John needs to be connected

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Apologies for created an unconnected profile, but John Marsellus was very interesting. He should not be too difficult to connect to the tree, but I have other things to attend to at the moment.

On John's profile you will find a link to his published biography, excerpts repeated on his grave memorial that identify both his and his wife's ancestors back to about the mid 1600s. These have lots of clues including birth/death/marriage dates, locations, names of all of the children.
WikiTree profile: John Marsellus
in Genealogy Help by Kay Knight G2G6 Pilot (610k points)
Most likely it seems that his parents, grandparents, great grandparents and so on, to include birth years and full name would help John to get connected to the big tree.

The further back in generations, the greater a most recent common ancestor could be found.
Frank. Yes. If you look on his profile you will see the link to his great grandparents profiles. Or you could look at his bio or grave which has:

John Marsellus, one of the prominent manufacturers of Syracuse, is the only surviving son of Robert Osborne and Maria (Ouderkirk) Marsellus, both of Holland Dutch descent, and was born February 2, 1846, in Schenectady, N. Y., where his father, who was born there April 7, 1824, still lives. His mother was born December 23, 1826, and died June 20, 1895; of her two children Edward, the youngest, died in infancy. His paternal ancestor was Janse von Bommel Marselis, who was born at Bommel in Guilderland, Holland, married Annatie Gerritse, came to America about 1650, and settled at Beverwyck (now Albany), where he was for many years a farmer and innkeeper. There his children also settled, excepting Ahasuerus and Gerrit,
who removed to Schenectady. The latter with his wife and child was killed in the massacre of February 9, 1690; one child, Myndert, was saved and was living in Schenectady in 1709. The line of descent to the subject of this sketch is 1, Janse von Bommel Marselis (the immigrant), of Beverwyck; 2, Ahasuerus, a cordwainer, who married Sara Heemstraat, and settled in Schenectady about 1698; 3, Johannes, merchant, born June 26, 1698, married Sara De Graaf ; 4, Ahasuerus, born June 26, 1726, married Maria, daughter of Hendrick Vrooman in 1749, served as captain in the Revolutionary war, and was killed at Bemis Heights in Saratoga county; 5, Nicolaas, born August 8, 1766, married Machtelt, daughter of Isaac Rosa, in 1788, and died August 12, 1848, having had born to him eleven children ; 6. Ahasuerus, born December 28, 1788, married Cornelia, daughter of John C. and Maria (daughter of Cornelius Van Slyck) Barhydt, who was born October 3, 1790, and had nine children: John A., Matilda, Maria, Nicholas, Isaac, 7, Robert O., Henry, Cornelius, and James. Of these James, Nicholas, and Cornelius served honorably as volunteers in the war of the Rebellion, as did also Edward Forrest, son of Maria, who became first lieutenant under General Hooker and fell in battle near Chattanooga.
On his mother's side Mr. Marsellus descends from: Jan Janse Ouderkirk, a cooper in Beverwyck, known as early as 1664, and prob ably the earliest settler of this name in or abovit Albany or Schenectady. He was commonly called " Smalle Cuyper." His son, Pieter Ouderkirk, was married in 1704, in Niskayuna, to Alida, daughter of Johannes Clute, and their children were Johannes, born in February, 1705; Johannes, in January, 1707 ; Bata, in January, 1716, and Pieter in May, 1720. The latter, Pieter Ouderkirk, born May 8, 1720, married Machtelt, daughter of Takel Heemstraat, June 18, 1755. Their children were Alida, baptized April 25, 1756; Takel, June 11, 1758; Maria, November 3, 1760; Petrus, April 20, 1763; Anna, September 20, 1769; Johannes, May 13, 1773; and Isaac. Johannes (or John) Ouderkirk, born May 18, 1773, married Elizabeth Clute December 7, 1793, and had children, Machtelt, baptized November 84, 1794; Peter, born December 25, 1795; and Maria, born May 28, 1801. John Ouderkirk died and his widow married a Van Loan, who was an officer in the war of 1812. Peter Ouderkirk, born at Guilderland, Albany county, December 25, 1795, married Susan Maria Winne February 21, 1817, at Schenectady. Their children were Elizabeth O., born January 13, 1818; Follica W., February 9, 1819; Elizabeth, March 20, 1831; John D., May 10. 1823; Maria, December 23, 1826; Follica Ann, July 8, 1828; Edward Walton, April 15, 1831; Daniel David Campbell, January 13, 1833; Mary Ann Winne, September 13, 1836; Isaac Yates, July 14, 1839; Jane Helen Winne, November 15, 1841 ; and Henrietta Yates, September 13, 1844. Peter Ouderkirk served in the war of the Rebellion in 1861 as a soldier in the 134th Regiment N. Y. Vols. His fifth child, Maria, married Robert O. Marsellus, as previously mentioned

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He's connected, now.  16 degrees from me, 6th cousin, three times removed!
by Mark Weinheimer G2G Astronaut (1.2m points)
selected by Linda Peterson
Great job Mark
I didn't do the connecting, just noted the connection.

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