tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24153667.post4278716607024545721..comments2023-10-23T07:01:09.337-05:00Comments on RootDig.com: It Can't Be a Marriage Debt-Transcribing an 1780 Marriage Entry from New Jersey.Bubbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00116684507094892060noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24153667.post-18762623248462627252013-10-26T20:05:12.867-05:002013-10-26T20:05:12.867-05:00could it be an abbreviation for Feb?
I've seen...could it be an abbreviation for Feb?<br />I've seen folks write a script "F" which looks sort of backwards.Ericahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13225103411139373556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24153667.post-74090768427860335952013-10-11T11:26:47.958-05:002013-10-11T11:26:47.958-05:00The notation does look like "debt" and m...The notation does look like "debt" and might be exactly that. I would suggest reading the preface (pages xcix-cxvi)to "DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE COLONIAL HISTORY State OF New Jersey, VOLUME XXII. Marriage Records, 1665-1800 Edited, with an Historical Introduction on the Early Marriage Laws of New Jersey, and the Precedents on which they were Founded" William Nelson (c1900) to get a feel for how marriages were preformed and the laws in place for colonial NJ.<br /><br />http://archive.org/details/marriagerecords103nelsShellNJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02169831098500733776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24153667.post-10093893812259507972013-10-09T22:22:43.464-05:002013-10-09T22:22:43.464-05:00I vote for taking the obvious explanation first. I...I vote for taking the obvious explanation first. If it looks like debt, then maybe it's debt, and go down the path of determining what it would mean to be marked debt. Kind of like what "Anonymous" said right above me.Jillianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09655162300044495186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24153667.post-27230680020094249192013-10-09T19:12:39.241-05:002013-10-09T19:12:39.241-05:00I can't see the handwriting very clearly. It l...I can't see the handwriting very clearly. It looks like other notations other than "published" are after some of the entries. It appears the same person made the entries. I looked through the other name entries and could find the writer's letter formations for each letter of "d-e-b-t". The letters do appear to match. What exactly is the meaning of publishing banns in this Zion Lutheran Church? Could the notation stand for a fee charged by the church to publish the banns that the couple had not paid? Altho as an argument to that,it would be reasonable to see the "debt" notation beside other entries. Was either a member of this church? I would investigate if the Zion Lutheran Church charged to publish the banns or charged to publish banns of non-members? Is it possible the banns were published but the notation stands for a term that the marriage didn't take place in that church? Since the widow didn't recall the details of where she was married, were they actually married there?<br />TeresaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24153667.post-44744884773787880432013-10-09T15:40:47.104-05:002013-10-09T15:40:47.104-05:00Click on the larger one and it should pull up in a...Click on the larger one and it should pull up in a new window. You can then right click on it to save it and view larger. <br /><br />Bubbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00116684507094892060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24153667.post-15567815232677613342013-10-09T15:38:04.611-05:002013-10-09T15:38:04.611-05:00Can you supply a clearer image? Some of the print ...Can you supply a clearer image? Some of the print and icons on your site bleed over onto the document image.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24153667.post-14551050948421088172013-10-08T07:49:10.576-05:002013-10-08T07:49:10.576-05:00Perhaps the widow was a strong character that want...Perhaps the widow was a strong character that wanted to make sure had something in the end. She wanted it in writing! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03548906712376798991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24153667.post-7258237280629872222013-10-07T22:45:22.731-05:002013-10-07T22:45:22.731-05:00Wright-Salomon entry appears to have the most prom...Wright-Salomon entry appears to have the most promising for identifying the abbreviation, but dpi not clear enough on 2-page view to try to make it out. Lacking better view, could explore if it mmight be to represent that there was a marriage "debenture." If that were the word, perhaps it could signify a pre-marriage agreement on goods she brings to the marriage (e.g., that such goods would remain hers--so children of widow on page at left might inherit--rather than the goods automatically going to the new husband), or a similar agreement on what she would receive if she becomes a widow. Not sure why that might be listed on the church marriage record, however. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11579707969539760438noreply@blogger.com