George Wade, Dunmow, Essex, England, 1818

Lancaster Gazette, 24 Jan 1818, page 3

BIRTHS.
On the 23d ult, at Dunmow, in Essex, (a place well known by thousands who have never seen it) the Lady of George Wade, Esq., of her sisteenth child, of whom fifteen are living. It is remarkable, that the brother of the above-named gentleman, (John Wade, of Injebreck, Esq. in the Isle of Man) has nine children living. Their joint issue is twenty-four; and it so happens that the number of boys and girls is equal -- making twelve couple of cousins!