"Shot gun weddings" were far more common than unmarried parents.
There are baptisms where only the mother is listed so presumably children out of wedlock but having a child when unmarried was extremely damaging to a woman's reputation back then.
I have yet to find a couple who baptise a child then get married later on... admittedly I am not looking for it.
Be that as it may, we have a date of 1681 with absolutely no supporting evidence and the circumstantial evidence says 1681 is too late.
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