Abby, Thank you so much for the reply. Question: Are you certain that these marriages have primary records -- that is that the marriages really occurred -- as opposed to someone speculating that they occurred? The reason I am asking is that such marriages were illegal in the period. The Plymouth Colony, however, had no Anglican church early on at least and the leadership tended to be non-conformist. I'm trying to determine if perhaps the Plymouth leadership ignored Church of England affinity law. Regards, Bill Churchill USA -----Original Message----- From: ALums48454@aol.com [mailto:ALums48454@aol.com] Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 4:23 AM To: churchil@koyote.com; MAPLYMOU-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PLY/MA] Question on 17th century marriage in the Colony In a message dated 6/1/03 11:02:21 PM, churchil@koyote.com writes: << Does anyone on the list have a case where a mid 17th century man's brother married his wife's sister or his sister married his wife's brother? >> There seem to be many cases of sisters marrying brothers. For example, three sons of Nicholas Noyes married three daughters of John Knight. Abby