Propose disconnect of Jean (Robertson) Henry, grandmother of Gov. Patrick Henry

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Robertson-270 is connected to a brother and parents for which no satisfactory sources exist. I propose we disconnect until this lineage has been cleared up. Especially important since she has a prominent descendant.
WikiTree profile: Jean Henry
in Genealogy Help by Angela Trigg G2G1 (1.6k points)

In an excerpt from Colonial
Families of the US- Library of Congress 66-18423,
Jean Robertson was the sister of Rev.Wm.Robertson
of the Old Grey Friars Church in Edinburg.
Alexander and Jean were the parents of Patrick, William
and John Henry.

I've found those references before, but what concerns me is that they're not based on any primary documentation that I've been able to find. I believe Douglas Richardson has even removed her son John Henry as a Gateway ancestor because of the doubt that now exists about her ancestry. But even if we take those sources as fact for now, they don't support the current attachment to the father that's listed in WikiTree (John Robertson) and that William identified as her brother in the wikitree profile is not the Rev. William Robertson, father of the famous historian.

I'm currently trying my hardest to find out her correct lineage (I'm a direct descendant) but for now I think we should either a) connect her to the family those possibly faulty secondary sources say (daughter of William Robertson of Gladney and his wife Margaret Mitchell) or b) disconnect her completely. I've found no secondary sources yet to support her father as this John Robertson (though based on her son's name, it's possible her father was a John Robertson).

OK, since I haven't heard back on sources for connecting her to the family she's currently attached to, I will disconnect her.

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Sources for familial connections have been added to Jean's profile.
by Eddie King G2G6 Pilot (699k points)

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