Barking Up the Wrong Tree: Gathering Moss

23 November 2012

Gathering Moss

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NATHANIEL MOSS (1730-1807) and NANCY ANN COCKRELL (1732-1807)
Married 1757 in Loudoun, Virginia

CHILDREN

Aquilla B: 1751 - D: 1756
Daniel B: 1751 - D: 1756
Mary B: 1751 - D: 1756
Sarah B: 1751 - D: 1756
Stephen B: 1751 - D: 1756
Vincent B: 1751 - D: 1756
John B: 1753
Zeally B: 6 Mar 1755
Nathaniel B: 1757
Moses B: 24 May 1758
John B. B: Aug 1762
Zealey B: 6 Mar 1765
Elijah B. B: 1765
Vincent B: 1770
Steven B: 1773
Sarah B: 1774
Mary B: 1777
Sarah B: 1777
Vincent B: 1782 Mother is 50 years old.
Aquilla B: 1794 Mother is 62 years old.

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We all know that our ancestors were not as prude as some history books would have us believe. Plenty of children were conceived or even born before their parents wed. But eight children? Six of which were sextuplets? Seriously?
This tree may be one of the crazier ones but it isn't alone. Searching public trees for Nathaniel Moss and Nancy Cockrell the first 40 or so results yielded more clickophiles:

Septuplets in 1751. Twins born in two different counties in 1758. Twins again in 1765, 1769 and 1773. Total number of children: 22.
Sextuplets in 1751. Twins in 1758, 1765, 1773, 1774 and 1777. Youngest child born in 1790. Total number of children: 24.
Sextuplets in 1751. Twins in 1765 and 1782. Youngest child born in 1794. Total number of children: 22.
Sextuplets in 1751. Twins in 1755 and again in 1763. Total number of children: 14.
Quintuplets in 1751. Triplets in 1765. Twins in 1777 and the youngest child born in 1790. Total number of children: 19.
Quadruplets in 1751 and youngest child born in 1790.
Quadruplets in 1751. Triplets in 1753. Twins in 1755, 1763 and 1765. Total number of children: 16.

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2 comments:

KarenSThursday, 13 December, 2012
Wonderful what some people don't bother doing, like actually LOOKING at what they're clicking on! I have found, in my not yet extensive travels, a baby born 2 years after its mother died; a woman born when her father was 8 yrs old, a couple married (in the UK) when they were 5 and 7 yrs old; a woman having her 4 children when she was between 60 and 70 years old, a person born in Claremont, Western Australia, but attending school and getting married in 2 different cities called Claremont, both in the US, and they're just the ones I can remember!!!
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