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'''Bogus Gateways''', "alleged gateway [ancestors] for whom there was a resonably well publicized claim to medieval ancestry which has since either been definitively disproved, or more commonly shown to be based only on a guess (usually of the name's-the-same variety) unwarranted by available evidence." &mdash; Nat Taylor

The definition above is by Nat Taylor, and was posted to the soc.genealogy.medieval newsgroup, 4 Oct 2008 subject "Re: 17th century medieval gateways in America - first steps".  The responses elicited so far in that thread are:

*Hugh Harry, of Wales and Pa. -- submit by David Teague
*John Drake, of CT -- submit by Anthony Hoskins
*Thomas Tracy, of CT -- submit by Anthony Hoskins
*John Precott, of MA -- submit by Anthony Hoskins
*James Prescott, of NH -- submit by Anthony Hoskins
*John Washburn, of MA -- submit by Anthony Hoskins
*Thomas Miner of CT -- submit by Kate
*Walter Palmer of MA and CT -- submit by Kate
*John Whitney of MA -- submit by Kate
*John Nichols of CT -- submit by Kate
*Anneke Jans of NY --submit by Kate
*Hendrick Vrooman of NY -- submit by Kate
*Lion Gardiner of NY -- submit by Kate
*Matthew Beckwith of Conn. -- submit by Adrian Benjamin Burke
*Deacon Daniel Markham of Conn -- submit by Adrian Benjamin Burke
*Mrs Alice (--) Hoar wife of John Hoare, Esq. of Concord, Mass. -- submit by Adrian Benjamin Burke
*Rev. John Lathrop of Mass. -- submit by Adrian Benjamin Burke
*John Spring of Watertown, Mass. -- submit by Adrian Benjamin Burke
*Mrs Mary (--) Brewster wife of Elder William Brewster of Plymouth, Mass. -- submit by Adrian Benjamin Burke
*William Gayer, of MA -- submit by Jon Meltzer
*Edward Darcy/Dorsey of Maryland -- submit by Christopher Handy
*Hugh Jones of PA, d between 22 Mar 1727/28  (date of will) and 2 Mar 1728/29 (probate) -- submit by P.J. Evans
*Richard Warren of the Mayflower -- submit by David Teague
*Oliver Cope of Pennsylvania -- submit by Leslie Mahler
*Peter Brown of Plymouth, Mass -- submit by Leslie Mahler
*Thomas Newberry of Dorchester, Mass -- submit by Leslie Mahler
*Walter Norton of York, Maine -- submit by Leslie Mahler
*Joseph Peck of Hingham, Mass -- submit by Leslie Mahler
*Pardon Tillinghast of Rhode Island -- submit by Leslie Mahler
*Richard Hawkins of Virginia
*William Ijams of Maryland

==External Links==
*[http://homepage.mac.com/mhollick/Genealogy/Bogus.htm "Bogus"] list by Martin Hollick