Research in Progress — Basement

The basement holds ancestors and theories that haven’t yet earned a place on a line page — claims without primary sources, partial chains, and research tracks in active investigation. When a basement entry clears verification, it moves upstairs to the line it belongs to.

Confidence Tiers

  • ●Green — Verified. FamilySearch PID and primary sources locate this ancestor on a documented chain.
  • ●Amber — Partial sourcing. Some records exist but the chain has gaps, disputed parentage, or secondary-only sources.
  • ●Red — Speculative / traditional. Traditional genealogy, family lore, or no primary sources. Should not appear on a line page until verified.

Tiers map to the existing confidence keys on AncestorTable placards: verified, sourced, tradition.

Unsourced British Gentry

Three names carried on the British, Scottish & Welsh Gentry page lack FamilySearch primary-source documentation on the direct chain. They remain here pending verification. Research is ongoing.

NameBornPIDRelationship
●Sir Henry Maynard1547PS5C-88JClaimed ~11th great-grandfather — secretary to Lord Burghley, advisor to Elizabeth I. No FS primary-source chain to our line.
●Sir Angus Brown1563G32W-3ZTClaimed ~12th great-grandfather, Scotland. No FS primary-source chain to our line.
●Sir George Perient1540KCBC-92TClaimed ~12th great-grandfather. No FS primary-source chain to our line.

Spotlights Pending Chain Verification

Ancestors attempted as spotlight pages whose descent chain to John/Perry/Patrick could not be verified generation-by-generation. Rule #73: a spotlight ships only when every generation in the chain has a named, verified PID. Until then, the candidate waits here.

NameBornPIDRelationship
●Tristram Coffin11 Mar 1609L8BH-G24Tristram Coffin (L8BH-G24, 65 FS sources) is a confirmed historical figure — chief buyer of Nantucket Island 1659, patriarch of the American Coffin line. Descent chain from Tristram to John/Perry/Patrick is under research. Coffin-bridge generation uncertain between paternal Folger line (via Harriet A. Folger L4K7-4PX, mother of Charles Franklin Perry L1V1-W1H) vs maternal Winter line (via Fanny Harrison Winter 9VNZ-J6H, mother of Rachael Winter Swift). CSV walk from Rachael does not currently reach L8BH-G24. Spotlight page will return when the chain is verified.

Broken PIDs

PIDs cited on archive pages that return 404 on FamilySearch. Kept here so the original reference is not lost; awaiting replacement PID or confirmation the record was deleted.

NameBornPIDRelationship
●Capt. Nathaniel Coffin (resolved — see note)1671LZN4-BJGResolved by batch 8 (2026-04-18). The archive previously cited L542-FYN (404 on FS). The live record for Capt. Nathaniel Coffin (1671–1721), son of James Coffin and father of Benjamin Coffin 1705, is PID LZN4-BJG — found via /platform/tree/persons/9VWJ-WHJ/children, 22 FS sources. Archive references to L542-FYN have been updated. Kept here only as a historical record of the broken-PID resolution.

Each name links to FamilySearch via its PID. What’s missing is not the person — it’s the chain of descent from that person to a verified ancestor on one of our documented lines.

Other Research Tracks

NameBornPIDRelationship
●Ellen Margaret Coogan1891LD3Y-XM7Theory under investigation: may be “Nellie Coogan” (DNA-match family-member report) — Raymond Edward Coogan’s older sister, died at age 26. No primary sources confirmed. See the Coogan page for detail.

Back to the Coogan line for the Nellie theory in context.

Last updated April 2026.