninian Dunbar or the Hingham and Connecticut Dunbar families. For the last 10 to 15 years I have been correcting postings on Rootsweb that have connected Robert of Hingham to Sir Ninian. If memory serves me Sir Ninian's son Robert died ca. 1669 in Scotland, while Robert of Hingham died in Hingham, Massachusetts in 1693. From the thread posted here it appears that you are related to Connecticut John, so I won't pursue the original mistake leading back to Ninian. For many years we have known that Jacobus, one of the fathers of modern genealogy, made a mistake when he connected the two Johns: the son of Robert with the John Dunbar living in Connecticut. As Debra pointed out Jacobus issued a correction and pointed out that the same man could not be in two places at the same time. Hingham John has been proven to have only lived in Hingham and Mendon, Massachusetts, while Connecticut John clearly lived only in Connecticut. The DNA testing merely confirms what the paper evidence has shown for many years previous: Bob is not related to Sir Ninian, and John of Connecticut is not related in any way. I teach genealogy at the college level, and the very first class warn the students that anything they find on the internet is not true until proven by paper research that documents the online claim. The example used to illustrate this is Robert Dunbar of Hingham. I always hoped that Robert would be related to the Dunbar's from around Elgin and Forres, Scotland. This family line has quite a story behind it, including several members that were exiled to Ireland for murder and mayhem. With the possible Irish link through John of Connecticut, perhaps this northern line is related to his family. John's descendants are quintessential Revolutionary War citizens. Moses, the Tory, was tried and hung while other members of his near family were trusted Patriots. Although these differences were common in towns and families during the revolution, we hear little about the divisiveness on a personal level. American political correctness since the Revolution has ignored or minimized this personal conflict under the guise of Patriotism. Take care, Bill Budde 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.