Two different Thomas Prestons being confused (Preston-255)

Question

Two different men named Thomas Preston with two different wives seem to be combined together in one profile (Preston-255), He is shown as having died in 1674 in Calvert County, Maryland. And each of the two wives have sons named Thomas about the same age (apparently both died in 1710, but probably in different places).  The proposed merge of those two sons should probably be rejected, but I don't know where to start to clean up this mess.  Please help.

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Hi Kenneth have fould copy of Thomas and Deborah marriage which was at ST Stephens, Norwich 14 Feb 1631 if you need a copy please email me at alanchannon@hotmail.co.uk

Answer 1

When Thomas Preston d. in 1674 in Calvert County, he named a wife Eliza in his will, and three children, one son and two daughters. His son was Thomas, one of the daughters was a Dorothy.

This information comes form the following website:

http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I071222&tree=Tree1

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Yes,

     Eliza would be Elizabeth Harrison (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Harrison-1481).  What is really problematic is the other wife shown for Thomas Preston III (Deborah Norton).

Answer 2

I'm thinking the easiest solution would be to create a new profile for the Yorkshire Thomas Preston, and attaching Elizabeth Harrison to him (as well as the two profiles of their children, Thomas and Dorothy).  That would leave the original profile for Thomas Preston of Norfolk (husband of Deborah Norton).