Perplexing Ancestors
I’m so confused! Is it Frances or Francis? Is it he or she? Is is 1696 or 1701 or 1732 or 1768? And then of course, there is Stephen Watkins and Stephen Watkins. Seriously, who is who?
Actually all of the above information is part of the story. Francis Warman married Frances Hanslap who then became Frances Warman. They had a son who they named Francis who then had a daughter he named Frances Hanslap.
Stephen Watkins had a son named Stephen Watkins who married Frances Hanslap Warman (the granddaughter of Francis and Frances) in 1783. Stephen Jr. and Frances had a son named Joseph Hanslap Watkins who was born in 1788.
To continue the confusion, Stephen’s grandmother, Mary Warman and Frances’s grandfather, Francis Warman are brother and sister. Mary and Francis’s parents are Stephen Warman III and Sarah Watts.
(When doing research, if things don’t make sense, keep digging. Using other people’s research and trees can be helpful in providing hints. However, you will likely find conflicting or wrong information. Do your best to verify all information and use common sense.)