1684. Town. James of James & Dorcas Maxwell born Feb. 15.
↑ Past experience suggests the town records went by legal calendar (i.e., old style), and church records by new style (e.g., see Person:Nathaniel Reynolds (19)). However, there appears to be no baptism to help. But this consideration suggests this birth date is probably 1684/85. Spacing of sibling births, however, might suggests 1683/84. Still, the account of Ezra Stiles cited on the father's page says this wife had 9 children between marriage and her death in 1691, and where the 3 that are unrecorded fall would make a significant change to such estimates, so no interpretation of this date has been attempted.
