I have a puzzle that I hope someone out there in Quaker land can help me with. On page 110 of the Abstracts of the records of the Society of Friends in Indiana there are two entries that I am a little confused about. In the section of Back Creek meeting it has an entry on 2-19-1841 "Susannah, Grant Co, dt Charles & Sarah (dec) m Jesse Dillon of Madison Co, at Back Creek MM. Directly below it is another entry on 3-25-1841 "Sarah, Grant Co, dt Charles & Sarah (dec) m Jesse Dillon of Madison Co at Back Creek MM. I'm pretty sure these are not the actual marriage dates but are actually the dates that the events were officially entered into the minutes. I cannot find anywhere where either Susannah or Sarah died but Jesse later married a Lydia Faulkner so I assume that if he married Susannah and later her sister they must have died. I forgot to mention that their maiden name was Baldwin. Does anyone out there know anything that would help me figure this one out? Thanks, Dale in California

The couple went before the men's and the women's meeting to be allowed to marry. When they were liberated to marry they could. You really need to see the original records to see where they got the dates. It sounds like to me you have one date when they were liberated to marry and the second when it was reported back they were married. Neither one would be the actual date of marriage. Jean Leeper grannyroots@iowatelecom.net Sent from my iPad On May 15, 2013, at 12:07 PM, Dale Harguess <daleharguess4@gmail.com> wrote: > I have a puzzle that I hope someone out there in Quaker land can help me > with. On page 110 of the Abstracts of the records of the Society of > Friends in Indiana there are two entries that I am a little confused about. > In the section of Back Creek meeting it has an entry on 2-19-1841 > "Susannah, Grant Co, dt Charles & Sarah (dec) m Jesse Dillon of Madison Co, > at Back Creek MM. > > Directly below it is another entry on 3-25-1841 "Sarah, Grant Co, dt > Charles & Sarah (dec) m Jesse Dillon of Madison Co at Back Creek MM. > > I'm pretty sure these are not the actual marriage dates but are actually > the dates that the events were officially entered into the minutes. I > cannot find anywhere where either Susannah or Sarah died but Jesse later > married a Lydia Faulkner so I assume that if he married Susannah and later > her sister they must have died. > I forgot to mention that their maiden name was Baldwin. > Does anyone out there know anything that would help me figure this one out? > Thanks, > Dale in California > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to QUAKER-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message