To clarify, yes, indeed, it was "Maine". At that time, it was part of Massachusetts, so perhaps the spelling had not yet been widely disseminated, and it was spelled (pretty much) phonetically. Thanks for your inputs. Jared > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Donald Getchell" > Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 1:43 AM > Subject: Re: [ NB ] age of marriage > > >> Or in the 1800's it could be a misspelled Maine >> --- C B Knox <cknox@gwi.net> wrote: >>> Jed, >>> >>> "The Main" is a part of France. > >>> Jared Handspicker wrote: > She wasn't from England, either, but from >>> "Main". > > Or a part of the Spanish Main? If it was written "... the Main .." > [personally] I would think in terms of Europe. I'd also take into > consideration the era she was born into. > But, if written "... Main .." I would think it could have been > Maine. > > Toni ~ Ontario > AND on the eighth day God said, "OK, Murphy, take over." > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NEWBRUNSWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------ Jared "Jed" Handspicker jedh@jedh.com