William Terrell - The Confusion Continues

No. It just says may be him or may be his brother.
I see no confusion other than the fact that it is a popular profile and in desperate need of locks.

William Terrell MP
Gender: Male
Birth: 1656
New Kent County, Virginia, British Colonial America
Death: April 02, 1744 (87-88)
Anna River, Hanover County, Virginia, British Colonial America
Immediate Family:
Son of Richmond Terrell and Elizabeth Terrell (Waters)
Husband of Susannah Terrell (Waters) and Patsy Terrell (Winston)
Father of Anne Elizabeth Lewis (Terrell); Simon Terrell; Richmond Terrell, III; David Terrell, Sr.; Mary Ann Mills (Terrell); Robert Terrell; Alice Winston Burnley (Terrell); William Richmond Terrell, Jr.; Timothy Terrell; Henry Terrell; James Nimrod Terrell; John Terrell, of Pamunkey Neck; Elizabeth Matthews (Terrell); Susannah Wingfield (Terrell); Frances Higdon (Terrell); Aaron Terrell; Joel Terrell, Sr. and Elizabeth Chiles (Terrell) « less
Brother of Richmond Terrell, II; Timothy Terrell; Robert Terrell and Henry Terrell

He picked up on wife and a child but somehow Susannah has gained many children.
I have sent a message to the managers to please help clean up the profile.

He picked up one wife
forgive the typos :)

I do not know who Patsy Terrell is but Susannah Terrell is confirmed for me on the X with others

I dsiagree, it plainly states:

" It has been speculated that this William is the same William Terrell that later married Susannah Waters, but due to a lack of documentary evidence, this has not been proven to the satisfaction of many historians.[1][3]"

which doesn't indicate, as you posted, "...It just says may be him or may be his brother." but is saying that the William who married Susannah Waters isn't accepted by many historians as a child of that family.

Yes, it's unlikely Susannah had that many children. You referred to Hicks vs. Hix, but that's variations of the same name whereas Walters and Waters can be entirely different. So, in my own tree I've just changed her as Susannah (Walters or Waters?) Terrell.

I came to all this today because a DNA match on Ancestry has them in his tree but when I began trying to fit the connections, I kept coming up on conflicting info. So I'm not even going to try to connect the DNA match to the line.

"In trying to resolve the issue of the Martha Cox married to William (Richmond) Terrell,"...-- Debbie Gambrell , can you tag those two individuals? I do nt know who they are either but you say they led you here. That might help

Erica Howton I only saw one recent merge https://www.geni.com/merge/view?revision_id=81999112730 so I wonder if it was a smart Copy or Gedcom or something?
I give up trying to figure it out.

The About will need clean up

Per the Wikitree profile for https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Terrell-45 husband of Susannah Waters:

Sources
↑ “The Minor Family of Virginia,” p. 104.
↑ Family Sketch by John Dabney Terrell
↑ Vestry Book. St. Pauls Parish, p. 18.
↑ Vestry Book St. Pauls parish, p. 120.
↑ Terrell Genealogy by Emma Dicken The Naylor Company Publishers pp 56-65
↑ Geni.com William Terrell Geni Profile
↑ http://www.terrellsociety.com/genealogy/documents/ NewIndex_S.pdf Terrell Genealogy by Emma Dickens ]
↑ Findagrave Memorial # 95753214
http://www.terrellsociety.com/genealogy/index.php
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 10 March 2018), memorial page for William Terrell (20 Sep 1659–2 Apr 1743), Find A Grave Memorial no. 95753214, ; Maintained by Joyce Corbin (Register) (contributor 47911532) Unknown.

I can't open the Terrell Society page-- just a look up main screen and no log in button

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95753214/william-terrell
Find A Grave Memorial no. 95753214

"William Terrill apparently had three wives. Of the first one very little is known.) Susannah Waters was his second wife. Patsy Winston was his third wife, taken late in life, and it is not certain how many, if any, of his children are also hers. Family tradition has William married to Susannah Waters. She is identified in a power of attorney to her son, Henry, relinquishing dower, when she and William deeded land on Polecat Swamp, in March 1725, to their son David." The family is thus linked to land in St. Margaret's Parish, King William County.[6][7][8]

WikiTree anit-collaborators have issued reprimands: "William Terrill is often and easily confused with his father Richmond Terrill (no William), because their names were so similar and because both men married women with the birth name of Waters."

Dickens says "The following list of the children of William and Susannah Terrell has been generally accepted as correct. (all born between 1690-1710 in New Kent, VA):

1 William Terrell, Jr. d. about 1744 in Caroline Co. VA
2 Joel Terrell, Sr., d. 1758 in Hanover Co., VA
3 Terrell-39 Anne Terrell m. David Lewis
4 David Terrell d 1759 in Caroline Co., VA
5 Henry Terrell d. 1760 in Caroline Co., VA
6Timothy Terrell d 1763 in Orange Co., NC
7 James Terrell d. about 1773 in Caroline Co., VA
8 John Terrell d. about 1785 in Franklin Co., NC

FAG has but 3 attached:

Children

Joel Terrell
1692–1758

Ann Elizabeth Terrell Lewis
1695–1734

David Terrell
1695–1759

Looking...

https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/433909:48642?tid=...

https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/90021221:61266?ti...

Here: https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/110683:49380?tid=...

Wm and Susannah. Issue:
William
Joel
Mary
Anne
David
Henry
Timothy
James
John
and their spouses.
Marry married twice as did John

https://photos.geni.com/p14/41/d6/30/ce/534448611b798252/flhg_tidew...

http://www.terrellsociety.com/genealogy/documents/L013_Dicken_withN...

This is the messy Terrell book that questions Susannah but we already have unknown as parents for her.
The book only mentions her about 17 times and does not give a list of children but lists them in chapters

Do we want to add a third wife for him?

Here are the children NOT shown on the list on the Chapter 5 page 272 of the Tidewater Virginia Families screenshotted here https://photos.geni.com/p14/41/d6/30/ce/534448611b798252/flhg_tidew...

Children likely needing moved/removed/sourced:
Alice Winston Burnley
Simon Terrell

Richmond Terrell, III is not on that list

I merged a duplicate for James and now his profile is a mess: James Terrell

Duplicate children with varying dates so not easily merged
Ugh

I added first wife.

Robert Terrell is seen as son of Timothy Terrell and Elizabeth Foster at https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Terrill-1444

No Aaron for Susannah on the list.
Aaron Terrell

No Frances Higdon
and no Susannah Wingfield

Anyway-- just the 9 from the Tidewater book is all I can find.
I am not disconnecting anyone.
but they need moved. I am happy to help move them if someone has a list of children for William and other wives?