Is there evidence that Priscilla Anstey was married to Charles Tuffin rather than James Tuffin?

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I just adopted Anstey-36 which is linked as a wife to Tuffin-63 (Charles Tuffin). The only sources on this profile are left over from the GEDCOM import and point back to Ancestry and one link to Newfoundland's Grand Banks website as a source for her death.(http://ngb.chebucto.org/Vstats/death-reg-bk-2-1896-1900-tw.shtml) A note in the biography, copied from the Grand Banks death record, states that she was married to James Tuffin. I can't find an actual marriage record for any of them but I've found records for both men having children and it looks like both Charles and James had wives named Priscilla. The difference is that Charles seems to have been born around 1821, which is 30 years before Anstey-36, and his children were born in the 1850's when this supposed wife was still a child. (Example) He also lived in St John's, whereas Priscilla and James both lived in Little Bay Islands. I have found a record of a James Tuffin being baptized here:  http://ngb.chebucto.org/Vstats/death-reg-bk-2-1896-1900-tw.shtml The date puts him much closer in age and location to Anstey-36. 

I don't think there is very much evidence for Charles Tuffin being the husband in this case. A look at the Changes page show someone once had a note in the biography stating there was evidence the husband was Charles but never provided a source. Should they be disconnected?

WikiTree profile: Priscilla Tuffin
in Genealogy Help by Larissa Loomes G2G6 Mach 1 (11.0k points)

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