Charles Barcroft, 9th Great-grandfather of President Jimmy Carter, had three wives and three known children. The problem is matching two of the children with the correct mother.
First wife, Dorothy Crosby/Crosbie, married 21 February 1632/3.
Second wife, Elizabeth Wood, married 4 September 1634.
Third wife, Magdalin Unknown, married probably about 1640. No marriage record yet found, but had son William said to be born about 1640. Both named in Charles' will "Maudlin Barecroft, relict and William Barecroft her son.."
Charles Barcroft had two daughters, Jane, who married George Moore, and Elizabeth, who married James Sampson. Elizabeth is attributed to first wife Dorothy by Jeff Carter, ''Ancestors of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter,'' 2012, but no source. This book also mentions Jane, but no mother. She and George did name a daughter Magdalen.
The only birth record so far found that might fit one of these children is that of Elizabeth Bearcroft, b 27 Aug 1635, father Charles Bearcroft, mother Elizabeth.
Which daughter belongs to which mother? Given that first wife Dorothy died so soon after marriage, did she even have a child?
HELP!!!!
