That's just how it was.

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

Thomas Worrall Born 1792. Shopshire.
Died mar 8 1887 in London England as a Chelsea pensioner.

Latest find:
Enlisted in Canada British army 32nd foot regiment February 24 1807 age 15.
He was 5 ft 1 1/2 inches
Grey eyes
Lt Brown hair
Fresh complexion
Round face
I can just about see him in my minds eye.

Just 2 years older than our Logan.
God love him!

I shouldn't be surprised at the age since I loved history and know life was very different back even less than 100 years ago when my own father was working in the coal mines at 14

My husband Garth ancestor Thomas Rose was 14 when he went to Jamaica with Penn and Venables.
That's just how it was.