Advice before editing this pre-1700 Gibson profile?

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I have information to contribute to the profile of John Gibson. This is what I can add:

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!

Edited to tag PGM

WikiTree profile: John Gibson
in Genealogy Help by Bill Gibson G2G Crew (770 points)
edited by S Willson
Would you please edit this post and add the information you hope to add as well as its sources? Thank you.

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This answer relates to your post with the info and citations you wanted to add:

Perhaps I am missing something, but I am not sure how a William Gibbson who died in 1684 in London, and who was a supposed son of Sir William Gibson relate to the immigrant John Gibson? Looking at Sir William's FS profile, though, it does list a supposed son, John, born in 1601. One of the sources is Anderson's ''Great Migration'' which echoes the approximate birth year of 1601, but it says his origins and parentage are unknown.

Of the "sources" shown on John Gibson's FS page, there are no references there to his father being William, although he is connected (without sources) as a son to Sir William Gibson there. I see one reference on FS showing his father may have been Alexander (discussed on John's profile).

The obituary is not for this John.

Thanks for posting this question, and good luck in your search. It is frustrating to find brick walls like John Gibson's...
by S Willson G2G6 Pilot (238k points)
edited by S Willson
Thank you for your response and advice.

I am showing 48 source for John Gibson and 21 memories. I am at a loss as to which of these 48 sources and 21 memories are acceptable to substantiate John Gibson. My FS family tree is showing John Gibson being born on 1 Dec 1601 in Fife, Scotland and passing away in Cambridge, Massachusetts on 2 Dec 1694. Emigrating to America in 1634. John's father was Sir William Gibson and his Great Grandfather was Alexander Gibson III (1545-1644).  John's first wife was Rebecca Thompson Gibson. They had five(5) children - Rebecca, Mary, Martha, John Jr and Samuel. John's second wife was Joan Prentice. John had four (4) siblings - William, Rebecca, Hannah and Thomas.
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Since it's Project Protected, you should explain what edits you want to do, and what your sources are for those edits, to the Puritan Great Migration Project. You could edit this post and tag them so they can respond.
by John Vaskie G2G6 Pilot (256k points)
John Thank you for your response and assistance.

I have 48 sources and 21 memories associated with John Gibson.

I am at a loss as to which of these would be acceptable to the Puritan Great migration Project??
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Add Sir William Gibson as father of John Gibson:

Where The Record Is Found (Citation)

"England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JCMS-7ZQ : 18 April 2023), William Gibbson in entry for William Gibbson, 1684.

Where The Record Is Found (Citation)

"England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991", database, FamilySearch 
(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JCMS-7ZQ : 18 April 2023), William Gibbson in entry for William Gibbson, 1684.

Where The Record Is Found (Citation)

"United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4HCY-XV6Z : 14 December 2019), William J Gibson, . 

by Bill Gibson G2G Crew (770 points)
Your first source looks fine, the second is for obituaries from 1815-2011, so it couldn't be for your Gibson.

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