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how reliable is this site
i have found family members, childrens info is correct but parents death dates seen incorrect as i have found the fathers will

maddie

It will be as correct as the info known by the next of kin and given on a death certificate or the person arranging a gravestone memorial

Perhaps too a fathers will wasn’t updated befire they passed

sorry this relates to 1716 and will of 1758 naming his 2 surviving sons

Without precise details, no-one can offer an opinion

Name: Thomas Hitt
Record Type: Will
Probate Date: 1758
Residence Place: Beaminster, Dorset
Reference Number: P17/536
names humphrey and giles

children all born osmington
Humphrey Hitt
1705–1776
Giles Hitt
1707–1760
William Hitt
1712–1712
George Hitt
1712–1712
William Hitt
1713–1714

wiilam george and william died osmington

find a grave

Name: Thomas Hitt
Death Date: 8 Jan 1716
Cemetery: St Osmund's Churchyard
Burial or Cremation Place: Osmington, West Dorset District, Dorset, England
Has Bio?: Y
Spouse:
Sarah Hitt
Children:
George Hitt
William Hitt
William Hitt

Name: Sarah Hitt
Cemetery: St Osmund's Churchyard
Burial or Cremation Place: Osmington, West Dorset District, Dorset, England
Has Bio?: N
Spouse:
Thomas Hitt
Children:
George Hitt
William Hitt
William Hitt

details for william george william are correct

sarahs deathDeath
1758 • Bearminster Dorset, England
1758 Jul 1st; Sarah wife of Thomas HITT - Dorset opc

thomas mistanscribed as hill
1758 Aug 2nd; Thomas HILL dorset opc

only asking if find a grave is incorrect can it be altered

How to change or correct something on Findagrave:

https://support.findagrave.com/s/

Re Thomas Hitt, died 1716 -

The details of relatives are as transcribed from the family gravestone. Whether or not they are correct is another matter .
Whoever carved it, or supplied the dates to the carver, thought they were correct.

There are no birth or death dates on the stone for that man's wife Sarah.

Are you thinking that the Will and the grave are for the same man?

They're definitely not.

One man died in 1716.
The other was still living and making his Will in 1758.

The latter wrote his Will in July 1758, and his Will was proved in November 1758.

thought they were two diffent men but thrown by the grave rcord
just found this so clearly had a son thomas
18 Jan 1715/16 Thomas HITT senior, Mr
thank you

The Sarah who was buried on 1st July 1758 does seem likely to be the wife of the man who wrote his Will on 11th July 1758 .

His Will refers to his late wife's silk gowns.

He may have been jolted into writing it by her death.