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Some errors have turned up. Anne Burton in Australia cast an eagle eye at the brief ‘trees’ on pp.5 & 245 and spotted that the same person had been allocated different parents! This set me searching; I think the tree on p.6 can stand but there are errors in the one on p.245 and related errors on p.310. The main problem was sloppy work, I had mis-copied data from a small spread sheet. Also I think that one of the several John Blencowes of Brackley had been given the wrong parents. What I think it should be is now shown in the table; it appears that Blencowes who went to Tasmania and on to South Australia are even more closely related to the ones who settled in Virginia than I had thought.

In Maurine Work's tree, p. 245:

          John m. Mary Cooper
 c.1604 - 1667 | ? - 1676
       Francis m. Ann Harris
   1639 - 1692 | ? - > 1692
          John m. Temperance Painter
   1687 - 1757 | ? - 1761
       Timothy m. Mary Robson
   1725 - 1787 | ? - 1788
         James m. Thomasine Loveday
   1763 - 1826 | 1772 - 1803

In Francis Blencowe's tree, p.310:

          John m. Mary Cooper
 c.1604 - 1667 | ? - 1676
       Francis m. Ann Harris
   1639 - 1692 | ? - > 1692
          John m. Temperance Painter
   1687 - 1757 | ? - 1761
       Timothy m. Mary Robson
   1725 - 1787 | ? - 1788
         John m. Temperance Wilkins
   1758 - 1802 | 

Another small point: Helen has noticed (page 233) that she should have named her grandmother Izora as grand-daughter, not daughter, of Dr Patrick Talbot.