goodness--only thing I can think of it referring to, would be sex before marriage......I'll see if I can find anything on it. Patti > Can anyone on the list tell me what on earth this means? > Freida > > > Church Records: Selected Areas of PA, 1600s-1800s > > 4/1/1740 - . > William Miller and Rachel his wife laid before the meeting a paper condemning > their defiling their marriage bed. > > > >