Attention Curators - Need help with aligning persons with their correct parents.

Hello,

I need help with incorrect relationships.

I am contacting you about this profile of George Seaton: Unknown Profile

There are more than one George Seaton. The above link for George Seaton born 1669 is not the son of Henry Seaton. Henry Seton married his only wife Elizabeth Todd in 1709, 40 years after the birth of the above George Seaton. Henry was born 15 years after George, so there is no way that he can be this George's father.

Henry was married once and had one child, George (George Seaton), before his death. His widow, Elizaberh Todd Seaton married Col. Augustine Moore.

Henry is not the son of Sir John Seton of Garleton, 1st Baronet. Ken Seton found a lawsuit between Henry and his brother George. It was in regard to their father's will. Below is are two biographies from his website:

http://www2.thesetonfamily.com/directory/Descents/Barnes_Descent.htm
Sir John Seton 4th Baron of Barnes, Kt, and of St. Laurence House, Haddington. (b.c.1642, d.1661). Married early as was common at that time, he succeeded to the estate of Barnes during the lifetime of his father, and by the marriage agreement of his own son and heir George Seton, he placed the lands of Barnes into his name, hence father, son and grandson were all and the same titled as 'Seton of Barnes'. He pre-deceased his father, and died relatively young in Edinburgh and was succeeded by his eldest son and heir, George Seton. There is nothing to indicate why or when he was knighted, but he is styled "Sir John" when he married. In his Last Will and Testament, dated the 18th of February, 1659, he noted that he had provided his eldest son and heir from his first marriage, George Seton, to the Estate of Barnes upon terms of his marriage contract, that his 2nd wife was Dame Margaret Hay, and left a provision of £100 Sterling in liferent for her and burdened his Estate with 10,000 merks for his youngest son Henry Seton in fee; which following his death, his eldest son and heir George, 5th of Barnes, sought a Reduction from, and which law suit is noted between himself and his step-mother Dame Margaret Hay in the Decisions of the Court of Session records. He was buried at his request, "with decency, but without pomp or great show" and interred in the place of his father's burial at Seton Collegiate Church.

Henry Seton/Seaton, (b.c.1659, d.c.1713. The third son of Sir John Seton 4th of Barnes, but his only son from his second marriage to Lady Margaret Hay, he was mistakenly referred to as a son of Seton of Garleton, which was incorrect. Like all of the Seton's he was staunchly loyal to the Stuart Monarch's and was opposed to Prince William of Orange and made himself peculiarly obnoxious to the government by complicity in the Jacobite schemes for his overthrow. After engaging in the failed Jacobite Resistance, he sought refuge and settled in the colony of Virginia in the America's in 1690, with a number of other Scots loyalists.

Henry Seton/Seaton is the son of Sir John Seton of Barnes and Hailes.
Sir John Seton, 4th Baron of Barnes and of Hailes
I started a profile for Henry as a son of Sir John Seton of B&H in the hopes of a match.

I imagine that all managers should remove themselves as managers and unfollow the profiles that are not in their tree.

I have no idea who George (Unknown Profile?through=6000000013113753784) and Elizabeth's ((No Name)) parents are.

I look forward to someone's assistance,
MTD

I'm actually wondering if Henry Seaton was the son of Sir John Seton of Barens and Hailes. Birth dates don't match up well. I think we should leave Henry without parents until the matter can be cleared up.

I wrote to Ken Seton, Henry IS the son of Sir John Seton 4th Baron of Barnes, etc. So I hope the Geni computer will recognize the match I will try to make between the two. Henry needs to be released from Sir John of Garleton and the two children that do not belong to him.

These are the two profiles I would like to merge:
Henry Seaton
and
Unknown Profile

Private User - I merged them but that brought up a set of issues that I emailed you about on Geni.

I need to read your notes more carefully, which may answer some of the questions that came up.

Hi Hatte,

It looks like the two different Georges were merged. My George had no full-siblings, only half-siblings, and only one wife. On his tree now are connected a sister and a second wife, Margaret. The sister (no name) and second wife Margaret need to be cut loose.

George's wife should only be Elizabeth Hill Seaton.

His half-siblings should be:
infant Moore, Thomas Moore, Augustine Moore, Elizabeth Moore Macon, Lucy Moore Roboinson, and Bernard Moore.

His children should be:
Elizabeth Seaton, Elizabeth Seaton West, Augustine Seaton, and George Seaton II

James Seaton James Seaton is probably the son of the other George Seaton, whose profile has disappeared, brother of the above female whose name (Eliazbeth) I deleted. James is not connected to this family. He needs to be cut free.

Thanks,
Maureen

Hi Private User. I was unable to work on this due to overload and I'm off to a family event tomorrow. Can you remind me with an email on Sunday and I'll get back and work with you to get this fixed and cleaned up?

Thanks for all the good information. I'll read it carefully and ask if I have questions.

Reminder if you're able. Thank you very much!

I should be free tonight or tomorrow! Thanks for the reminder.

Maureen and Hatte:

Henry Seaton is my 7th-great grandfather. My great-grandfather is Oren Andrew Seaton, author of the 1906 book The Seaton Family.

When you contacted Ken Seton, did he share any of the sources connecting this Henry Seaton of Virginia to Sir John Seton and Lady Margaret Hay's Henry Seton?

The Scottish court records don't provide that connection, and I don't have anything in US records that identify Henry Seaton's parents.

I do have Y-DNA evidence that is consistent with this relationship, but it doesn't prove the relationship. If we can document this connection, the Y-DNA testing connects the Henry Seaton line back to Sir William Seton of Seton, 1st Lord Seton (died before 03.1410) m. (before 08.03.1392-93) Catherine Sinclair.

Thank you so much for your help!

Steve Belter (seb@wintek.com)

Maureen (MTD):

To your comment: "It makes no sense that Henry Seaton would be buried at Chelsea Plantation because it is the home of his widow's second husband, Augustine Moore, who had it built."

Here is my hypothesis: Henry Seaton and Elizabeth Todd Seaton were neighbors of Col. Augustine Moore. Henry Seaton died, leaving his widow Elizabeth with a very young son (George Seaton). Around the same time, Col. Augustine Moore lost his wife and was without heirs.

It makes perfect sense to me that they married as that gives Elizabeth and George a means of support, and gives Augustine a wife that could provide an heir (which she did). Both spouses from the first marriages are in the cemetery at Chelsea Plantation according to Carolyn Whitaker. I've visited the cemetery and did not find the headstones, and I've been unable to find the source of Carolyn's list of graves.

Since Henry and Augustine were neighbors (and likely friends), it doesn't seem odd to me that Henry is buried at Chelsea Plantation.

Please let me know if you've found any support for Carolyn Whitaker's list of graves.

Steve Belter (seb@wintek.com)

Whoo hoo! I'll be emailing you!

For those interested in Ken's sources: "Since a lot of the Scottish records are becoming available online, Apprentice Records, Sheriff Court Records, Laing Charters, Wills and Testaments, etc... a lot of "lost branches" are coming to light." He has been finding his information in the listed documents.