. Some old time meeting houses of the Connecticut Valley. etings were posted onthe front door of the old church. Here also werepublished all matrimonial banns and intentions ofmarriage. The following unique notice was posted onthe door of the meeting house March 15, 1804: Notice,—John Parks Finney and Lydia Archer, of Rocking-ham, came to my house, and having been published agreeably tolaw,—but he being a minor and not having his fathers consent, Irefused to marry them. They, however, declared that they took eachother as husband and wife, meaning to live and do for each otheraccordingly. Samue
. Some old time meeting houses of the Connecticut Valley. etings were posted onthe front door of the old church. Here also werepublished all matrimonial banns and intentions ofmarriage. The following unique notice was posted onthe door of the meeting house March 15, 1804: Notice,—John Parks Finney and Lydia Archer, of Rocking-ham, came to my house, and having been published agreeably tolaw,—but he being a minor and not having his fathers consent, Irefused to marry them. They, however, declared that they took eachother as husband and wife, meaning to live and do for each otheraccordingly. Samuel Whiting, Minister. This appears to have been a kind of free lovemarriage. Since Mr. Hayes wrote his sketch of the edifice,parts of the building, which had been removed or haddecayed, have been restored. At this time the oldpulpit was restored. August 12, 1907, the house wasrededicated, a large crowd attending the one, writing of the old church since the work ofrestoration was completed, says, It is now a beautyin its quaintness. 144. n ^ r 41 o I § V
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