>While there is traffic concerning marriage bonds, I thought I would ask >about the marriage bond of my 7Great Grandparents. > >In my caes the bride to be was the one required to post the bond. She >was named as a spinster and was 29 years old, he was 26. Is there any >significance to the bride being required to post the bond? It suggests she had money, nhe had none, but she was willing to buy the toyboy. Maybe she needed to, and acted while he was still mailed down. -- Eve McLaughlin Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society