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New England Marriages Prior To  1700

Clarence Almon Torrey

 

Hardbound book of 1009  pages. This work, compiled over a period of thirty years from about  2,000 books and manuscripts, is a comprehensive listing of the 37,000  married couples who lived in New England between 1620 and 1700. Listed are the  names of virtually every married couple living in New England before 1700, their  marriage date or the birth year of a first child, the maiden names of 70% of the  wives, the birth and death years of both partners, mention of earlier or later  marriages, the residences of every couple and an index of names. The provision  of the maiden names make it possible to identify the husbands of sisters,  daughters, and many granddaughters of immigrants, and of immigrant sisters or  kinswomen. this is truly a must needed reference book for any with New England  Roots.

 

 

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