William Robertson - Messed up family

Erica Howton C

11/13/2021 at 9:54 PM

This man's family seems messed up. Looks like some wives may have the wrong or extra children. And the son William has the same birth year as his father. I read - "Keep in mind Robertson Family Records,by: J. Montgomery Seaver, 1928 is a work of fraud and has generated much confusion in researching this family." This may be the source of some of the confusion.

Reference: WikiTree Genealogy - SmartCopy: Nov 1 2021, 12:58:22 UTC

Private User

11/14/2021 at 4:55 AM

Thanks.

Erica Howton C

11/14/2021 at 9:01 AM

From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Robertson-2350

Robertson Family Records, published by J. Montgomery Seaver, 1928, is a fraudulent work, it states "Scotch Will was the grandson of John Robertson, Bailey of Edinburgh. This Wlm. Robertson signed his will with an "X". It seems likely that Mr. Seaver combined this William with another William Robertson, "Scotch Billie", who actually was educated in Scotland.
In Colonial Families of the United States of America, Volume I it states "Scotch Will was the grandson of John Robertson, Bailey of Edinburgh and son of William Robertson, Naval Officer and Reciever, District of York River and Secretary of Governor Spottswood; and other sources have him as the founder of William and Mary College- all in error! [1],

But I’m not sure the profile for William Robertson of Manchester Parish is entirely correct. It’s certainly not the same as http://www.robisonandblythe.org/getperson.php?personID=I24349&tree=...

Erica Howton C

11/14/2021 at 9:42 AM

This James Francis Robertson also has conflicting parents.

Erica Howton C

11/14/2021 at 11:47 AM

Private User - this is going very slowly and I doubt I can resolve conflicting information. Do you know what the fraud data is so I can avoid it?

Private User

11/14/2021 at 12:16 PM

I don't know what the fraud is - I just saw that sentence I quoted from wikitree. This guy came up as a possible merge with this "son". He is not an ancestor of mine. If you can't resolve it, it's not an issue for me. I just wanted to bring it to your attention. We'll just have to see if anything comes of the discussion.

Thanks for all you do to keep things as accurate as is possible!

Erica Howton C

11/14/2021 at 8:59 PM

I think this is the (fraud) “Scotch Bill” Robertson. His birth dates all over the place.

William Robertson of Manchester Parish

William Robertson - Messed up family

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