| 1) There is no way that the James
SIAS (b. NH) who married Patience DWIER (b. NH) and lived in Vermont
could possibly be the James
SIAS, Sr. (b. VA) who married Sophia CORBIN (b. NC) and fathered the
James
SIAS, Jr. (b. VA) who married Rebecca ADKINS (b. VA) and lived in (West)
Virginia. Just on the face of it, the geography makes equating the
James SIAS in Vermont with the one in Pennsylvania suspect. Even
equating the one in Pennsylvania with the one in (West) Virginia is a stretch
— and, as it turns out, impossible given the timing.
2) Both James SIAS'es appear in the 1830 census, one in Orleans
Co., VT, and the other in Huntingdon Co., PA. A man can't be two
places at once.
3) The Junior James SIAS was born 1810/11. He gives his
birthplace as Virginia in the 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 censuses.
In the 1860 census, his birthplace is even specified as Monroe Co., (W)VA.
In the 1880 census, he gives his father's birthplace as Virginia and his
mother's as North Carolina. The James SIAS in Huntingdon Co., PA,
was still there in the 1820 and 1830 censuses; he had not moved to Virginia.
4) If Sarah CORBIN was truly born in North Carolina, she could
not possibly be a daughter of Benjamin
& Sarah (SIAS) CORBIN, who were born, lived, and died in Maryland
and whose children were all born in Baltimore [now Carroll] Co., MD.
5) Regardless of where Sarah CORBIN was born, she could not be
a daughter of Benjamin
& Sarah (SIAS) CORBIN because their children are known from a solid
source (a granddaughter's letter) to not include a Sophia — nor
any other daughter who married a SIAS.
(There is more information, including documentation, on
the family group sheets.)
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