G2G: Advice before editing this pre-1700 Jones profile?

Question

I have information to contribute to the profile of Dorothy (Jones) Sears. This is what I can add:

• Richard was born in 1595, but his first known child was not born until 1637 when he was 42; it may be that Dorothy had children earlier who had died. She and Richard may have been married in England—and it is possible that he had a previous wife and that his (hypothetical) first spouse and children died before he came to New England. His three surviving children were mentioned in his will, and clearly Dorothy was their mother, since it is through her that the Thacher connection was established, and Samuel Jones left bequests to her children, as his “cousins.”

   

  [Richard’s] will makes his “brother Thacher” a trustee of his estate, and Thacher’s son John calls Richard Sears “uncle.” These terms led formerly to an assumption that his wife Dorothy was a Thacher, but that has been disproved, and it is now accepted that she was a sister of Thacher’s second wife, Elizabeth Jones. Their brother, Richard Jones of Dorchester, Mass., died intestate, and his widow in the inventory referred to her brother Thatcher, and also made Anthony Thacher of Yarmouth a trustee of the estate. Samuel Jones, son of Richard, in his will in 1661, made bequests to his six cousins in Yarmouth. Thacher had three children by his second (Jones) wife, and Richard Sears had three children, and that accounts for the six.^[<!--[if !supportFootnotes]-->[1]<!--[endif]-->^]

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  <!--[if !supportFootnotes]-->[1]<!--[endif]--> Donald L. Jacobus, Ancestry of Thomas Chalmers Brainerd  (Portland, Me.: Athoensen Press, 1948), 257.

These are the sources I am using:

Should I contact one of the pre-1700 projects or know about any style guidelines before proceeding? Thank you!

Answer 1

Since she appears to be PGM you might want to add that tag to your question, or post directly on her profile.

Also the source link you provide is simply a help page on sourcing.  For reliable PGM sources  See: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Puritan_Great_Migration_Project_Reliable_Sources

Answer 2

I can not see what sources you are useing and there is some messy code in your post that you would not want to put in the profile (stuff like <!--[if !supportFootnotes]-->)

Whilst there is nothing to stop you editing the profile since you have done the pre 1700 test If I were going to make changes to a profile like this I think I would speak to the profile owner first, really just out of courtesy, and since one of the owners of this particular profile is a project then it would make sense to me to speak to the Puritan Great Migration Project although it is not strictly necessary if you are happy with your sources and can make a tidy job of it.

Comments

Andy, by commenting here, he is speaking with the profile manager who will be informed that a question has been posted to the profile.

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Yes you are right Jillaine. Because he tagged in dorothy, anyone that has her on their watchlist (which should be all the profile owners) should be notified. I had overlooked that. Very good point :)

Answer 3

Hello Richard,  I see the profile for Dorothy Sears is included in the Puritan Great Migration Project, so you need to coordinate with the project before you make changes, especially major changes or changes to the relationships in the data.

PGM edits are always associated with inline citations, so changes can be tracked to the source you are using.  Be sure you know how to do inline citations before you proceed with any edits.https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Sources_Style_Guide

Additional contacts with the project can be made in the comment section of the profile.