baxtersp
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Hello Neil
What are you shocked about, that he was born outside marriage or that he lied about it?
At least you can be fairly certain who Thomas' father was, my 2nd great grandfather was born 15 years before his mother got married, I still don't know who his dad was.
It certainly doesn't seem to be that unusual for a couple to have a child before they married, or at least for the bride to be pretty heavily pregant when she got married. My great grandma must have been at least 6 months pregant with my grandma when she married.
I've heard tales (in living memory) of 50 year old women going round with cushions stuffed up their jumpers, hoping to convince the locals that any "new arrivals" were their child and not their daughter's.
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