A string of pre-1700 Christophers now orphaned

Question

I have just orphaned a string of Christophers, I understand that there are family trees that include them in Ancestry but do not have an Ancestry account to follow that up. From a roots web discussion, I have the impression that their existence may be more fanciful than actual. They arrived here unsourced, I wonder if it is worthwhile someone at least attach an ancestry link if it thought they are worth spending time on?

Answer 1

Got as far back as Christopher-279 ... unable to locate anything further for his ancestors.  Hopefully my comments added for his descendants will be of help to someone?

Answer 2

It’s hard enough chasing real ancestors, why make up phantom ones?

They might think it fun at the time, but end up looking a jerk!

Answer 3

I just looked these Christophers up on Ancestry. They are indeed a fanciful collection of imaginary men. One was according to this tree married to the Queen of Norway. It looks to me like a case of bad genealogy run amok. What sources are included are unlikely to pertain to the person they are attached to, ie. a baptismal record for a child in Lancashire attached to a child born in Kent. Not sure what should be done with them. 

Comments

Best answer, because, for some reason my voting resulted in a down vote which was not at all what was intended. I understood from the rootsweb comments that these Christophers were an assemblage rather than a genealogy. I think that comments on each profile giving a source for that individual person with a note that it has been included inappropriately in a genealogy with ..... parent & / or .... child is the way to go. Perhaps they should be disconnected but for now left in string until all have sources?

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I changed best answer to Lesley who managed to find some Christophers.  in Kent. 

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Thank you Jeanie :-)