Burial Age Difference in Suffolk and Essex

[jibba]

Morning

I've noticed during my research that a lot of my Suffolk (and Essex) ancestors tend to be listed a lot older when they are buried, and there doesn't seem to be a logical reason why i.e. parents who were young when they had their first child (legitimate or otherwise)

Although I'm no stranger to finding ancestors lying about their age in other counties, its the frequency of it that concerns me. Is this just my ancestors or is this common behaviour in the parishes from these two counties?

[lizdb]

Havent noticed it particularly with any of my Suffolk or Essex lot.

[Mike in Cumbria]

..  there doesn't seem to be a logical reason why i.e. parents who were young when they had their first child (legitimate or otherwise)

How would that affect their lifespan?

I suspect it's just a random difference within your own family - like my male ancestors having a strange propensity to marry women called Jane!

Mike

[groom]

I haven't noticed it with my Suffolk and Essex ancestors either. Don't forget that information on death certificates was only as good as the person who registered the death or gave the information to the vicar for the burial. Perhaps your ancestors just weren't very good on dates.