Petition for Divorce, Windham County, Connecticut:
"Elizabeth Brewster Petition 19
Elizabeth (DeWolfe) Brewster vs. Ebenezer Brewster 1739
To the Honorable Superior Court, Now Sitting at Windham In & for Said County of Windham this 23rd day of March AD 1739. The Petition of Elizabeth Brewster of Lebanon in Sd County of Windham, Humbly Sheweth. That Your Petitioner was married to one Ebenezer Brewster of Said Lebanon on the Thirteenth day of November AD 1721 and Lived With him for Sundry years Discharging the Duties of a Loving Wife to him, according to my Ability, till He most Injuriously to me & His Children which he had by me, wilfully Deserted & left us, and Ran away from us, and hath now Been Wilfully & wrongfully Separated and gone from me, full Ten Years Last past, Nor at all Minding or [Proguarding?] of his Marriage Covenant with me and totally Neglecting his Duty Towards me, Whereby He hath Broken the Marriage Covenant. Whereupon Your Poor Petitioner Prays that Your Honors would take her case aforesaid into your consideration & Thereupon Declare your Petitioner Discharged from her said Marriage Covenant with Sd Brewster, and that the same is Null & Void; and a Bill of Divorce be granted me from Him accordingly and your Petitioner as is Duty Bound, shall Ever Pray ye.
Dated in Windham this 23rd day of March AD 1739.
Elizabeth {her mark} Brewster"
