In a message dated 1/10/09 3:53:27 PM, [email protected] writes: > Hi, > > Here is the somewhat annotated transcription of the marriage of my ggg  > grandparents Abram Marshill and Martha Doane at Cane Creek MM, then Orange > Co.  > (now Alamance) NC 1795.   I descend via their youngest child, Thomas  > Marshall > who married Elizabeth Fortner, then their daughter Ruth Elizabeth  Marshall > who > married Joseph Alexander Sexton.  Elizabeth migrated to  Lawrence Co > Missouri > near the Dade Co. border, with or after several of her  Fortner brothers and > their families. -- Where they lived awfully close to the  Penns who were on > the > county line in Dade..  Also a group of Hinshaws and  others with NC Quaker > backgrounds. > > I didn't transcribe this, but somewhere I have the original. > > Best Regards, Janet Hunter > > MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE > ABRHAM MARSHILL & MARTHA  DOAN > Note: > Whereas Abram Marshill, son of John and Ruth Marshill and  Martha Doan, > daughter of John and Elizabeth Doan each of Chatham County in the  State of > North > Carolina having declared their intent of marriage with each other  before > several Monthly Meetings of the people called Quakers at Cane Creek  > Meetinghouse > in the county of Orange and the State aforesaid. And according to  the good > o....................[something missing here, Janet Hunter  note] > Next then having the consent of parents and parties concerned their  said > proposals of marriage were allowed by the said meeting.Now these are to  > certify > whome it may concern that for the full accomplishing their intentions of  > marriage this tenth day of the ninth month in the  year of our Lord one  > thousand > seven hundred ninety and five. > > They, the said Abram Marshill and Martha Doan appeared in a public  meeting > at Cane Creek Meeting House above said and the said Abram Marshill  taking > the > said Martha Doan by the hand did in a solemn manner openly did say  that he > took the said Martha to be his wife promising with Divine Assistance to  be > unto > her a true and faithful husband until death should separate them or  words > to > the same effect. And then in the same assembly the said Martha Doan in  like > manner openly declare that she took him the said Abram to be her husband  > promising with divine assistance to be unto him a true and faithful wife > until  > death should separate them or words to the same purpose. And moreover the > said  > Abram Marshill and Martha Doan according to the custom of marriage assuming > the  name of her husband as a further confirmation thereof did then and > there to > those present seal their hands. And we whose names are underneath subscribed > being present at the solemnized of said marriage do as witness also > subscribe be  our names the day and year above written. > Abraham Marshill, Martha Marshill,  John Doan, Elizabeth Doan, William > Marshill, Ruth Marshill, Jacob Marshill,  Margret Marshill, Benjamin > Marshill, Peter > Stout, jr. > , Hannah Stout, John  Allen, Rachel Allen, Rachael Allen, Ebenezer Doan, > John > Davis, Mary Davis, John  Stout, Anna Stout, Jesee Hinshaw. > **************New year...new news.  Be the first to know what is making > headlines. (http://news.aol.com?ncid=emlcntusnews00000002) > > Thanks, the mentioned witnesses Allens, Stouts and Davis's are all either my own ancestors/cousins or my wife's. Always good to hear their names a involved. Howard W Cook ************** A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1215855013x1201028747/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26hmpgID=62%26bcd=De cemailfooterNO62)