In a message dated 8/13/2007 10:50:36 AM Eastern Standard Time, scott1@embarqmail.com writes: Hi Judy; I didn't know there was an age restriction. What was the age for men and woman or was it the same? Sally Sally- It would depend on the state/colony and what their laws were. In this case I might have misspoken though as Betsy was married at age 21 to John Ross. Betsy married John at Hugg's Tavern in Gloucester City, NJ not too far from where I live, and although the tavern was torn down some years ago the hearth in front of which they were married was disassembled and reassembled at the Gloucester County Historical Society. The reason I thought she was underage was because NJ didn't normally require marriage bonds unless the parties were underage--and there IS an existing marriage bond for Betsy and John. The main reason she was DIS MOU as the Quakers call it was because the disowned for Marriage Out of Unity. She married a non-Quaker. Ordinarily she could have come back to the meeting and condemned her action in marrying out of her faith and they would have taken her back--but she never did. Joan ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

HI Joan; Thank you for your answer. I am always searching for my brick wall and one source says my Maria Leib was a Quaker in Lancaster Co. Pa. Yes, I grasp at straws or anything else I can that might give me a clue. Yes I am a desperate woman!!!! The info you sent is very interesting and I will google. Thanks again, Sally ----- Original Message ----- From: <JYoung6180@aol.com> To: <padutch-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 12:01 PM Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] Connections to the famous > > In a message dated 8/13/2007 10:50:36 AM Eastern Standard Time, > scott1@embarqmail.com writes: > > Hi Judy; I didn't know there was an age restriction. What was the age > for > men and woman or was it the same? Sally > > > > Sally- > > It would depend on the state/colony and what their laws were. In this > case > I might have misspoken though as Betsy was married at age 21 to John > Ross. > Betsy married John at Hugg's Tavern in Gloucester City, NJ not too far > from > where I live, and although the tavern was torn down some years ago the > hearth > in front of which they were married was disassembled and reassembled at > the > Gloucester County Historical Society. > > The reason I thought she was underage was because NJ didn't normally > require > marriage bonds unless the parties were underage--and there IS an existing > marriage bond for Betsy and John. The main reason she was DIS MOU as the > Quakers call it was because the disowned for Marriage Out of Unity. She > married a > non-Quaker. > > Ordinarily she could have come back to the meeting and condemned her > action > in marrying out of her faith and they would have taken her back--but she > never > did. > > Joan > > > > ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL > at > http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >