Patience Bacon 10 years old when married to William Miller?

Question

Suspecting an erroneous birth date on this record.

Answer 1

If you look in the GEDCOM data gives the birthdate as July 1623 which would make more sense. Also, I would be sure to look for a source that clearly states the birthdate and try to verify it with 2 other sources. Hope that helps.

Mike

Comments

And while we're at it, it would be great to find documentation of her origins/parents.

I did find, while looking, an interesting bit: she was the first female physician in colonial America. See:

William Richard Cutter, Genealogical & Family History of the State of Connecticut, Vol. IV, (Orig. publ. NY, 1911; repr. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1997), pg. 2055-56 which can be found here:

https://archive.org/details/genealogicalfami004cutt

Answer 2

Find-a-grave also has her birthdate as 1623: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=32523312