Hi! Thank you for your reply. This is indeed the family but it might be misleading. I believe this information is based on the entry in the Belmont Clerk & Town Records and the event may have not taken place there. It was those same records that gave me the name of Rev. Flagg as the minister who married them. [Available to browse at familysearch.org] Dudley was likely born in Deerfield, Rockingham County, NH, but Mary's place of birth is not known as of yet. I'm hoping that Rev. Flagg's records might contain additional clues useful in the search for Mary's parentage. Regards, Stephen On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 9:49 AM, Cindy Clark via <nhrockin@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > >From the NH Marriage index at Ancestry > > Name: > Dudley Gilman > > Marriage Date: > 16 Oct 1779 > > Event Type: > Marriage > > Clerk's Location: > Belmont, Belknap, New Hampshire > > Gender: > Male > > Spouse Name: > Mary Harriman > > Spouse Gender: > Female > > FHL Film Number: > 1000996 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2016 09:46:55 -0500 > From: Stephen Wood <stephe.w300@gmail.com> > Subject: [NHROCKIN] WHERE ARE REV. EBENEZER FLAGG?S RECORDS? > To: NHROCKIN@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > <CAE-Vu+YSZOtcXwgq7icBBR= > 5E3tuuHz9MUXnpLn82gi6DvWm0w@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Hi! > > I?m wondering if anyone knows if Rev. Ebenezer Flagg?s records have > survived and where they might be found. Rev. Flagg was a Congregational > Church Minister in Chester, Rockingham County, NH from ca. 1736 onwards. > > He married my ancestors, DUDLEY GILMAN and MARY HARRIMAN in 1779, and > because Mary was a minor at the time, I?m hoping that the record might > mention parental consent, as hers are unknown. [although there are guesses > on the net?] > > I understand that Rev. Flagg was also one of the first ministers in > the > area to accept Marriage Licenses, which might have been the attraction, as > my people settled in Belknap County, NH.. Would there have been a copy of a > marriage License kept by the State or the County Record Office? Do they > survive? > > I have contacted the Chester Congregational Church and while they do > have some records dating back to that time period, they do not have Rev. > Flagg?s records of baptisms, marriages or burials. > > Any advice you can give me would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Stephen > >