Advice before merging these pre-1700 Barnes profiles? [closed]

Question

Barnes-13 seems to be a duplicate of Barnes-19020 (side-by-side comparison) Could they be different people? Could she have married one man named James Barnes and then another?

Answer 1

Kurt, I would say that it is a good possibility these are the same gentleman, especially with the same spouse.  It *could* happen that she married two men with the same name, but highly unlikely.  It would be more likely that she married actual brothers than the same name.  Hope this helps.

Thanks, Cindy

Answer 2

I am a direct decendant of James Barnes. Proven by Y-DNA testing. These are the same person. James Barnes 1655-1726. Married Keturah Shipley. She only married once.