On 2011/09/07 10:07, megrose61 wrote: > On trawling through the Matlaske Parish Registers on Family Search, I have > come across the birth of a person I believe is an ancestor, John Daniell, > born 1666. In 1682, John Daniell and his wife, Aliz, had their first son, > Jonathan, baptised. This would only make John Daniell 16 years old. Do you > think there is some error in the register, or has anybody come across very > early marriages before? Don't make the common mistake of assuming that the date of baptism is close to the date of birth. Baptism could have been several years after birth. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg

It could also be an entirely different John Daniell . life is hard . soften it with a cat \\\=^..^=/// ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Fry" <fredbonzo@iafrica.com> To: <norfolk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 12:25 PM Subject: Re: [NFK] Marriage at 16? > On 2011/09/07 10:07, megrose61 wrote: >> On trawling through the Matlaske Parish Registers on Family Search, I >> have >> come across the birth of a person I believe is an ancestor, John Daniell, >> born 1666. In 1682, John Daniell and his wife, Aliz, had their first >> son, >> Jonathan, baptised. This would only make John Daniell 16 years old. Do >> you >> think there is some error in the register, or has anybody come across >> very >> early marriages before? > > Don't make the common mistake of assuming that the date of baptism is > close to > the date of birth. Baptism could have been several years after birth. > > -- > Regards, > Mike Fry > Johannesburg > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >