---"Janice G. Donley" <jdonley@bellatlantic.net> wrote: > > Does any body know what a "Break of Promise" (marriage)" is? I found it > on a D.A.R. application showing there was one between Wm. McLennan and > Martha Saltsman. The application says it exists in Jefferson County but > when I called the Jefferson County Courthouse they didn't seem to know > what it was. > > I wonder if it is different than a "divorce" or if it was just the words > they used at the time to avoid using "divorce." > > Thanks, Janice > > > Janice Sounds like they didn't get married. Break of Promise,to me sounds like he ask, then backed out. Sometimes you can find lawsuits filed over this and they mostly are called breach of promise. js > > > > > > Researching: > AULT, GARLOCH/K in Belmont Co., OH; Washington Co., MD, IN, and KS; > GODDARD, YOHO, HARTLEY and LONG in WV; > BARCUS, CARR, ELLIOTT, HOUSEHOLDER, SALTSMAN in Jefferson Co., OH and > Washington Co., PA > Please contact at: jdonley@bellatlantic.net > > _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com