Proposal to sever Thomas Gould from parents [closed]

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Thomas Gould is associated with parents John Gould (1585-1633), and now wife, Judith Langley (1588-1650) aka Judith De Langley, aka Judith Marks. 

Both Walter Goodwin Davis (1959) and Donald Lines Jacobus (1960) wrote about the family of John and Judith _____ Gould; both authors included abstracts of their wills. No son Thomas is mentioned in either will, and neither author otherwise associated a son Thomas with the family..  

John Gould, of the parish of "Kinglangley" died in 1633, leaving a will that called out his wife, Judith, and children, John (eldest), Joseph, Sarah, Hannah, Mary, Sacheus [Zaccheus], Nathan, Abell, Lidia and Elizabeth.

Widow Judith, "of King's Langley" married again, to John's second cousin, Simon Gold of Bovingdon.[2]

She died in 1650, leaving a will mentioning her children Abel, Lydia, Elizabeth, Hannah, and those at New England--Nathan and Sarah. She mention son Zacheus, deceased.

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[1] Walter Goodwin Davis, The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes, 1759-1820, of Topsfield, Massachusetts. (Portland, Me. : Anthoensen Press, 1959), 101-106 (VIII. Gould, of Topsfield); digital images, Hathi Trust

[2] Donald Lines Jacobus, The ancestry of Lorenzo Ackley & his wife Emma Arabella Bosworth (Woodstock, Vt. The Elm Tree Press, 1960), 194-195 (Nathan Gould: Fairfield, Connecticut); digital images, Hathi Trust.

WikiTree profile: Thomas Gould
closed with the note: A profile manager has severed the parents. Thank you Sandy!
in Genealogy Help by GeneJ X G2G6 Pilot (120k points)
closed by GeneJ X

2 Answers

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Best answer
Since severing the connection does no permanent harm to such a well presented profile it should be done until someone finds supportive evidence for that parentage.
by C. Mackinnon G2G6 Pilot (337k points)
selected by GeneJ X
+4 votes
It looks to me, based on sources you've added to his profile, that he should be disconnected the current parents. Thank you.
by S Willson G2G6 Pilot (224k points)
I would leave Research Notes or another header with the wikitree IDs, stating why they were removed, so that hopefully someone won't add them again.

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