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Date: 2014-06-26 10:06 pm (UTC)We often think that young women married at an early age in colonial America, but that wasn’t true. On average women married in their late teens or early twenties. Among the lower classes in Virginia, the average age of brides was 23, with grooms averaging 26. Any free white person over the age of 21 could marry, provided they obtained a license or had banns published by their church. Those under the age of 21 could not marry without the consent of a parent or legal guardian, and anyone serving an indenture or apprenticeship had to get permission from their master or mistress.
http://colonialquills.blogspot.com/2011/05/wedding-in-colonial-america.html
And other sources cite Albion's Seed as stating pretty much the same thing. The idea of marrying at 13/14 was uber rare.