Who were the parents of Sarah Elizabeth Crockett (b. 1780; d. 1853)?
And, no, they were not the parents of Davy Crockett.
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A genealogy question/challenge ...
- Thread starter Jayhawker Soule
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RabbiO
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Apparently there has been a fair amount of interest among family members without any definitive answer to the question. I certainly cannot provide an answer. What piqued your interest in the matter?
Sorry, I no longer have the ability to do much genealogical research, but I can contribute this from my past experience. When I was doing such research for my own family's ancestry, I discovered that while some lines could be traced back for many, many generations, often there was an abrupt brick wall...individuals who had no record of parents or of a birth, but simply appeared somewhere.
Simple lost records can be one of the reasons, but there are others, such as illegitimacy, or slavery. It was also easier to adopt centuries ago, and many adoptees simply took on the new parents' names with no formal declarations being made. But people often drop and enter into the records because they wanted to stop being who they were, moved to another place, and took on a new name.
Not sure if that's any help. Is there something in particular that should make this person known to us?
Simple lost records can be one of the reasons, but there are others, such as illegitimacy, or slavery. It was also easier to adopt centuries ago, and many adoptees simply took on the new parents' names with no formal declarations being made. But people often drop and enter into the records because they wanted to stop being who they were, moved to another place, and took on a new name.
Not sure if that's any help. Is there something in particular that should make this person known to us?
Is this not her: Sarah Elizabeth Goodgame (Crockett) (c.1780 - 1858) - Genealogy ? (It doesn't say who her mother was.)
She's a fourth great grandmother.
I know of zero evidence to support the claim.
What claim?
Do you have any evidence about Sarah Elizabeth Crockett (such as where she was born; who she married, if she was married; who her children were, if she had children)?
Good grief!
This thread asks:
Your Geni link claims that her parents were: John Wesley Crockett and Not Rebecca Crockett. Had you folowed the John Wesley Crockett link you might have scrolled down and read the following:
It would have been far better had the author told us that Sarah's parents were Mr. and Mrs. TBD Crockett since, as far as I know, there is absolutely nothing linking her to John Wesley.
FWIW, one of the more informative summaries I've encountered to-date is Maring's Re: Parents of Sarah Crockett Goodgame.
Ah, I did not click the link on John Wesley Crockett. Yes, the web page is misleading.