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While it was through IVF I read a couple who wed in 1962 aged 17 had their first child in about 2020, 58 years on.
Actor John Cleese was born 1939 and in his autobiography he said they wed in 1923 and he is an only child. This was before IVF and the like but his mum was 40 when John was born so still young enough. Makes you wonder if there was conceptions but miscarriages (often very early ones) beforehand if such a gap between marriage and first child being born.
I have a couple who wed in 1748 and I thought their first child was born 1760 but they had one in 1750. No known births between 1750 and 1760. Next one after 1760 was a son in 1764, and I just found a 4th once, 1774 burial noted "Hannah, daughter of Richard and Judith Titshall" but no age given.
Researching:
LONDON, Coombs, Roberts, Auber, Helsdon, Fradine, Morin, Goodacre
DORSET Coombs, Munday
NORFOLK Helsdon, Riches, Harbord, Budery
KENT Roberts, Goodacre
SUSSEX Walder, Boniface, Dinnage, Standen, Lee, Botten, Wickham, Jupp
SUFFOLK Titshall, Frost, Fairweather, Mayhew, Archer, Eade, Scarfe
DURHAM Stewart, Musgrave, Wilson, Forster
SCOTLAND Stewart in Selkirk
USA Musgrave, Saix
ESSEX Cornwell, Stock, Quilter, Lawrence, Whale, Clift
OXON Edgington, Smith, Inkpen, Snell, Batten, Brain