Pennsylvania Marriages to 1790

DESCRIPTION:

This database contains the names of over 31,000 individuals for whom marriage licenses were issued in the Province of Pennsylvania, previous to 1790. Each entry includes the names of the individuals and the date. Among the laws agreed upon in England by the Proprietary for the government of the Province of Pennsylvania, was one providing for a registry of marriages, births and deaths. By virtue of this law licenses were issued by the authorities, whose names are also listed, and the county or town they served in.