This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/iQB.2ACE/718.1 Message Board Post: A Mary SHORTRIDGE was born in Hampton, N.H., on 4 Oct 1661, but there is no record in Hampton of her marriage there. Further, of course, in 1713 she would have been 51 or 52 years old. So, if all your other information is correct, it looks like you can rule out Mary S. of Hampton.