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Author: wendallpauls
Surnames: Carhart, Compton
Classification: queries
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For the past few days, I have found myself laboring over which Lydia married my ancestor
John Compton, 1730-1778. I have read he married Lydia Franz, the widow of Robert Carhart,
and had, at least, the daughter Amy. Lydia already came into the union with a daughter by
her first husband Robert. However, what perplexes me is most of the family trees have
John Compton marrying a Lydia Franz Carhart with the birthdate of Robert Carhart's
daughter, August 30th of 1732. Being that the 1732 year matches better with John
Compton's birth year of 1730 (I realize he could have married a Lydia Franz born in
1713, but it seems unlikely), I find myself wondering if he actually married the daughter
of Robert Carhart, rather than the widow. To complicate matters further, one of the three
U.S. and International Marriage Records I have attached to Lydia Franz is accompanied with
the daughter 1732 birthdate - but only in the Facts and Sources mode. Does anyone have
any insight into this !
conundrum I've drifted into so more certainty can be found?
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