Old Time Marriage Notices
Compiled by A. J. Wohlhagen

Assistant Librarian of The New York Historical Society.

The following list of marriages copied from The
Weekly Museum is a continuation from page 256 of the
previous Manual and completes the year 1796. The
issues for July 2, Oct. 8, 15, Nov. 19 and Dec. 31 are
missing from the file in The New York Historical Society
from which this compilation has been made.

1796—Saturday, May 14.    John Childs and Charlotte B. Turner, both

of this city, married  Saturday  last.
1796—Saturday, May 14.    George Stephenson, aged 21, and Nelly  Ste¬
phenson, aged  14, married Sunday, the Sth.
1796—Saturday,  May  14.    William  Black and Hannah  Ketch, both of

this  city, married   Saturday  last.   ,
1796—Saturday, May 14.    George J. Warner and Susan Nexen, daughter

of  Elias Nexen, merchant of this city, married Tuesday last.
1796—Saturday,   May  21.     Dr.   Philip   Kettletas   and  Lavinia  Gedney,

both of New Rochelle, married Saturday the 7th.
1796—Saturday,   May   21.     Charles   Duryea   and   Mrs.   Elizabeth   Van

Zandt, both of this city,  married the  11th Wednesday, at  Bedford,

L.    I.
1796—Saturday,   May   21.     James   J.   Bogert   and   Betsey   Benezet,   of

Phila., married Thursday the Sth at Phila.
1796—Saturday,   May   21.     William   Wise,   of   Phila.,   and   Elizabeth

Cooper,  of Phila., married Monday the 2d, at Phila.
1796—Saturday,   May   21.     John   Cornell,   of   Long   Island,   and   Eliza

Heberton,  of Middlebrook,  N.  J.,  married  Sunday  last at Middle-
brook, N. J.
1796—Saturday, May 21.    Robert Kerrah, merchant, and Elenor Casey,

both natives  of Ireland,   now  of this city,  married  Sunday  last.
1796—Saturday, May 21.    Charles Smith  and Miss A. Wagner, both of

this  city,   married   Wednesday.
1796—Saturday,   May   21.     Alexander   M'Neely,   aged   38,   and   Mary

Cassady, aged  13, both late of Killebeys in  Ireland,  married  Wed¬
nesday.
1796—Saturday,  May  21.    Abraham   Bokee  and  Margaret  Carmer,  both

of this city,  married Thursday  last.
1796—Saturday,   June   4.     Sally   Ten   Brook,   daughter   of   Henry   Ten

Brook,   merchant   of   this   city,   died   Friday   last,   May   27th,   aged

17 years.    Buried United Brethren's Church Yard.
1796—Saturday, June  11.    William  P.  Walton and Polly Vanderhoef,

of  this  city,  married  a   few   evenings   since.
1796—Saturday,   June   11.     John    Van    Schaak   and   Peggy   Bleecker

(daughter of John N. Bleecker), both of Albany, married at Albany.
1796—Saturday,  June 11.    Samuel Anderson  and Mary  Cummings, both

late of  Newry,  Ireland,  married  Tuesday  24th.
1796—Saturday, June 11.    Isaac A.  Kip and  Catharine Van  Wagenen,

both of this city,  married  Thursday 3rd.
1796—Saturday,   June   11.     Edward  Wade,  Jr.,  and  Mary   Box,   both   of

this city, married  Saturday  last.
1796—Saturday, June 11.    William K. Simmons, grocer, of this city, and

JA^fE W.  Young,  daughter of  Capt.  Fred.  J.   Young,  of  Jamaica,

L. I., married Sunday last.

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