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Susanna (Orcutt) Edson (1618)

Susanna Edson formerly Orcutt
Born in Fillongley, Warwickshire, Englandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of and
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died [date unknown] [location unknown]
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Susanna (Orcutt) Edson is currently protected by the Puritan Great Migration Project for reasons described in the narrative.
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Research suggests that this person may never have existed. See the text for details.

Disputed Information

A previous version of this profile claimed she was

  • born/christened February 20, 1618 "Of Fillongley, Warwick, England"
  • daughter of William Orcutt
  • Married to Samuel Edson, probably on February 1, 1638
  • died in Bridgewater, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts October 18, 1699,
  • buried 20 OCT 1699, Old Church Yd., W. Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Sources for Disputed Information

Reasons for Questioning Existence

As discussed in the profile for Samuel Edson, he did have a wife Susanna who died and was buried as above, but there is no proof she was an Orcutt nor is there any evidence that any Susanna Orcutt, born in Warwickshire in 1590-1640, existed. (If you find such, please discuss here.)





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B-404 Anne B
Orcutt, needs a disputed whatever section
posted by Anne B
Smith-32867 Jillaine Smith
I'm going in to change the children's mother to Bickley-40
posted by Jillaine Smith
Ashley-1950 Chase Ashley
I note that all her children need to be remapped to Susannah Bickley.
posted by Chase Ashley
Draper-310 Richard Draper
Personally, I think that something is amiss with the Susanna Orcutt file. However, with over 25,000 ancestors and offspring in my own files, I find that people way back (even Pilgrims and Puritans) behaved pretty much like folks today. They cheated, they split, they had multiple marriages and liasons ... If my file on Susanna's mother is correct, she made a career of it! Just because something sounds outrageous, doesn't mean it's not so. I think we collectively need to poke around on this one - and a few others - before dismissing them out of hand.
posted by Richard Draper
Smith-62120 Ellen Smith
I agree that the profile should be kept, with a prominent indication that she exists only as the result of genealogical errors, and documentation of the details.
posted by Ellen Smith
Smith-32867 Jillaine Smith
Chase argues that after disconnecting her, we should probably NOT merge her away, but keep her around and mark her up all over the place as probably non-existent; otherwise, she'll just get recreated. I tend to agree.
posted by Jillaine Smith
B-404 Anne B
I don't have any updates, and I can't remember if I got waylaid before or after looking. I'm in favor of disconnect and merge her away
posted by Anne B
Draper-310 Richard Draper
I am not sure whether this will help - or just add to the confusion: I have Susanna(h) Orcutt 20 Feb 1618-1699 m. Deacon Samuel Edson 1 Feb 1632. Her parents as William Orcutt 1592-1694 (!) and the former wife of Timothy Fenn 1596-1650. She was born in Cromasty, Scotland and died in Isle of Wight, VA. She apparently didn't stick in any situation long! My source note says LDS - which is not the most solid reference.
posted by Richard Draper
Ashley-1950 Chase Ashley
Jillaine/Anne - Per discussion in narrative bio for Samuel Edson, I have found no evidence that she existed, so she should either be disconnected as his wife or disconnected from her parents and merged into Susannah Bickley (whose profile I also built out).
posted by Chase Ashley
Smith-32867 Jillaine Smith
Anne, any update here? Would be nice to resolve this.
posted by Jillaine Smith

Rejected matches › Susannah (Bickley) Edson (abt.1618-bef.1699) › Susanna (Edson) Keith (abt.1641-1705) › Anna Catharina Unknown (1617-1668) › Anna Barbara (UNKNOWN) Groß (abt.1620-1687)

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