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I have an ancestor who wed in Oxford in 1765 and he was a college servant and a publican and died in 1769. His surname was usually found in Dorset or Sussex. The wife was 28 in 1765 and when they wed by license he said he was "over 21" so any age between 21 and 90 perhaps.
Women having children in those days in their late 40s and early 50s, while not impossible, is quite unlikely. often it was an illegitimate grandchild.
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