Can anyone here help me decipher the salacious comments on this marriage record?
I get the main points. On April 6, 1706, my x-great grandfather's brother Christoph (of Untertürkheim, Württemberg) had to marry Anna Riedmann of Zazenhausen (walking distance - one to 1.5 hours on foot) because he got her pregnant ("gravida facta a Gassmanno" - there is also a birth record of a daughter, born May 23, 1706). I am interested mostly in completing the last sentence.
"Spuria, et deinceps Scortum, et gravida facta a Gassmanno, bis nolens volens ob favorem prolis isti tandem ante enixum partum nupsit"
"Illegitimate, and after fornication, and made pregnant by Gassmann, twice willingly refused supporting the child's birth, before delivery they finally married"
My take: (The bride was born) Illegitimate, and after fornication, and made pregnant by Gassmann, (he) twice willingly refused supporting the child's birth, (but) before delivery they finally married.
I think I learned a few new Latin words in the process.
First, my reading of the sentence. "Spuria, et deinceps scortum, et gravida facta de Gassmanno, vir(?) nolens volens ob favorem prolix(?) isti(?) tandem ante enixum partum nupsit".
The first half is clear with an on-line Latin dictionary: "Illegitimate, and subsequently a prostitute, impregnated by Gassmann, ...". The rest is a bit woolly. "... he willy nilly as a favor? after long hesitation isti? married her before she gave birth."
