William Sanborn - Alice

Started by John Hervey on Monday, February 1, 2021
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It looks like Alice is not the child of William. She was born between 1627-1630 when William was 4-7 years old. Also, William was established in New Hampshire whereas Alice was born in MA. I am not sure of Alice Taylor's maiden name, but if it is Sanborn, it is from a different line. Any thoughts?

Dear Sir, What is the evidence for this Alice being a Sanborn? I was a founder of The Sanborn Family Association, and later served as the Genealogist, after my ex-wife had that job for several years. Neither of us has ever heard of an Alice in William Samborne's family, and none of the well-researched published sources mention such a person. Please be so kind as to share what hard evidence you have that such a person existed. Thank you.
George Freeman Sanborn Jr.

It looks like the connection comes from an old Gedcom profile, I see (outdated) Wikitree notes in the profile for Alice Taylor I will shortly copy to an attached document:

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wells-224

Alice Wells Taylor (Sanborn) was born in 1630 in Hampton, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay. She married Walter Taylor in 1652 in Massachusetts. She is the mother of Mary Taylor. Alice died on 21 Jan 1732 in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts. Profile manager: Andrea Pack Profile last modified 21 Oct 2017 | Created 19 Oct 2010

Biography

This biography is a rough draft. It was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import and needs to be edited.

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https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wells-224 Currently shows her parent less, and so will Geni shortly:

An old Gedcom file is no proof of anything, as I'm sure Erica knows, unless it specifies some real primary sources for the information. I still haven't seen or heard anything that proves this Alice person was a Sanborn. At this point, I don't believe it. And what's with this middle name of Wells at a time when virtually nobody had middle names? The whole thing looks very suspicious to me, a product of somebody's overactive imagination with a desire to "fill in every blank with a name."
George Freeman Sanborn Jr., F.A.S.G.
Fellow, American Society of Genealogists

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