A number of my Franklin County, Massachusetts relatives (including my great grandparents, in 1867) were married at Vernon, Vermont when there was, to my knowledge, no family reason for this. Was Vernon a kind of local Gretna Green, a place to elope to? Are there records of these marriages in their Town Clerk's office? The earliest date I'm interested in is 1806. Fred Murphy ([email protected])
" Gretna Green" is a town on the border of England and Scotland.....there was a blacksmith there who married folks.......especially those that eloped when they had arranged marriages by the parents. Vernon is no Gretna Green in that sense.....Vernon is located on the border of Vermont and Mass.on route 142.....SOUTH Vernon was part of Northfield,Mass until around 1749. As far as why so many from Mass married in Vernon.......could be number of reasons..... 1. Vermont marriage laws were not as strict as the old Bay State 2. settlers migrating..... 3. elopements....some probably did -- 1806.... you'd write to the Vernon town clerk......for marriage record... Cynthia From: "F. P. Murphy" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 10:52 PM Subject: [CRV] VERNON, VERMONT > A number of my Franklin County, Massachusetts relatives (including my > great grandparents, in 1867) were married at Vernon, Vermont when there > was, to my knowledge, no family reason for this. Was Vernon a kind of > local Gretna Green, a place to elope to? Are there records of these > marriages in their Town Clerk's office? The earliest date I'm > interested in is 1806. > Fred Murphy ([email protected]) > > > > ==== CT-RIVER-VALLEY Mailing List ==== > List your sources when giving information > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > http://www.quadrangle.org (Conn River Valley Gen.Library) > http://www.nehgs.org [New Eng His.Genealogical Society] > http://www.godfrey.org [Godfrey Mem.Library in Conn] > List owner: [email protected] > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >