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Subject: [NJHUNTER-L] Early NJ Marriage Bonds
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 14:56:16 -0500 (CDT)

I have been extracting the marriage bonds from FHLC #0888701-0888710
these are marriage bonds that were kept in the NJ Dept. of Education,
Division of State Library Archives and Hisotry; filmed in 1966. They are
arranged in groups by [groom's] surname, but chronologically within groups.
I have completed Vol. A (290 bonds) and thru #400 of Vol. B (873 bonds).
These are being posted at the NJ GenWeb site under "marriage records". The
address is as follows:

http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nj/njmarriage.htm

I have had a lot of questions about the format of the bonds, so I'm posting
a "blank" form. Most of the bonds were filled out on such pre-printed forms,
though there are several that were completely hand-written.

Know all Men by these Presents,
That _______________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
holden and do stand justly indebted unto ___________________________
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
__________________________ in the Sum of Five Hundred Pounds,
of current lawful Money of New-Jersey; to be paid to his
said _______________________________________________________________
his Successors or Assigns: For the which Payment well and
truly to be made and done, _______ do bind _______ sel____
_____________ Heirs, Executors and Administrators,and every of
them ________________________________ firmly by these Presents.
Sealed with _____________ Seals: Dated this _________________________
Day of _________________________ Annoque Domini One Thousand
Seven Hundred and ___________________________________________________

The Condition of this Obligation is such;
That whereas the above-bounden _____________________________________
___________ hath obtained License of Marriage for __________________
______________________ of the one Party, and for ___________________
______________________________________________ of the other Party.
Now, if it shall not hereafter appear, that they the said __________
___________________________________________________ have any lawful
Let or Impediment, of Pre-contract, Affinity or Consanguinity, to hinder
their being joined in the Holy Bands of Matrimony, and afterwards
their living together as Man and Wife; then this Obigation to be
void, or else to stand and remain in full Force and Virtue.

Sealed and Delivered in signature of the
the Presence of bondsmen
[signature of one or two
witnesses]

I hope this helps answer some of the questions.

Pat B

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