Jack W. Ralph wrote: > > Greetings, > > I have one for you to ponder. > > Brayton, in Twenty Six Great Migration Colonists to New England, says that > Elizabeth KNAPP [KNOPP], b. 23 Jul 1657 to William KNAPP [KNOPP] & Margaret > DEANE, but corrected by Stott [NEHGR 147:315] to William KNOPP & Judith TUE, > married Ephraim PHILBRICK of Groton on 11 Sep 1674. However, the only > Ephraim in my database born before 1674 is Ephraim PHILBROOK of Groton, b. > 24 Apr 1656 to John PHILBRICK and Anne KNOPP. The PHILBRICK book by > Chapman says that this Ephraim married Elizabeth BARRON [before 1687 based > on the birth date of their oldest child]. Since both Brayton & Chapman have > known errors, and Stott doesn't mention this marriage, what should I > *believe*? Could they both be correct? i. e. Elizabeth KNOPP died before > 1687 and Ephraim remarried to Elizabeth BARRON? > > Does anyone have access to the Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New > Hampshire by Noyes, Libby & Davis? Are any of these marriages mentioned > there? > > I would appreciate any answers, advice, or comments. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Ephraim b 24 Apr 1656 m Elizabeth Barron; liv Groton, where 3 ch recorded 1689-1699 John m Anna Knapp (Wm. of Watertown) He was lost with wife (Anna) and dau at sea on way to Boston. >From Gen Dic. of ME and NH.