Misc. Notes
Family: The Cape May Co., Mag. of Hist. & Gen. Vol. 2 p. 168.
The following is a specimen of the manner of tying the matrimonial knot in olden times:
167“These may certify that on the fifteenth day of February, 1693, then and there came before me, Henry Stites and Hannah Garlick, and did each take the other to be man and wife, according to the law of this province, being lawfully published according to order, as witness their hands the day and year above said.
Henry Stites
Hannah Garlick
Samuel Crowell, Justice.
Witnesses - John Carman, Johathan Pine, John Shaw, Johathan Osborne, Caleb Carman, Shamgar Hand, Ruth DAyton, William Harood, Jacob Sjpicer, Ezekiel Eldredge, Timothy Brandith.”