Hi, when a marriage is listed at St. Michael's they list if the person is a widow or widower, if they are a differnt faitth, and if their surname is different in the license book. This marriage was listed as Wentz, Barbara, and Francis Hainick, June 2, 1768. Best Wishes, Geri

Geri is correct that the license will indicate widow or widower if that is the case, and so it does in this listing for 1768 at St. Michael's & Zion, Philadelphia. However, not every list of abstracts carries that information forward. It appears three places, once under date, where it shows she was a widow, and once under brides names and once under grooms names, where it does not. You can see it under this URL at GenWeb Archives. http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/pa+index+8405229632904+F I wanted to correct the misunderstanding published many years ago that the Hainick marriage was to the daughter of Peter WENTZ, Jr., when it was not. 1768 - June 2, Francis Hainick and Barbara Wentz, wid., L. The Barbara Wentz who married Francis Hainick in 1768 was described as a widow, the marriage was at St. Michael's & Zion in Philadelphia, and the same church had a baptismal record of a child Carl Ludwig to Michael and Barbara WENTZ in 1755. The Barbara WENTZ who was a daughter of Peter WENTZ, Jr., was a different person entirely from the above, she married first Rev. John George ALSENTZ in 1764, he died in 1767, she married Jacob WENTZ, Jr., her cousin, in 1770, he died in 1783, she then married Joseph TYSON, son of Cornelius, in 1784. Best wishes, Gene Rooks in Gotha