<< I found one article online that suggests that in New England the average age at first marriage for males was 25-26 while for females it was 18-20 (see http://www.usigs.org/library/research_aids/sue_recipes/recipe13b.html). I did an analysis* of my own data and came up with an average of 24 for males and 21 for females. This data includes 112 males and 113 females born between 1700 and 1800 for whom I have both a birth date and marriage date. Of these 5 of the males and 17 of the females were under the age of 18. >> Thank you for taking the time to post this information. I am trying to make a father / son connection, but chances are that the father end is probably too young. If only those early census records listed family members! Pat