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 are not without interest. "Y'e s'd

John B---- declared before marriage that he took y'e

s'd Hannah naked and had clothed her & that he took her
then in his own clothes separate from any interest of her former
husbands." Again a groom declares: "And he takes her
as naked and destitute, not having nor in no ways

holding any part of her former husband's estate whatever." We have
also the declaration of a widower on marrying a widow in 1702, who
had property in
her own name, probably gained by will, "that he did renounce meddling
with her estate." These declarations evidence that the widow
relinquished, and that the groom received her without the least
design upon the estate. It has been intimated that in a few instances
these declarations became a "sign," but we can hardly credit it. The
"rich" widow was taken out of the matrimonial problem. The following
affidavit is spread on the town records of Amesbury: "Whereas Thomas

Challis of Amesbury in y'e County of Essex in y'e Province
of y'e Massachsetts Bay in New England, and Sarah Weed, daughter of
George Weed in y'e same Town, County and Province,
have declared their intention of taking each other in marriage
before several public meetings of y'e people called Quakers in
Hampton and Amesbury, and according to y't good order used amongst
them
whose proceeding therein after a deliberate consideration thereof
with regard to y'e righteous
law of God and example of his people recorded in y'e holy Scriptures
of truth in that case, and by enquiry they appeared clear of all
others relating to marriage and having con
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