Person talk:Nathan Fobes (1)

No second son Nathan [13 June 2013]

I merged the second son Person:Nathan Fobes (3) into this one as there appears to have been no second son Nathan. The lack of a birth record (such a record is found for all the siblings), combined with no mention of Nathan in the settlement of his father's estate (dated 13 May 1729), combined with the confusion in Source:Fobes, Lawrence G. Fobes : The Fobes Family in America : The Descendants of John Fobes, Immigrant in 1636 to Duxbury, Mass. over who is the husband of Patience Losell (on p. 10 indicates this Nathan is that husband, but on p. 7 and p. 15, indicates the Nathan who is son of Benjamin Fobes and Martha Hunt, b. Easton, 1738, is that husband), suggest this second Nathan was proposed solely to provide a husband to Patience Losell, and he probably never existed. Some kind of positive, primary proof would be needed, especially in light of Nathan's absence in the settlement of the father's estate, to venture such a proposal. --Jrich 12:35, 13 June 2013 (EDT)