How glad I am that my probable Welsh ancestors are way too far back to bother about!
I have found C20th examples of mother giving previously married, rather than maiden name on a birth certificate, so I see no reason why it should not have happened in the past.
I have found - same period as you- James Cotmore unable to marry Mary Ann Clapham because his first wife was still living. Their child, Emma, has mmn Clapham. But Mary Ann Clapham is subsequently described as a widow. Either the birth certificate was wrong, or she was actually a spinster.
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