Not marrying

[Kit]

I'm having a look at a family of OH's. There are 16 children, all of whom live to adulthood and most into their 60s or beyond.

Of the 16 only 3 marry and only 2 of those have children.

The family is wealthy so there is no need to marry for survival but unless I missed a birth for a son who moved to India there are no male heirs and the name dies out, for that branch at least.

The youngest son seems to do well for himself, inheriting from many of his siblings and assumedly from his parents too. The last parent dies when the youngest is 20.

It just seems odd that so many did not marry. I know you might keep a daughter at home to look after you but all of them? There was enough money to have servants.