Mary Ann Adkins (Hardeman) - Problem with dates

Started by dale scott on Sunday, November 27, 2022
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The About section states she was married circa 1781. The source for the profile, Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940, gives a marriage date of about 1800.
Ancestry.com gives two dates

Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940
Name Mary Hartman
Gender Female
Age 21
Birth Date 1779
Marriage Date 30 Jul 1800
Marriage Place Botetourt, Virginia
Spouse William Adkins
FHL Film Number 30734
Reference ID pg 115

Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940
Name Mary Hartman
Gender Female
Marriage Date 02 May 1801
Marriage Place Botetourt, Virginia
Spouse William Adkins
FHL Film Number 30731
Reference ID b1 p13 n436

Taking an average, she was married somewhere around 1800, but the majority of her children were born before her marriage, except the last two that were born 15 and 25 yrs after her marriage date.
This just looks wrong.
How to explain all but two children were born before she married, and the last two were born considerably after the others?

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