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Marriages can exist as early as 1788, when the first law regulating marriages was passed by statutes of the Northwest Territory, which included what is now Indiana. The 1788 statute for marriages required: <br> | Marriages can exist as early as 1788, when the first law regulating marriages was passed by statutes of the Northwest Territory, which included what is now Indiana. | ||
The 1788 statute for marriages required: <br> | |||
# banns to be read 15 days before the marriage<br> | # banns to be read 15 days before the marriage<br> | ||
# the male to be 17 years old<br> | # the male to be 17 years old<br> | ||
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Marriages[edit | edit source]
Marriages can exist as early as 1788, when the first law regulating marriages was passed by statutes of the Northwest Territory, which included what is now Indiana.
The 1788 statute for marriages required:
- banns to be read 15 days before the marriage
- the male to be 17 years old
- the female to be 14
By 1800, marriage licenses were manditory.[1]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Eichholz, Alice, Red Book: American State, County, and Towns Sources (Provo, UT: Ancestry, 2004), page 199.