Joseph Wintle ( m Mary Hook 1807) ? parents. (General)

by mrsbruso , Thursday, October 10, 2013, 00:08 (4064 days ago) @ Jefff

If I may make a suggestion? They were married by license, rather than banns. Frequently, if a couple is married by license, one of two things is generally true: Either the bride or groom is widowed, or one of them is under-age.

This isn't a universal truth, but it's more common than not.

Perhaps not in this case, but in other cases it explains why a couple didn't "formally" marry until after one or more children had arrived, even if they were presenting themselves as married in the community previously.