James Converse 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 
    Christening: 29 Nov 1620 - South Weald, Essex
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:
Parents 
         Father: Edward Converse (1589-1663)
         Mother: Sarah Parker (1592-1625)
Notes
General:
GREAT MIGRATION BEGINS:

The following is from Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633:

Children of Edward Converse with first wife:

ii JOHN, bp. South Weald, Essex, 29 November 1620 [NEHGR 141:131; Converse Gen 863]; no further record (unless this record is really for James, immediately below).

iii JAMES, b. about 1621 (deposed 4 April 1660 aged 39 [Pope, presumably citing Middlesex Court Files]); m. Woburn 24 October 1643 Ann Long.

The baptismal dates for the children of Edward and Sarah Converse, both in South Weald and in Charlestown, deserve some comment. On 4 April 1660 Josiah Converse gave a deposition in which he stated his age as 41, which is in precise accord with his baptismal date. On the same day James Converse deposed that his age was 39, which would be the correct age for the John Converse, son of Edward, baptized on 29 November 1620. This suggests strongly that the South Weald register entry is defective, and causes us to look closely also at the entry for the next child. There is no further record for the Sarah baptized on 2 June 1623, but she would be just the right age to marry in 1643, as did Mary Converse.

NAME:

Based on the above, I have chosen to call Edward Converse's second son James. But he may have been John.
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