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« on: Thursday 27 September 18 13:28 BST (UK) »
Hello Vesta
Thank you for the prompt reply.
There seems to be a problem with the sources at hand.
According to the 'Bulletin of the Association for Heraldry and Genealogy of Hellas', Number 11, Records of the 3rd Pan-Hellenic Symposium of Genealogy and Heraldry, (October 29th - November 1st. 1998), page 512, we are informed that a Francois Nicolas Merlin married Augusta Green, sister of Philip James. Their parents are listed as Algernon Green and Patricia Celia Stamforth (Staniforth?)
Also, according to the 'Grandes Familles de Grece, d' Albanie et de Constantinople', Dictionnaire Historique et Genealogique, Paris 1999, by Mihail Dimitri Sturdza, page 437, the same fact is asserted. This primary academic document been the equivalent of Burke's Peerage for Eastern Europe is of great authority and its gravity can hardly be contested.
That been said, the John Green and Harriet Staniforth you mentioned as Philip's parents appear as a paradox. What are the primary sources that validate their existence as Philip's progenitors ?
Regardless, are we aware of John Green and Harriet Staniforth's ancestry? If so who were their respective ancestors?
Looking forward hearing from you
Kind Regards
Alexander
PS: Thank you for the additional information regarding Philip James Green's carrier but I am fairly certain that in the family library we have a copy of his Book 'Sketches of the war in Greece' including some of his letters to his brother and associates. His and his siblings history is well known to me.