Hello all. My sister found this site, and I have just joined, hence the late reply. I'm the one who set up
www.maulefamily.com (becoming out of date as I gather more information). What's on the site is everything that came my way as of the time I set up the pages. Those who gathered the information (much of what I have came from others) tried to track all Maule families. If younger sons and their lineages "disappear" it's because we did not have the information. Until the advent of census records and surviving church records, the information tended to focus on the eldest children (who inherited lands), which makes it difficult to link the various families. There is such a gap in the 1500s and 1600s, and if more records from that era ever come to light, genealogists will be elated.
We "know" many of these groups link to the Panmure Maules, but we don't have the proof. Yet.
Anyhow, after the pages were posted (they need to be updated and when I can, I will), I learned about John Maule and Janet Sibbet. It appears to me that Alexander Maule, Tree 20, is one of their children. It also appears that John Maule, Tree 50, is another of their children. It could be that Robert, Tree 18, of the Maule Dept. Store family, is another of their children (and in that family a link to the Panmure Maules also is claimed).
If you look at Tree 5, thre is an Alexander b 1754, son of John, b 1710 (ironically the oldest son, but we have almost nothing on his descendants). Could this Alexander be the father of John Maule who md. Janet Sibbet? That would make sense, but it is total speculation on my part.
Once I finish several current genealogy projects (chiefly a US census update of the descendants of Thomas Maule of Salem, Mass.) I intend to find a way to update those family group charts, as I have several others that I've linked together. The information came to me in a proprietary format that does not convert to gedcom or anything else, so it will involve much retyping. Much may be an understated word!
I hope this has helped.
Jim