Note 939 — Chapter XIV · OPTIONAL CIVIL OR ECCLESIASTICAL MARRIAGE IN THE MIDDLE COLONIES (continued 2)

It seems to have been customary, at least in some meetings, to file the notice in writing for permanent record. The form was as follows:

"We the subscribers, A. B., son of C., and D. B.; and F. G., daughter of H., and I. G., purpose taking each other in marriage, which we hereby offer for the approbation of Friends."—Applegarth, "Quakers in Pennsylvania," J. H. U. S., X, 402.