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From: "Eileen" <>
Subject: Re: [MLN] Isobella INGLIS married @ 12y in 1791 ?
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 15:01:02 -0500
References: <NEBBLMCJAHCGDLMHKAPLCELLENAA.donmac@netactive.co.za>


Don:

I checked the IGI and noticed two things.
1. The entry for Isobella is a Christening. That doesn't mean that she was
born close to that date. She could have been several days, months or years
old at that time.
2. On the list of children of William Inglis and Isobella High, I saw two
occasions of two children being Christened at the same time - 1773 and
1784.

Don't forget that there was a fee for entering the Christening into the
Parish Records, so many families did it when they could afford it.

Hope this helps.

Eileen

> I know this sounds ridiculous, but all the evidence suggests I have found
> the marriage of a girl a few days before her 12th birthday. Was this
even
> legal then ?

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