I think the book you are referring to is "Marriage Law for Genealogists".  However, I can find nothing in it along the lines which you mention.  She says "the vast majority of pre-marital pregancies resulted in a marriage", but I cannot find that she says anything about social pressure to be able to reproduce.  From: carole williams via DERBYSGEN <[email protected]> To: Derbyshire genealogy <[email protected]> Cc: carole williams <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, 4 June 2017, 13:10 Subject: Re: [DBY] Baptisms where father isn't named Prof Rebecca Probert's book on marriage covers this aspect I think. She asserts that often parents married after the first child was born as social pressure to be able to reproduce was quite intense. (sorry can't quickly recall the book title) Carole Sent from my iPad > On 4 Jun 2017, at 10:51, Nicholas.Shorthose--- via DERBYSGEN <[email protected]> wrote: > > I find this a fascinating thread , having a couple of "blanks" or mismatches between birth and marriage cert father's details in my tree. > Is any anywhere of academic research on illegitimacy in C18-19s ? > > Nicholas Shorthose > > -----Original Message----- > From: DERBYSGEN [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nivard Ovington via DERBYSGEN > Sent: 04 June 2017 10:17 > To: [email protected] > Cc: Nivard Ovington <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [DBY] Baptisms where father isn't named > > As others have said, illegitimacy is the most likely reason > > But have you checked the original parish register entry? > > Vicars sometimes entered a note in the margin > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > >> On 03-Jun-17 3:15 PM, Joan M via DERBYSGEN wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Apart from illegitimacy, is there any other reason that the father >> wouldn't be named? >> >> Thanks >> >> Joan > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Perhaps she said it in the talk she gave on marriage then at our conference. I'm sure I'm not making it up.... ________________________________ From: SARA WHITE <[email protected]> Sent: 04 June 2017 15:58 To: Derbyshire genealogy Cc: carole williams Subject: Re: [DBY] Baptisms where father isn't named I think the book you are referring to is "Marriage Law for Genealogists". However, I can find nothing in it along the lines which you mention. She says "the vast majority of pre-marital pregancies resulted in a marriage", but I cannot find that she says anything about social pressure to be able to reproduce. ________________________________ From: carole williams via DERBYSGEN <[email protected]> To: Derbyshire genealogy <[email protected]> Cc: carole williams <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, 4 June 2017, 13:10 Subject: Re: [DBY] Baptisms where father isn't named Prof Rebecca Probert's book on marriage covers this aspect I think. She asserts that often parents married after the first child was born as social pressure to be able to reproduce was quite intense. (sorry can't quickly recall the book title) Carole Sent from my iPad > On 4 Jun 2017, at 10:51, Nicholas.Shorthose--- via DERBYSGEN <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > I find this a fascinating thread , having a couple of "blanks" or mismatches between birth and marriage cert father's details in my tree. > Is any anywhere of academic research on illegitimacy in C18-19s ? > > Nicholas Shorthose > > -----Original Message----- > From: DERBYSGEN [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Nivard Ovington via DERBYSGEN > Sent: 04 June 2017 10:17 > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > Cc: Nivard Ovington <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > Subject: Re: [DBY] Baptisms where father isn't named > > As others have said, illegitimacy is the most likely reason > > But have you checked the original parish register entry? > > Vicars sometimes entered a note in the margin > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > >> On 03-Jun-17 3:15 PM, Joan M via DERBYSGEN wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Apart from illegitimacy, is there any other reason that the father >> wouldn't be named? >> >> Thanks >> >> Joan > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message