Editing birthyear to pre-1700

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Today I was adding info and sources to [Whitecross-26], a profile that had been created by someone else by a gedcom import over 5 years ago, and I added a birthyear of 1720.  However, he was already a child of [Whytcross-2], which had a birthyear of 1727, but who was probably born in 1688. So my edits caused the child to be born before the father, generating an error before I could save.  So I made edits to the father, which generated a pre-1700 flag.  In order not to lose my work, I entered the birthyear of "before 1701" for the father.  Not the best solution.  My sources do come from the Old Parish Registers (my notes predate Scotlands People, back when we ordered microfilms from Salt Lake to our local libraries, so I didn't actually use Scotlands People, although my sources are contained there).  So I am seeking guidance on improving this profile.
WikiTree profile: John Whytcross
in Policy and Style by Steven Wilson G2G2 (2.1k points)

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Using the info that you have, I was able to find all but Alexander, and other 'witness' events on Scotlands People, as well as his marriage on Scotland People.  I added the full citation for each of them. I did not find a Death source on Scotlands People.

His father might have been baptized 11 Jan 1688 in PrestonKirk, son of John Whytcross. I did not find a marriage to Isabel.
by Linda Peterson G2G6 Pilot (875k points)
I added that birth source, changed the birth date, since the marriage said he was from Prestonkirk.  I added the full source citation for the marriage and the children

I didn't find a Death for John or Richard, who died early.

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