Harriet Tubman links are flawed

Question

WT sent me a message indicating that I was connected with Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass. However, I learned that the noted people were not properly related. Is this common?

Answer 1

Hi John, where is the incorrect link in the connection?

Comments

The profile in my connection to Harriet Tubman that gives me pause is the uncertain link between Harriet's father Ben, and his father, Martin Ross. The research notes for Martin say the following: 

• More research is needed for all of the relationships for this profile and the birth/death dates. The Geni profile cited as a source only gives other unsourced trees and the harriettubman.com page as a source. That page on harriettubman.com talks about oral family history which said that there was a Martin Ross born in 1793 who was the father of Benjamin Ross, Harriet Tubman's father. But Ben was probably born before 1793, so that Martin Ross couldn't be his father, although he could perhaps be a brother or a cousin. Also, that 1793 birthdate does not match the 1744 birthdate on this profile. More research is needed into the family described on the harriettubman.com page to determine who the family was, what the correct dates are for Martin, and what his relationship was to Benjamin Ross.
• This profile has no sources for this Martin Ross being the son of Absalom Thompson. Absalom's son Anthony Thompson (1762-1836) was the enslaver of Benjamin Ross.

This is something the USBH project should start a discussion about.

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Hi Erin, I saw you already posted on this page, but could you also add the question above? There are people who will be working on Harriet's branches based on answers on this g2g post

https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1707609/connection-combat-aid-station-harriet-tubman

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Done!