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Question

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/James-13308

Eddie King created the profile and found the documents to prove parentage and the pictures.

Keith McDonald gave him his military credentials 

Gaile Connolly made him look beautiful.

Robin Lee provided support, encouragement and assistance .

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Here! Here!

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Cheers

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Great job!

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Just a minor comment on the biography.  It appears that his will was probated 48 years before his death, surely this is a mis-statement. It may be that it was recorded, not probated.

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The  Will is for Reuben senior. Names sailor Reuben and his mother, brother and sisters

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Nice work to all!

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fantastic tree, Eddie. and all

Answer 1

Very nicely done, Eddie, Keith, Gaile, and Robin!

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Eddie - a possible clue, but very unsourced...

Family Search has a profile for Reuben James - yours is WAY better as theirs has virtually no information and no sources, but it lists the following:

Father: Reuben James - spelled Ruben - 1751 - ? - born Sussex, Delaware

Mother: Mary Hitchens - about 1753 - ? - born Sussex Delaware

Siblings: Sealy James (female) - about 1777 - ? - born Sussex, Delaware

Siblings: Noble James (male) - about 1779 - ? - born Sussex, Delaware

Siblings: Patty James (female) - about 1782 - ? - born Sussex, Delaware

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L2MS-7XF

I'm always leery of using unsourced stuff like this, but sometimes I can backtrack how the information get there and either prove or disprove the information. They also list some extended ancestors, but it's hard to tell if they're just names out of a hat, or properly researched information.

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Thank you , Scott !

Added to working notes.  Reuben senior names NANCY HITCHENS as a daughter-in-law in his will. Could mean a step-daughter.

I am currently tracking Reuben's brother Noble through the land records an wills.

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Check the Will indexes I added to

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/James-13317

Some of your familysearch tree peeps !

Answer 2

I have just found PROOF of Reuben's mother !

I am the X-Treme Kong of deep digging

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