Are you sure William Stratton 1576 isn't really William Staton?

Question

Help. Can't seem to find any info on William Staton, the supposed father of Peter Staton, from Virginia. This William Stratton lives in the same area and does have a son named Peter. Could it bet the info is incorrect? Can anyone help?

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the profiles are sourced

what dates do you have for Peter Staton

spouse ? children ?

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Whomever authored the profiles of the family (there's no PM)  has Peter b. c1775 and m. c1807 to Polly Street and the source on William is some book which maybe has some sort of sourcing possibly enough to obtain from other sites more acceptable sources ?

AND in any case the profiles are up for adoption and they are OPEN (white padlock)

First step for Karen, if she's serious, would be to adopty all the family profiles and then secure the marriage records of Peter and for his siblings if possible and to see if grave sites can be located and see if she can locate wills and land deeds and other census  ... etc

Going to take research to substantiate whatever info may be contained in that book

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the profile she cited above is for STRATTON

She is looking for STATON

The STRATTON family is well-known and documented. She can't change STRATTON to STATON

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Yes, indeed, Eddie, this is the case. You are maybe correct.  But the profiles are open, adoptable, and the LNAB could be changed.  There have been cases where someone came in and changed a LNAB without proofs. She would not do this of course.

Secondly, the source is a book. Can the information IN the book be supported by documentation? Has anyone vetted the information in the book?

As it stands, the book is the only source of information listed so far as I can see.

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Frances Stratton

 in the Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940

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Name:	Frances Stratton
Gender:	Female
Marriage Date:	20 Oct 1788
Marriage Place:	Powhatan, Virginia
Spouse:	James Hix
FHL Film Number:	33067

Source Information

Ancestry.com. Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2014.

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Edward Stratton

 in the Virginia, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1607-1890

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Name:	Edward Stratton
State:	VA
County:	Powhatan County
Township:	No Township Listed
Year:	1783
Record Type:	Tax list
Page:	059
Database:	VA Early Census Index

Source Information

Ancestry.com. Virginia, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1607-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.

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James Stratton

 in the Virginia, Compiled Marriages, 1660-1800

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Name:	James Stratton
Spouse:	Dinah Russell
Marriage Date:	20 Sep 1797
Marriage Location:	Cumberland County, Virginia

Source Information

Dodd, Jordan. Virginia, Compiled Marriages, 1660-1800 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.

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Peter Stratton

 in the Virginia, Compiled Marriages, 1740-1850

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Name:	Peter Stratton
Gender:	Male
Spouse Name:	Polly Street
Spouse Gender:	Female
Marriage Date:	21 Apr 1807
County:	Cumberland
State:	Virginia

Source Information

Ancestry.com. Virginia, Compiled Marriages, 1740-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.

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There's more stuff but I gotta eat my supper. You folks can look more.

Answer 1

I'd call these profiles "barely sourced" and agree with Susan that someone needs to do some additional digging before making any serious changes.

Furthermore, all six children have a similar dob which is highly unlikely and was pointed out years ago.