Jane: What an interesting question.!!!!!! I am forwarding this to my lists and lets see what they have to say...... Lists: does any one have answer to the question below ?? Cynthia Moderator of : Ct-River-Valley-L@rootsweb.com VTWindso-L@rootsweb.co CTHartfo-L@rootsweb.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Devlin, Jane <JaneDevlin@netquest.com> > In transcribing all these records from Bailey's Early Marriages in > Connecticut, I run across a lot of men with Junior or Jr. following > their names. It's difficult to know if they are actually the son of a > father with the same name or if the minister used Sr. & Jr. to > identify two unrelated men in the same town with the same name > with the elder being designated Sr. and the younger Jr. > > Now for the question - it appears that the marriages of many > ministers were to women with the title Mrs. - for example, The Rev. > Mr. Benjamin Bowers of Middle Haddam & Mrs. Ann Hosmer and > Rev. Samuel Hull & Mrs. Hannah Butler married in Cromwell. > Does anyone know if the Mrs. was a title of respect given to the > bride of a minister or did ministers tended to marry widows more > often than they married younger single women? > > Jane > > > > ==== CTMIDDLE Mailing List ==== > Become a RootsWeb Sponsor > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > Where else can you get so much value for so little? > >