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Offline barbarag15

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Re: Soldier's "permission to marry"
« Reply #18 on: Saturday 03 September 22 02:58 BST (UK) »
Have just come across your conversations.  My 4x G.Grandfather, Thos Stephens, a Private in the Sussex Militia, married Mary Parris by Licence, at Beddingham, Lewes 14/9/1799.  It appears Thos was underage and I am told there was a Permission to Marry signed by his father George.  As a private, would he also have needed the permission of his superiors?  Also, is it possible to find a copy of the Permission signed by his father?
Apologies for jumping in but I am hitting a lot of bricks walls in Oz.
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Robertson, Douglas, Love, Duncan, Laird, Mitchell, Wilson, Neilson, Penman, Willies

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Re: Soldier's "permission to marry"
« Reply #19 on: Saturday 03 September 22 03:19 BST (UK) »
The marriage certificate is available on Ancestry. Mary is stated to be a widow. The marriage is by licence. Neither of the couple signed the marriage record.

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