Note 987 — Chapter XV · DIVORCE IN THE AMERICAN COLONIES
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Apr. 26, 1725: ibid., III, 330. For a similar case, see ibid., 311.
In the MSS. Records of Superior Court of Judicature, 1725-30, fol. 284, may be found the following entry: At a court held for Barnstable and Duke's Cos., Apr. 21, 1730, "Hannah Marshall, wife of the Rev. Josiah Marshall, complained that she has lived with him for a considerable time past in daily fear of her life, threats of being brained, etc. Josiah appeared and made answer. Hannah admitted to her oath ... Court directed and advised her to keep at her father's house until further order from the Court or from the General Sessions. Josiah to find surety for his good behavior." This is the only case in these records between 1725 and 1780.