Mary Clark (Haskell) - Mary Clark's (Haskell) parents

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6/18/2023 at 1:16 PM

Would love some help here from managers and curators.........

I was recently told that my connection to Mayflower Passenger George Soule was incorrect. This person said,

"It shows information from the old Soule Silver which was discarded years ago by the Society and the Soule MFIP pink books took its place...old Editions of Silver books should not be used as they are full of information no longer accepted and based on faulty research...Patience and John Haskell's daughter, Mary's line is not carried on, she was not assigned a Family Number which means either she died young or never had children...the Mary who married Scotto Clark was actually the daughter of John Haskell's brother, Mark, who is not in this Mayflower line...sorry."

If someone has access to the Soule MFIP pink book, could you see if Mary Haskell is the daughter of Mark Haskell and if so, can we correct the master profile for Mary? Many thanks for any help on this. Harriet C. Ervin Stevenson

Dean Richard Hobart PRO

6/18/2023 at 2:38 PM

Private User Erica Howton
Harriett, I found the article from The American Genealogist in 1981 that seems to be the basis of the revision to Mary Haskell (formerlly thought of as daughter of John and Patience (Soule) Haskell, but actually her cousin (the daughter of Mark, John's father.).

I uploaded it to the Source tab and left some comments. I moved Scotto Clark to his actual wife.

The profile for Mary Haskell born in 1684, who did not marry Scotto Clark, is name locked. There are also a number of the daughters who are locked with that weird affectation of birth name in parenthesis at the end instead of being blank so people's naming settings can function properly. I can't change those.

Erica Howton C

6/18/2023 at 3:17 PM

Nice work.

Here’s the real wife of Scottoway Clark - Mary Clark

I’m fixing names.

We have a project for “unmarried women”, I do think that helps for “spinsters.”

https://www.geni.com/projects/Unmarried-Women-Maiden-Ladies-Old-Maids/957979

Erica Howton C

6/18/2023 at 3:30 PM

To explain a little further about Dean’s comment on name “weird affectation …. “

Every geni member has the ability to customize name display. This is especially relevant to women’s names, as some people prefer the setting “display birth surname only”.

But when a name is written in the display name field (hard coded), that display over rides the individual preference.

In the old days at geni, the only other option was “birth surname appended”. So in writing out names, some people (and probably still do, but shouldn’t) type the full name in the display name box - as “they” like it. And we “sealed up” Master Profiles before we got the ability to “display birth surname in parentheses” (which is how we see names written out in American genealogical articles).

Why did we lock name fields? Because of “vandalism.” Sometimes members try to correct tree errors by “erasing” names, or re writing them, instead of detaching from incorrect family.

I do “empty out” the display name box for women’s master profiles as I run across them, and encourage everyone else to do the same. Royalty & celebrities (etc) excepted, of course.

Here’s where to customize name displays for yourself:

https://www.geni.com/account_settings/name_preferences

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