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The 1788 statute for marriages required: <br> | |||
1) banns to be read 15 days before the marriage<br> | |||
2) the male to be 17 years old<br> | |||
3) the female to be 14<br> | |||
By 1800, marriage licenses were manditory.Eichholz, Alice, Red Book: American State, County, and Towns Sources (Provo, UT: Ancestry, 2004), page 199.</ref> <br> | |||
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The 1788 statute for marriages required:
1) banns to be read 15 days before the marriage
2) the male to be 17 years old
3) the female to be 14
By 1800, marriage licenses were manditory.Eichholz, Alice, Red Book: American State, County, and Towns Sources (Provo, UT: Ancestry, 2004), page 199.</ref>