Robert Sherman, Robert S Wakefield, Lydia Finley, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed in Plymouth Massachusetts December 1620 Volume 15 Chilton and Moore (GSMD, Plymouth, MA: 1997)
Has:
Richard Chilton + Isabel (Unknown)
Lyonell Chilton + First Unknown wife mother of all his children: John, James, Alice, Ann and Margaret; + Second wife Isabel widow of Francis Furner and mother of Susannah and Thomas Furner (Note Isabel is not the mother of any Chilton children)
James Children + Unknown wife of the Mayflower
Most of this was published back in 1962:
John G. Hunt, "Origins of the Chiltons of the Mayflower," The American Genealogist 38(1962):244-245
https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/american-genealogist-th...
What we have had published since then adds the fact that Lyonell Chilton first wife and mother of his children was most likely named Edith (Unknown) but this isn't 100% proven just likely:
Jon Wardlow, "The Likely Given Name of James Chilton's Mother," Mayflower Descendant, 62 (2013): 69-71
And that John G Hunt was wrong about the possible identity of James Chilton's wife being Susannah Furner. She is still unknown.
And then Anderson did two sketches for James Chilton in Pilgrim Migration and the Great Migration Begins. He names and unknown first wife and doesn't cite the article above noting her name may have been Edith but otherwise is consistent with the other sources. Perhaps he doesn't find the evidence for Edith's name to be convincing or perhaps he missed the article.
And we learn a little bit more about Francis Furner's daughter Susannah Furner and another sibling Annis Furner:
The 1609-1610 Excommunications of Mayflower Pilgrims Mrs. Chilton and Moses Fletcher, in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society), 153:409. [https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/new-england-historical-...
So that leads to some problem on GENI. I tried to fix what I could but what remains:
1) James Chilton of the Mayflower was the son of first wife (probably named Edith) definitely not Isabel:
James Chilton, "Mayflower" Passenger
2) Isabel (Unknown) wife of Richard Chilton is shown on GENI as Isabel Talmache daughter of Lionel Tollemach and Edith Joyce with no supporting evidence. From what little I've read online no serious genealogist has proposed this and someone on the Internet possibly thought she was a daughter based on the name "Lionel" of her son leading them to believe her father must be a Lionel. But there is no daughter named Isabel of Lionel Talmache. The maiden name and parents of Isabel is unknown still.
Isabel Chilton
3) We now have a pending merge for Lyonell Chilton that needs to be completed:
https://www.geni.com/merge/compare/4967248735610069656?from_flash=1...
4) Then we have a Richard Chilton b 1505 locked as son of Lyonell Chilton b 1539 which is not only impossible, Lyonell never had a son named Richard. This Richard was probably originally supposed to be the first generation Richard and needs to be unlocked and merged at the beginning of the tree:
Richard Chilton
Richard Chilton
5) The father of the first generation Richard Chilton is unknown but users keep changing his name to Richard adding another generation without evidence. We should lock the name on this profile as NN. In fact the most likely father of Richard was a William Chilton (John G Hunt above) but this isn't proven:
NN Chilton
6) Nothing is published about a third husband named Nicholas Graunt of Isabel so I removed him but Isabel's relationships should be locked so he doesn't come back.
Nicholas Graunt
7) No published work shows that Alice Chilton or John Chilton of this family married. It is possible they did but the burden of identity is high for a Mayflower family and if these marriages and children can't be proven to belong to this specific family I think they should be removed. But I didn't remove them. Personally I think they should be removed unless we can prove via probate records, etc. that these marriages and their respective children belong to this family. But perhaps there are other opinions. I'm a purist:
Alice Morris
John Chilton
8) Joel Chilton I removed as son of Lyonell Chilton. It has been proven he was actually son of James Chilton (based on his death record) and should be merged but I don't have permission to do so or to leave a source on the profile (see New England Ancestors Magazine 8.2:39 2007 https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/new-england-ancestors-m...):
Joel Chilton
Joel Chilton
I haven't checked the first two generations of James Chilton on GENI but if you want me to I can. I have his MF book here. I hope all this isn't too overwhelming.
