I often wonder how far wide of the mark we may be when looking at the lives of our ancestors ......I still haven't got over a few years ago a newly discovered 96-year-old cousin cheerfully telling me one of my direct line ancestors used to touch up young women when he was an old man!!! (not her, apparently!). I still don't quite know what to do with this information in my own head, as it doesn't fit into the picture I had built up of this person. There are others still alive who remember him, but no one else has ever said anything similar. Apparently, it was "known to everyone who knew him"
Sadly, the cousin is no longer with us now, so I can't ask anything further.......