From: G6JPG@255soft.uk
I'm trying to trace a Mary Smith!
Yes, about as impossible as it could be. My 5th Great Grandmother.
Married at St. Oswalds, Cheshire (I think it's actually in Backford, 3.7
miles north of Chester), 1767-June-1, to George Mason; I have the scan
of the marriage register entry. Both were of the/this parish. Witnesses
Tho.s Smith and Samuel Mason. By Licence.
I have also found in "Cheshire Marriage licence bonds and allegations
1606-1905" a couple of documents (handwritten bits , rest printed
form):
"... we are ... bound ... in
the Sum of Pounds
...
the above bounden now licenced to
be married together ..."
1. Is Thomas Smith going to be Mary's father?
2. Isn't a hundred pounds a vast amount in 1767 (King George III)?
The other, similar, document (1767-6-1):
"... appeared personally ... alledged and made
Oath as follows, That he is of the Age of Years and
upwards, and a and intends to marry aged
Years and upwards, and a ... and he prayed a Licence to
solemnise the said Marriage ..."
3. "Years and upwards" puzzles me, as a specific number (25 and 21) is
handwritten in; are these likely to be their actual ages?
4. As she's 21 (or "upwards"?), why does her father (if Thomas _is_ her
father) need to be involved?
5. Was it normal for a Licence to be "prayed" (I assume that means
applied for) the same day as the actual wedding?
I'm new to marriage "bonds and allegations". Is it sort of a (monetary)
deposit of good faith, that the couple are not related or that there is
otherwise nothing that could impede the marriage? Was the money actually
paid, and then refunded at some later date, or just an obligation to pay
it accepted (which obligation became void at some later date)?
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