Talk:Thomas Greenhill (surgeon)

Doubts upon Elizabeth Greenhill
The doubts have been raised as there was suggested to be earlier record of her births than 1878 and the suggestion made that the story might have been invented in regard to an earlier trial related to entitlements to lease property.Elizabeth GREENHILL, Abbots Langley, 1615-1679 However, the online records in Gentleman's Magazine in 1805 and Notes and Queries in 1852 show much earlier evidence of the story before this trial. Also the granting in 1698 of a crest wuth 39 mullets seems to be difficult to reconcile with a more recent invention. --LittleHow (talk) 10:17, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

Are there any records of Greenhill's mother?
What is known of Greenhill's mother? If she married at the age of 12 and had her first child within a year, and if all but one of the subsequent births were of a single child (not twins or triplets), she would have been around the age of 51 when she gave birth to her 39th child. Has she not married until age 16 she would have been 55 when Thomas was born. Is this physically possible? One would think she would have become something of a celebrity well before the birth of child Nr. 39. Are there any contemporary records of her?

I am not taking "sides" on this issue, merely curious, and hopeful that the experts in this area of social history will be able to do more research. (71.22.47.232 (talk) 05:45, 16 May 2010 (UTC))