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Will of John Test
In the name of God, Amen. The twenty and first day of the month called July in the year 1706. I, John Test, now of New Castle on Delaware, being weake of body yet of perfect mind and memory doe make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament in manner and formes as followoeth, viz:
After my funeral Charges are defrayed and due debts paid As to the Remainder of my Estate I doe give and bequeath as follows: First I doe give unto my son John Test five shillings and the rest or other of my children five shillings to each to be paid by Executrix to each particular when they that be married or att the age of twenty and one years being in full of what any or either of them may Claim as to any part of my Estate Why I doe give and bequeath unto My beloved wife Grace Test all and every part of my Estate both reall and personal all whatt and wheresoever it may be to be holden for her use...
(signed)
John Test
Witnesses: George Hogge, Joseph Griffith, Benja. Lovett.
(Del. Wills, Lib. B, p. 255, Wilmington, Del)
In a letter written by George Turner, merchant of Philadelphia, and printed in "Narratives of Early Pennsylvania, West New Jersey and Delaware" (p. 270), he says† John Test was a non-Quaker merchant from London who had probably come over with John Fenwick's Colony in the Griffin in 1675, and to uphold this we must acknowledge we have failed to find where John Test ever was listed as a full member, and nowhere is any Certificate of Removal. But it is true we find him mentioned in connection with the Quakers or Friends and he was born with that birthright, but probably never became a thorough Quaker.
He attended Meetings and took interest in them due probably to the fact that his parents were and he was brought up in that faith and his wife was a Quaker. She was buried as a member in the Quaker Burying Ground, and we find both John and Elizabeth appearing among the Friends repeatedly. One of the earliest records of the Philadelphia Meetings show that at a Meeting held 5d. 4mo. 1683, he made a complaint to the Meeting against another member, and 8d. 9mo. 1685 John and Elizabeth are witnesses in the New Jersey Meeting at the marriage of Henry Tradway and Ann Driver.
Two of the children of John and Grace Test were buried in the Friends Grounds, but listed as "not ffriends", meaning that as they were the children of John and Grace, one of the parents was not, and as Grace was we must think it was John who was not.
Of the children of John Test we have never found a complete list, but the following is supposed to be fairly accurate:
Colonial Service
Sept. 13, 1681.
John Test -- Appointed First Sheriff of Upland.
1682.
John Test -- Appointed the First Sheriff of that
Territory which embraces Philadelphia, Chester and
Delaware by Governor Markham.
(Pa. Arch. 2 Ser. Vol. IX, p. 673, 697)
(Cope's MSS. Vol. Te, p. 27, Pa Hist. Soc.)
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Deed 8 day Aug. 1687.
William Rumsey, Atty for John Test
To
Wm. Cooper
Land John Test of Gloucester County, province of East Jersey, Gent.... conveys 500 acres, a part of the 1000 acres .... which he received by deed bearing date 11 d. June 1675, &c. and surveyed ye 26 Day of Aprill, 1687....
(Salem Deeds, Vol. 5, p. 8)
[Patents and Deeds, p. 591]
June 3, 1693.
John Test of Phila. Innholder
to
John Healy, of Jamaica "in ye parts of Am;" Mariner,
Conveys 484 acres on the Northside of Woodbury Creek, &c.
(Gloucester Deeds, Vol. 2, p. 154)
[Patents and Deeds, p. 661]
22 ffebruary 1695.
James Reed of New Castle, Prov. of Penna.
and
John Test of Phila. in ye province of Pennsilvania aforsd. Innholder.
(Basses Bk. of Surveys (N.J.), p. 54)
March 25, 1696. Deed.
Robert Ewer & wife Mary
to
John Test, March. all of Phila.
Conveys Plantation of 860 acres called Willingborough Farm (N.J.)
(Lib. B, Part 2, p. 586, N.J. Deeds)
[Patents and Deeds, p. 495]
Dec. 23, 1699.
John Test in Willingsboro, Burlington Co. (N.J.)
To
John Ward.
Conveys Dwelling house, Mill, Millhouses, etc., and Plantation containing 860 acres. Same received by deed from Robert Ewer & Mary.
( N.J. Deeds, Lib. B, p. 585)
[This one is a mystery-RWT]
Mar. 1, 1702/3. Deed.
To John Test, of Salem. 100 acres.
(N.J. Arch., Vol. XXI, p. 683)
June 16, 1703. Indian Deed
To John Test of Salem Co. Gent.
For a Tract on the main branch of Salem Creek, &c.
(N.J. Arch. Vol. XXI, p. 639)
John Test
1651 - 1706:
The Pioneer Ancestor of the
American Family †
By
L. G. Fryburg
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Test Family in England
The name of Test, spelled Test or Teast, is not a common name in England, and no attempt has been made by the writer to make any extensive search, but we do find in the Early English Friends' Records the name of Test appearing as early as 1654.
The earliest to appear on the Records is that of THOMAS TEST (1622 - 1688) and wife ELIZABETH, of Westminster, who had a daughter ELIZABETH, born 12 mo. 12 d. 1656, and son DANIEL, born 2 mo. 2 d. 1663.# This Thomas and Elizabeth Test no doubt are the parents of JOHN TEST and FRANCIS TEST who appear later, but these records do not begin until 1654 after the date of birth of John in 1651 and that of Francis about 1653, therefore we would have to look elsewhere for these records.
THOMAS TEST was born in 1622 and died in Parish of Margarets, Westminster, 3 mo. 30 d. 1688, aged 66 years.
DANIEL TEST, son of Thomas, married 12-5-1688/9, MARY BALLARD. The records call him "Glover", and he remains in the Parish of Margarets, Westminster, where records naming him and wife Mary are found.
FRANCIS TEST, Glover, with wife SARAH appear in the Parish of Margarets, Westminster, and their names appear on the Records frequently.
JOHN TEST is called "of Westminster" in the record of death of his infant daughter in 1674, as follows:
Elizabeth Test died 7-19-1674, 3 weeks old St. Martins in the Field, daughter of John, of Westminster, place of Buriel Checkers Alley.
(England Friends Records of Quarterly Meeting of London and Middlesex, 1654-1699. P.H.S. Philadelphia)
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† This transcription is based on a photocopy of the typewritten manuscript in the collection of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania (1300 Locust St. Philadelphia, PA 19107) bearing the handwritten inscription "L.G.F. to H.N.W -- From - Collection of Helen N. Worst." The date of the manuscript is 1936. [Source of this date is Julian Ellis Mack, Mack Family (Chicago: self-published, 1961)].
The transcription here has been edited to correct minor spelling, punctuation, grammar, and citation style errors. The original spellings of quoted material have been preserved. Page numbers refer to pagination in the original manuscript. Annotations are provided to correct minor factual errors and to expand on the text. The manuscript was transcribed, edited, and annotated by Robert W. Test of Columbus, Ohio in June 1998.
- Note that the dates given here are Julian and Quaker dates. In the Julian calendar the 1st month of the year is March, 2nd month is April and the 12th month is February. It also means that the calendar is ten days off the modern calendar until 1700 when the difference became eleven days. See Robert Test. The Julian Calendar and "Quaker Dating" or How 12mo, 12day, 1656 Actually Means February 22, 1657 .
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John Test married in 1673. The record of the marriage has not been found, but the following is a copy of the Marriage License issued by the Vicar-General, Oct. 14, 1673:
John Test, of Christ Church, Lond., Cordwayner, Bachr, about 22 and Mrs. Elizabeth Sanders, of St. Martins in the Fields, Midd., Spr abt. 22, with consent of her father; at Kensington or Braintford, Midd."
(Harleian Soc. Pub., Vol. 34, p. 103.)†
The seeming contradiction of "Mrs." and "spinster" was not at all a contradiction at that day. It was a title of respect. "Mrs." or "Mistress" was given to a woman of gentle birth, whether married or single.
John Test was called a cordwayner (or shoemaker) on the Marriage License, but we have no evidence of his ever carrying on the trade, but undoubtedly, according to the ruling of those days that all men be taught a trade, he was taught this one. We find him a few years later referred to as a London merchant. The family was no doubt in good standing and of gentle birth. He is always referred to as Gentleman and called "Mr. Test", the title of respect "Mr." being in that century carefully restricted to gentlemen.
In 1675, John Test, in London, purchased 1000 acres of land in the proposed new settlement in West Jersey in America, and soon after with others sailed to the new land.#
This is undoubtedly one family, the name Thomas, Daniel, Francis and John are all carried down through the family of John Test.
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† In 17th Century England, marriage was accomplished either by banns or by license. If by banns, then the intention to marry was announced at three consecutive Sunday services in the parish church or churches where the couple lived. Those who wanted to avoid either the publicity or the three-week wait could be married by license.
Since the license cost only a small amount of money it was common for yeoman, clerks, merchants and farmers as well as the upper classes to be married by license. If the bride and groom lived in the same diocese, the bishop of the diocese issued the license. But if they lived in different dioceses then the archbishop's office or rather his vicar-general's office issued the license.
The couple was given the license but a record of it, i.e., the allegation, was kept by the issuing authority. The allegation or statement by bride and groom includes the occupation of the groom, where the marriage will take place, the names of the parents and whether the groom is a bachelor or a widower and the bride a spinster or widow.
The Harleian Society has published many of these licenses.
Source: Gerald Hamilton-Edwards, Tracing your British Ancestors: A Guide to Genealogical Sources, (New York: Walker and Co.,1966), pp. 65-68.
- Evidence for this claim can be found in the following deed abstract:
1688 May 20. Do. John Test of Gloucester Co., W.J., gentleman, by his attorney Wm. Rumsey of Manneton Creek, yeoman, to William Sirredge of Salem Co., bricklayer, for 100 acres on Mun Mouth River, adjoining Marcus Elger, part of 1,000 acres bought of Wm. Malster, wife and sister-in-law June 11, 1675.
Source: William Nelson, ed. Patents and Deeds and Other Early Records of New Jersey, 1664-1703 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.: 1982), p. 600. Originally published as Archives of the State of New Jersey, First Series, Vol. XXI (Paterson, N.J.: The Press Printing and Publishing Co., 1899)
Glenn Test pointed out the significance of this deed entry to me.
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John Test
1651 - 1706
JOHN TEST, the Pioneer Ancestor to America, arrived in the year of 1675. Some claim he came on the Griffith with John Fenwick, but no records have been found to prove it, while the following claims he came on the Ship Mary that arrived before the John Fenwick ship.
Early Arrivals
A ship called the Mary sailed from London in January, 1675. She had a number of English adventurers aboard; Robert Wade, Richard Whitaker, Roger Pedrick, Richard Johnson, Joseph Brown, JOHN TEST, Robert Windham and family. William Hancock and wife, Isabella. John Butcher, and several others. The vessel had a prosperous voyage and stopped at Fort Elsborg where the following named persons came ashore: Robert Windham and family, John Butcher, Richard Johnson, Hippolite Leferee, and a few others not recorded. The vessel then proceeded up the river as far as Upland where the rest of the passengers landed. ....When the ship returned Robert Wade, Richard Whitaker, William and Isabella Hancock returned with it. When they arrived in England, John Fenwick was nearly ready to sail with his colony, which he accordingly did in the ship "Griffith" which arrived at Fort Elsborg on the 23rd of September, 1675, old style; the vessel came up the Asamhocking Creek, the tenth of October, at the present reckoning of time, and at the foot of what is now known as West Broadway Street the passengers were landed. Then follows list of passengers, but John Test's name is not included in list. [The last sentence appears not to be part of Shourds' comments but rather a comment by Fryburg. However, it appears here exactly as it appears in the text of the Fryburg document.]
This article was written and read before the Historical Society of Salem, N.J., by Thomas Shourds, 1 mo. 27, 1885. The date of year of arriving, 1675, undoubtedly is correct, but the name of the ship is in doubt. While Mr. Shourds may be correct, never-the-less, he gives no authentic reference for his claim, and therefore we have to treat both claims alike and hope that at some future
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time some authority may be found which will clear the doubt at present existing.
No matter on what ship he came, in 1677 we find John Test, merchant, late of London, now well established in Upland, as the following Notes will show:
The Record of the Court at Upland, in Pennsylvania, 1676 to 1681. (Published for the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1860)
p. 51, Court at Upland, June 13, 1677.
Mr. John Test brought In Court a certaine man servant named William Still, being a taylor by traede, whome hee the sd. Test did akowledge to haue sold unto Captn. Edmond Cantwell for the space and tearme of foure Jeares, beginning from the first of aprill Last past; The sd. William Still declared in Court to bee willing to serve the said Captn. Cantwell the abovesd. tearme of foure yeares.
p. 68, Court at Upland Nov. 13, 1677.
John Test plt
[i.e., plantiff] Neeles Laersen Deft.
[i.e., defendant] The Plt. demands of the deft. for sundry goods and merchandizes by ye deft Received of the Plt. as pr acct. produced In Court the sume of one hundered and Eighty six gilders: for wch. sume hee humbly Craeves Judgement agst. the deft., with Costs:
The Court haueing heard the debates, of both partees, doe order that Judgement bee Enterred agst. the deft. for the sd 186 gilders; and as to what the deft. alledgeth that the plt is In contra Indebeted unto the Deft. sence that the plt. will not haue the same deducted The defts. action stands open agst. the plt. for the same;
p. 69-70. Same date
Neeles Laersen plt
John Test Deft
The Plt. Complains that this deft hath been Troublesome to his son about knyf, desiers to know the Reason of the same.
The Court heueing heard the debates of both partees; and finding the buisnesse and difference of noe vallue, did order the partees to be frinds and forgive one the other; to wch. the partees agreed Neeles Laersen Ingaging to pay the Clercq and sherrifs fees;
p. 79. (Among records entered between the above date, Nov. 13, 1677, and the next meeting of the court, March 12, 1678, is "a List of the Tydable Prsons," i.e., taxable persons, in Upland Jurisdiction, half a dozen small settlements. There were 136 such
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taxable men; women were not taxed. Among the seventeen taxed at Upland itself--the other settlements in Upland Jurisdiction being of other names--were
"John Test & Servant 2"
One other man at Upland paid tax for himself and a servant, and still another for himself and a slave. Neeles Laersen, who was in court with John Test, as above, paid for himself and son, the son evidently having attained the age to be taxed.)
p. 87 Court at Upland, March 12, 1677/78 (i.e., 1678).
Up ye Request of John Test & Michill Jzard desiering Liberty & a grant to take up Each 400 acres of Land;
The Cort. granted the same They the Peticonrs. seating & Improoveing sd Land according to the Regulacons & orders of his Honor. ye Governor.
Before he left London for America John Test purchased, in 1675, a tract of land in New Jersey, in the region of present Salem. His reason for settling at Upland on the Delaware rather than in New Jersey was presumably that being a merchant he preferred to live in a community already somewhat settled and where he would have opportunity for trade. C.F.C.
p. 90. (Court, Upland, March 12, 1677/78, [i.e., 1678] continued)
Jonas Juriansen Kien apearing in Court did then & there aknowledge & owne a deed of Conveigance & Transport for the makeing ouer for ever until John Test Late of London mercht. his heirs & assignes, all that the Land housing & appurtenances abovementioned By his Brother Hans Kien the 9th day of this Instant month of march Transported & made ouer unto him the sd Jonas Juriansen and aknowledged by him the said hans kien this prsent Court: Itt being for and In Consideracon of Certayne sume of money by the sd John Test to him the sd Jonas Kien In hand paid; alsoe the sd Jonas by his sd deed of Conveigance did Transport & Make over unto the said John Test a certayne new Blocqhouse by him the sd Jonas build on the above mentioned Lott nears ye water syde of ye Creeke afordsaid; wth: all and singular the appurtenances; wch above deed & Conveigance bears date the 11th day of this Instant month of march and was signed sealed & delivered by the sd. Jonas kien in the prsence of Joh: De haes and John addams:
John Test Late of London but now of Delaware merchant appearing in Cort did then & there aknowledge & owne a certayne deed of Conveigance for ye makeing over for Ever unto Marmaduke Randall of London merchant his heirs and assignes abovementioned by Jonas Kien the 11th. of this Instant month of march Transported and made over unto him the said John Test--Itt being for and in consideracon of Certayne sume of money to him the said John Test in hand secured as by the said deed bearing date ye 12th day of this Instant month of march signed, sealed & delivered by the sd John Test to ye use of him ye abovementioned Marmaduke Randall. In the presence of Johannes de haes & John Addams more att Large doth & may appeare.
(By a previous deed from Hans Juriansen Kien to his brother Jonas Juriansen Kien, recited on p. 89, it appears that the
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above land was two hundred acres in the town of Upland, "near the Creeke.")
p. 126 (Court, Upland)
Novr. 12. 1678 By vertue of a warrant from the Court att upland.
Layd out for JOHN TEST a tract of Land Called the hopewell of Kent acituate and being on the west side of Delowar River and on the sourth west side of upland Creek Begining att a Corner marked black oak of the Land of Albert Hendricks Called Lemoky standing att the side of the sayd Creek by the mouth of a small Runn from thence Running south west up the said Runn one hundred and thirty and six perches to the head thereof and from the head of the said Runn south west one hundred and fifty and five perches, by a Line of marked trees to a corner marked black oak of the Land of Markers Hookill (now Chichester Creek) from thence west south west by a Line of marked trees Eighty perches to a corner white oak from thence north north west two hundred & sixty and six perches to a corner marked black oak from thence East north East by a Lyne of marked trees twoo hundred ninety and six perches to a corner marked Poplar standing att the side of a small Runn; from thence East South East downe the said Runn twenty and two perches to the main Creek and from thence downe along the said Creek to thee first mentioned black oak containing four hundred Acres of Land surveyed the 27th day of Sept. 1678.
By mee (signed) Walt: Wharton, Survr.
Novr. ye 12th, 1678
Then was sould by order of the worpp. Court, att upland, by Publicq outcry, unto JOHN TEST a certayne great Boat or siallop Lying att upland & attached by James Sanderline: The sd. boate belonging unto John Edmunds of Chaptank in maryland, was publicqly sould to him ye sd. John Test as ye most bidder, for the sume of six hundred & twenty fyve gilders, to be paid in New Castle att or before ye Laest day of march next wth. Tobb. or wheat att prys Courrant The purchazer was to pay halfe Charges of the vendu master & Cryer etc.
p. 146. Court at Upland, nov. 25-26, 1679
This day appeared in Court John Test of Upland merchant, whoe declared to assigne Transport and make over free & cleare of all incumbrances, unto Richard friends of waymouth & milcomriges in ye kingdom of England his heirs etc., all that ye sd John Test his plantation or farme Lying and being att upland aforesaid, Containing 200 acres of well cleared woodland; together with all and singular ye dwelling houses outhouses fences orchards & all other itts appurtenances together with ye oxen cows hoggs & sheepe thereon; ....... ..........
p. 146-147.
(The above tract of land was conveyed by Richard Friends' attorney to one Stephen Chambers, record of the transaction following the above transaction. It is stated that there was "at prsent upon ye sd plantation in the Custodie of ye Tennant will: oxle fower oxen three Cows three sowes & twoo yeos
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& their Increase." The tenant, William Oxley, was doubtless the same who emigrated in 1677 to the Jersey side of the Delaware, subsequently married Anne Skipwith, the widow of William Goforth, they, William and Anne Skipwith Oxley, being the parents of Mrs. Harmer, whose daughter married a (Thomas) Test. C.F.C.)
p. 148 (same date).
Henry Hastings this day apearing in Court, declared to have sould assigned and set over unto John Test of Upland etc. all his ye sd Henry Hastings Right Tytle and Intrest; to a Certayne parcell or tract of Land; called hastings hope, scituate and being on the west syde of delowar River; a myle above Poetquessink Creek. Begining- ... to ye land of James Sanderlins and Laurens Cock from thence ... etc., Cont. twoo Hundred acres of Land, according to the survey made 10th of October 1678.
(p. 148-151. Nov. 25-26, 1679.
p. 158. Mar. 10, 1680.) and many other pages record land conveyances to or from John Test, up to 1681, after which date we find him in Philadelphia.
On page 23, of Martin's History of Chester†, it is noticed that Albert Hendricks of Lamoco, transferred by deed to John Test, of Upland Creek, a tract of land beginning at Robert Wade's marked beech tree, being part of a greater tract conveyed by patent from the Governor, and called Lamoco.
John Test and John Test, Jr., appear, on page 59 of Martin's History of Chester, on a petition to the Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Pennsylvania, for a direct road from Chester to Philadelphia, to lay out the Queen's Road on as direct a line as can be from Darby to the bridge on Chester Creek. See Chester and its Vicinity, by John Hill Martin, 1877.
The Penna. Archives, Vol. 1, 3rd Series, p. 50 yields a notice of a deed whereby on January 31, 1675, Niels Matson grants, bargains and sells a certain parcel of land (described therein) in Upland (now Chester) unto John Test, in fee. The latter by another deed dated June 14, 1676, conveys same in fee to Richard Grey.
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†John Hill Martin, Chester and it's Vicinity: Delaware County, in Pennsylvania, (Philadelphia: n.p., 1877).
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September 13, 1681, John Test was appointed the First Sheriff at Upland. In 1682, he moved to Philadelphia, and in 1683 he was appointed Sheriff of the territory embraced in Philadelphia, Chester and Delaware Counties by Governor Markham.
(Pa. Arch. 3rd Ser., Vol. I, p. 617; Vol. Te, p. 27; Cope's MSS. P.H.S.)
John Test is called Merchant but there is nothing to show he was interested in anything except the buying and selling of Land; beside his holdings in Upland, we find numerous deeds in West (New) Jersey as well as in the City of Philadelphia, and although he lived in Philadelphia for some years, he did not hesitate to change his dwelling place a number of times to different parts of Jersey. He apparently would purchase a tract of Land and often lived thereon until he sold or purchased some other tract and move there to improve the same. He owned one tract of 1000 acres on Alloways (Creek) as shown in Book #2, p. 41, of Salem (N.J.) Surveys, and deeds are recorded of his lands in Monmouth, Gloucester and Salem Counties.
In 1685, we read in the Memorial History of Philadelphia (p. 73, Vol. I), "John Test has also finished a Brick House, and a Bake House of Timber."† (This house was on Chestnut Street.)
3-12mo. 1685. Deed.
John Test and wife Elizabeth of Philadelphia, Pa.
To
Philip Richards of New York.
Convey cert. land between High Street on the northward & Chestnut Street....
Signed John Test
Eliizabeth Test
The seeming contradiction of "Mrs." and "spinster" was not at all a contradiction at that day. It was a title of respect. "Mrs." or "Mistress" was given to a woman of gentle birth, whether married or single.
John Test was called a cordwayner (or shoemaker) on the Marriage License, but we have no evidence of his ever carrying on the trade, but undoubtedly, according to the ruling of those days that all men be taught a trade, he was taught this one. We find him a few years later referred to as a London merchant. The family was no doubt in good standing and of gentle birth. He is always referred to as Gentleman and called "Mr. Test", the title of respect "Mr." being in that century carefully restricted to gentlemen.
In 1675, John Test, in London, purchased 1000 acres of land in the proposed new settlement in West Jersey in America, and soon after with others sailed to the new land.#
This is undoubtedly one family, the name Thomas, Daniel, Francis and John are all carried down through the family of John Test.
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† In 17th Century England, marriage was accomplished either by banns or by license. If by banns, then the intention to marry was announced at three consecutive Sunday services in the parish church or churches where the couple lived. Those who wanted to avoid either the publicity or the three-week wait could be married by license.
Since the license cost only a small amount of money it was common for yeoman, clerks, merchants and farmers as well as the upper classes to be married by license. If the bride and groom lived in the same diocese, the bishop of the diocese issued the license. But if they lived in different dioceses then the archbishop's office or rather his vicar-general's office issued the license.
The couple was given the license but a record of it, i.e., the allegation, was kept by the issuing authority. The allegation or statement by bride and groom includes the occupation of the groom, where the marriage will take place, the names of the parents and whether the groom is a bachelor or a widower and the bride a spinster or widow.
The Harleian Society has published many of these licenses.
Source: Gerald Hamilton-Edwards, Tracing your British Ancestors: A Guide to Genealogical Sources, (New York: Walker and Co.,1966), pp. 65-68.
- Evidence for this claim can be found in the following deed abstract:
1688 May 20. Do. John Test of Gloucester Co., W.J., gentleman, by his attorney Wm. Rumsey of Manneton Creek, yeoman, to William Sirredge of Salem Co., bricklayer, for 100 acres on Mun Mouth River, adjoining Marcus Elger, part of 1,000 acres bought of Wm. Malster, wife and sister-in-law June 11, 1675.
Source: William Nelson, ed. Patents and Deeds and Other Early Records of New Jersey, 1664-1703 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.: 1982), p. 600. Originally published as Archives of the State of New Jersey, First Series, Vol. XXI (Paterson, N.J.: The Press Printing and Publishing Co., 1899)
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