What is correct LNAB for Joanna Pinder or Joanna Pindor

Question

Apparently the LNAB for Pindar-293 should be Pindor.

Joanna’s first husband was Valentine Rowell, Rowell-54; his wife is Joana Pinder Pinder-297.

Joanna’s marriages in early Massachusetts   to (1) Valentine Rowell (2) William Sargent, and (3) Richard Currier), listed her LNAB as Pindor, as sourced in NEHGS Pindar-293. Joanna Pindor is recorded as the wife of Valentine Rowell, Rowell-54.  Both were early settlers of Essex and Old Norfolk {Massachusetts}, as sourced in Pindar-293.

 What steps to take to merge Joanna Pindar to Joanna Pinder, or to create a new profile for Pindor?

Answer 1

Her last name is correct as Pinder. Her older siblings were baptized with that name, showing their father, Henry Pinder. The PGM Project relies on Anderson (Great Migration series); Anderson uses the spelling Pinder. With no baptism record found for her showing a different spelling, we go with Anderson’s spelling, Pinder. She may be referred to with other last names in other publications.

Edited to add: I have proposed a merge of Pindar-293 and Pinder-297.

Comments

Thank you for your well thought out answer, and your proposed merge.

Answer 2

I have a short Pinder line and then it turns into my Cole line. Ann Pinder Cole. :)