Israel James Born about 1689 (General)

by man2 , Newport Pagnell, Bucks, Thursday, December 06, 2012, 19:05 (4443 days ago) @ emilyellen

I was pleased to come across this thread in my recent exploration of the James family, but it has raised a bit of a problem. The baptism record for Israel gives his parents as Richard James and Avis, and low and behold there is a marriage record in 1677 of Richard and Avis Smith (plus baptisms of several other children before Israel). However, the only baptism for an Avis Smith is in 1639 in Ruardean.

Is it really possible for a woman to have had a child at the age of 50?

Of course this long ago there must be missing records, but otherwise it seems to fit. Any suggestions welcome.

Mike