Henry Fowler verify Parents & PGM?

Question

First, He's tagged as PGM, but reading his bio he's not a PGM member since he emigrated c.1653.

Second, he has the 'moving around problem' where he was born where parents live in Rutlandshire but he was baptized in either Cambridgeshire or Yorkshire. Fowler is a common surname so the 'old books' and/or ancestry researchers just found a pedigree or record that matched their guesses on his birthdate based on his status as an apprentice and marriage date.

Third, he was an apprentice to Joshua Foote and was a blacksmith/ironmonger, but he's currently a younger son of a minor gentry family & this is an unusual occupation since labor was not considered a suitable career for sons of gentlemen. Also the Foote family is an odd choice since they are from a different county and not related to the Fowlers. In cases like this I always check for 'literacy', since its unusual for gentry sons to not have attended school.

Bottom line is despite all the sourcing and guessing I think his parents should be changed to unknown. I started this thinking he might be in Great Migration begins since his wife's parents emigrated on the Francis in 1634. If someone could check that would be helpful. Thanks!

Comments

Also, someone in one of these sources confused Hambleden, co. Bucks. with Hambleton, co. Rutland. Sir Richard Fowler's (d. 1528) eldest son by his first marriage John Fowler, MP lived in the Manor House at Hambleden, which I don't think they owned, they must have leased it from the Scropes? In any case, I seriously doubt anything in his ancestry without more corroborating sources.

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Also, Sir Richard Fowler (d. 1528) current father of Anthony was notable for selling significant property before he died, and gave his children very little in his will so maybe Anthony was a poor country blacksmith too. But his younger half-brother by his step-motherJulian Shaa da. of Lord Mayor Sir John Shaa (nb. she needs a new LNAB), John Fowler was a MP 5 times and was the guardian of Anthony's older brother Edward's heir Gabriel. His (half-?) sister Bridget m. Robert Hogan, and their sons Thomas and William were also MPs. 

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I updated the profiles but I forgot to mention here the two main sources (Fowler, Dickinson) made a mistake and confused Hambleden, Buckinghamshire where the Chancellor's and his son Sir Richard owned property with Hambleton, Rutlandshire and then found records from the latter.

Answer 1

I looked at the change history; back in March, someone replaced the Emigrating Ancestor template/categories with PGM.

I put it back but there's something wrong. Perhaps this was a downgraded template/set of categories?

I'm not familiar with these categories or templates. Can someone who IS familiar with these please fix them? Thanks.

Comments

I fixed the categories.

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Thanks, Anne. There's a typo in the template.

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I didn't touch the "sticker" the typo was there from before, although I did fix it

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I fixed the origin flag in the sticker. It had the French flag and I replaced it with the appropriate Union Jack.