Does anyone know what the fertility rate in Virginia was in the 18th  
century?

The 18th century Mennonite minister John Rhodes and his wife  
Catherine , who lived in the Shenandoah Valley, had 12 children.  
Their  son MIchael and his wife Ann had 9. Was this average in  
Virginia for the time period?

The 18th century Canadian fertility rate  was 10.8   (source given  
below) I haven't seen a statistic for Virginia.


(Wolfgang Lutz, “Determinants of Low Fertility and Ageing Prospects  
for Europe,” Family Issues between Gender and Generations, Seminar  
Report Equality between Women and Men European Commission,  
Directorate-General for Employment and Social Affairs Unit E/1,  
European Observatory on Family Matters at the Austrian Institute for  
Family Studies, (May 2000)

Mary

Mary Moyars-Johnson  (MMJ)




On Feb 27, 2009, at 7:30 PM, Anne Pemberton wrote:

> Donald,
>
> I am not a "man hater", but I am also not a "man worshiper". I do  
> not believe that the primary function of women is to bear and raise  
> children. I do not  know if Martha gave an intelligent consent to  
> being made pregnant so many times. By all other accounts she seems  
> a sensible, pragmatic woman who would realize that she just was not  
> made for baby-making.
>
> So, you are offended by my comments about her excessive  
> pregnancies. I am offended by those who project a sterling  
> character to a man who so abused his wife. I am deeply offended by  
> the attempt to portray Jefferson as a saint, when indeed he killed  
> the woman he loved because he wouldn't keep his pants buttoned.  
> And, before you get all fuzzy about love, read Jon Kukla's  
> "Jefferson's Women", and learn how much he loved Martha when he  
> propositioned Betsy Walker in the same house where Martha was  
> blissfully sleeping.
>
> So match your being offended by my being offended and see which rises!
>
> Anne
>
>
> Anne Pemberton
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