The following message was posted on the "fixing Colonial American Trees" thread at https://www.geni.com/discussions/185827 on 12/30/2020. There was no response.
Trent family action request
1. Frederick Trent. Please merge Frederick Trent, Sr. and Frederick Trent Jr
These profiles were created based on the widespread belief that there were two Frederick Trents in the area at this time, one in Tazewell county and one in Cabell/Logan. An extensive review of the records indicates strongly that there was only one Frederick Trent who did not stay in any one place for very long, and moved frequently between the counties of Russell, Tazewell, and Cabell/Logan in Virginia, and probably Pike/Floyd county in Kentucky as well. The records indicate that he was born before 1774, and probably died around 1833-34. The evidence is discussed at http://www.littlefeatheredbuddies.com/chzonie/trentfredericks.html
I leave it to your discretion on how to handle the wives. There is contemporaneous documentation for Elizabeth/Lydia through 1820, and for Agnes in 1835. It is not clear whether Agnes is a second wife, or if Lydia started using the name Agnes sometime after 1820. There is a complication: Henry Clay Ragland’s well-known “History of Logan County” says that Frederick was in Logan County with Agnes in 1806, and attributes several of the children to her. The book was published in 1896, ninety years after the event, and contains some errors. It will be best to add a note explaining that Ragland is not a wholly reliable source and should not be regarded as proof of anything.
The available evidence indicates that Frederick had at least nine children with Lydia by 1815, and has no known children born after that date. They are: an unidentified son born between 1794 and 1802; daughters Chloe born 1800, Sinea/Linney born 1801-02, and Edy born 1803; sons Humphrey born 1806 and Eli born 1809; daughters Susan born 1810 and Sarah born 1809-11; and son Frederick junior born 1815. Ragland says that Agnes was the mother of the last five, but this is apparently wrong if Lydia and Agnes were two different people (assuming that Frederick was not a bigamist).
Geni currently shows that Frederick (Sr) and Lydia are the parents of Frederick Jr, Melvina “Linney”, Molly, Alexander, and John Trent. Frederick Jr is being merged into Frederick Sr. Linney is an actual daughter, but the name on her death certificate is Sinea not Melvina according to https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/z/a/j/Scott-A-Zajac/GENE4-0003.html There are signs that the unidentified son may have been named Alexander, but this has not been confirmed. There is no documentation for a son named John or a daughter named Molly, so they should probably be removed.
Geni currently shows that Frederick (Jr) and Agnes are the parents of Humphrey, Eli, Sarah, Susanna, Frederick III, and Linney Lydia Christian. Linney Lydia is a duplicate of Melvina Linney, so they should be merged. The other children are correct, but should be attached to Frederick and Lydia, not Frederick and Agnes. Frederick III should be renamed as Frederick Jr, because the current Frederick junior is going away. Chloe and Edy are not currently on the list of children, but I can add them after everything else is sorted out.
2. The parents of Henry “the immigrant” Trent are unknown, and it looks like the father and grandfather assigned to him at Henry Trent, Sr and Henri Trent, I are mistimed duplicates of his own profile at Henry Trent, II Please disconnect the parents and grandparents. There is an existing discussion on the profiles which didn’t get any results. Some renumbering of the remaining Henrys will be needed.
Thank you! I know this is a complicated request.
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