Benedict Arnold

I didn't deny any of the merges...this one might explain some things tho. It has Benedict V as son of III and BROTHER of IV!

http://www.geni.com/merge/compare/6000000001691483953?idx=5&to=...

Numbering is really hard to keep up with. I've started adding the location in the suffix field for better disambiguation (i.e., Joseph Cunningham, of Virginia; Joseph Cunningham, of Ayrshire).

Benedict Arnold III, married to Hannah Waterman Arnold; had a son Benedict Arnold IV who died very young. They named their next son Benedict Arnold IV as well, although he is also named Benedict Arnold V in various historical records. It is the same man.

Keep in mind that some folks do not 'require' that numbering same-named persons must be in a parent-child relationship, but simply chronological in the same family/lineage.

So it makes sense to me that one can have a "III" with two sons "IV" and "V", particularly when the "IV" died before the "V" was born --- and thus one would see a "direct descendants only" lineage of "III" --> "V" --> "VI".

I added a Curator note on the "V" profile to help clarify ...