Family:Thomas Lombard and Elizabeth Derby (2)

The records of the birth of the earlier children in this family are in conflict. Thomas' birth "March 1667" could be March 1666/67 or March 1667/68 [March being the first month of the year, this would be typical]. The first alternative is only 4 months after the birth of Sarah and the second is only 6 months before the birth of Elizabeth, so neither one works.

Elizabeth in "Sept 1668" is only 7 months before Mary in "April 1669". One could assume Mary is supposed to be April 1670 to resolve this conflict but given the above conflict, it appears the data was collected after the fact [no day of month specified for any of them], and is clearly flawed. So rather than making up answers by arbitrarily adjusting one or two dates, more data, such as age at death, must be found to guide such attempts to resolve these conflicts.

1. ↑ "Barnstable, Mass., Vital Records", in Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Mayflower Descendant: An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy, History and Biography
   11:97.

   Thomas Lumbard & Elizabeth Darby Married ye 23 of Decem'r 1665.