Was it ever legal in this country to buy a wife? This isn't part of my research, but I was reading through the Sevenoaks Petty Sessions transcripts, which are absolutely fascinating and one of the entries that caught my eye was that in 1818 Richard Wellfare had bought his wife from John Jenkins, to whom she was married about 10 or 12 years ago. This seemed to be acceptable to the officials there.
The amount of detail in these are incredible, and I've finally found my OH's ggggGrandmothers maiden name as she is mentioned in them. If anyone wants to have a look, they are here http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb....ettlement.html
The amount of detail in these are incredible, and I've finally found my OH's ggggGrandmothers maiden name as she is mentioned in them. If anyone wants to have a look, they are here http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb....ettlement.html
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