Hi all -
I am going to jump in here also because I am currently searching Thomas Charlton born 1810 who married Ann Scott and had parents of William and Mary Skatt. I totally agree with all of the information from Familysearch.org that may be incorrect. There are also many family trees on Ancestry.com that have conflicting information as well and it is driving me crazy !
I have found a couple of entries that stated Thomas Charlton was born 1810 to Thomas Charlton NOT William Charlton. I have not been able to find any record of his birth,even though I found entries that he was born Aug 18, 1810 at Sparrow House in Seaton Burn. I found his father William born 1784 in Seaton Burn and married to Mary Skatt 1809 in Sparrow House (so Thomas was born shortly afterwards) Other children born to William and Mary Skatt (per Ancestry.com) were Isabella 1815, Jane 1818, Robert 1821, Richard William 1824 and Barbara 1828. William Charlton died Jan 1873 in Newcastle according to these family trees posted. Mary Skatt died April 1850.
Someone posted on Ancestry that William Charlton (b. 1784) was born to William Charlton (b. 1751 in Ponteland, Northumberland) died July 31 1818 in Ponteland, and married Mary Reay Nov 23 1786 i Ponteland.
This William's parents were George Charlton b. 1721 Berwick Hill, died 1773, and married Mary Milburn Nov 27, 1746 in Ponteland.
This tree goes on that George's parents were James Charlton b. 1675 in Hexham,died 1755 in Ponteland and married Isabel Errington Jan 18 1709 in Ponteland.
Continuing with this tree (from Ancestry) James' parents were James Charlton b. 1645 in Simonburn, and married Elizabeth Wilkinson Jun 7 1666 in Hexham.
Finally James' parents were Thomas Charlton b. 1617 in Hexham and married Isabel Leadbitter Sept 20 1635 in Hexam.
All the above is from the ROGERS Family Tree on Ancestry.com
My dilemma is that Thomas Charlton born Aug 18, 1810 at Sparrow House supposedly died in 1866 (same year and month as his wife Ann Scott) according to all posted records on Familysearch and Ancestry, BUT .... he appears on the census in 1901 (living with his son and family in 1901 at age 86 which puts his birth at 1815 instead of 1810/1811.
Thomas Charlton (born 1840) did marry twice -Eleanor Chapman married 1863 (she died 1878) and then he married Eleanor Greener, formery Havis in 1878.
All the above is from Ancestry family trees and Familysearch posted data.
I am in the early stages of this research, so I have no documents yet for proof.
Sorry for the LONG post !
-Patty
Chicago area
CLARK, SCOTT, MOOR, BAMBROUGH, PICKERING, Northumberland area