Philip said,
Your argument from this pairing of marriage and baptism presumably is that only an 18-year-old would do such a dastardly thing to a young woman and leave it so late to make an honest woman of her, something that a man of 40 would never do.
Averil replied,
Yes, I agree
only an 18-year-old would do such a dastardly thing to a young woman and leave it so late to make an honest woman of her.
I wonder if the birth is noted in the Presentments ?