Despite this legal impediment the couple would live together as James and Rachel Hamilton for around fifteen years during which time Rachel gave birth to two children, James junior and Alexander.

尽管存在这种法律障碍， 这对夫妇以詹姆斯和雷切尔·汉密尔顿的身份共同生活了大约十五年， 在此期间雷切尔生下了两个孩子，小詹姆斯和亚历山大。