Hi, We had a double wedding in Pembrey of two sisters but didn't know it until we found newspaper article in Llanelli Library. Katherine ----- Original Message ----- From: "A Spell In Time" <spellintime@googlemail.com> To: <DYFED@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 3:33 PM Subject: [Dyfed] Double Wedding at Bethel Baptist Chapel, PEM? > Hi Everyone, > > I've just received a marriage certificate for Samuel John and Martha > Phillips at Bethel Baptist Chapel, Monachlogduu, PEM, dated 1 November > 1852, and it seems that this was a double wedding. > > The part of the certificate which requires the marks/signatures of the > bride and groom, states that the marriage was solemnised between 4 > people: Samuel John, Lewis Evans, Jane Butler and Martha Phillips. I > know nothing about the extra couple - Lewis Evans and Jane Butler. As > far as I know they weren't relatives. I'm intrigued. Was it common to > have double weddings in Baptist chapels? Would this have been because > it was cheaper? > > I would be grateful if anyone could shed some light on the subject. > > Thanks very much > > Moni > > ================================ > Dyfed list http://home.clara.net/daibevan/DyfedML.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DYFED-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

Thank you Pat and Katherine for your replies. I actually replied to Pat offlist by accident through pressing the wrong button, so have pasted my reply below in case it's of interest to anyone else. I remain puzzled by the double wedding involving Samuel John because I don't know of a family relationship between the two couples, so I'm wondering why they did it in this way. With thanks and best wishes Moni Dear Pat It sounds very much like your Lewis Evans and Jane Butler are the same as those named on my certificate, but the marriage date on mine is definitely 1 November 1852. I'll get the certificate scanned and email it to you next week, and would be very interested to know if your marriage certificate mentions my Samuel John and Martha Phillips at all. Meanwhile I hope that others on the list might know something about the occurrence of double weddings, if this indeed is what this is. With best wishes Moni >> Hi Everyone, >> >> I've just received a marriage certificate for Samuel John and Martha >> Phillips at Bethel Baptist Chapel, Monachlogduu, PEM, dated 1 November >> 1852, and it seems that this was a double wedding. >> >> The part of the certificate which requires the marks/signatures of the >> bride and groom, states that the marriage was solemnised between 4 >> people: Samuel John, Lewis Evans, Jane Butler and Martha Phillips. I >> know nothing about the  extra couple - Lewis Evans and Jane Butler. As >> far as I know they weren't relatives. I'm intrigued. Was it common to >> have double weddings in Baptist chapels? Would this have been because >> it was cheaper? >> >> I would be grateful if anyone could shed some light on the subject. >> >> Thanks very much >> >> Moni >>