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From: "Family Tree Bookshop" <>
Subject: Re: [LDR] Musing on Rhodeah
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 13:15:17 -0000


Dear Craig:
The force of nature was usually very evident in the time you are
looking at. Most women conceived from before (as we know ) they were
married---teenage years, post puberty until menopause. This is why in most
cases family size became so large. The only things to interrupt the
process, usually, were death, or breast-feeding which acted as a brake on
the period of conception---which is why you normally see a range of about 1
1/2 years to 2 years between children. This constant cycle of pregnancy was
most evident in New England, where climate affected infant mortality rate as
well as the mortality of the elderly. In the Chesapeake, as disease ridden
as it was, family size was not large until we see a native stock take
hold---and then it begins to grow rapidly.

Take care,
<<<Neil>>>
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From: Craig O'Donnell <>
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Date: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 3:10 PM
Subject: [LDR] Musing on Rhodeah


>
>This Force of Nature, Rhody Lamberton Fassitt (Cropper) Franklin -- I have
>a hard time seeing how she could have children over a span of 30 years, not
>that it's impossible.
>
>Could the Rhodeah who married Franklin have been her daughter?
>
>I wonder if she was buried in a churchyard (as opposed to a likely
>long-lost family plot).
>
>
> Craig O'Donnell
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