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A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 2 of 3

Note 468 — Chapter XII · OBLIGATORY CIVIL MARRIAGE IN THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES

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Whitmore, op. cit. (1660-72), 260; also ibid. (1672-86), 149. There is a copy of one of the orders sent to the constables, differing slightly in capitalization and punctuation from the above, in the MSS. Files of the County Court for Middlesex, Dec., 1668.

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