In a message dated 2/2/2006 7:09:45 A.M. Central Standard Time,
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Not  having my copy at hand, I do not
recall precise dates, but sometime in the  1780s or 1790s the General
Assembly radically revised the law of incest and  made it illegal for the
first time for a person to marry a deceased  spouse's sibling. That law
remained on the books for several  generations.

In Shenandoah County, Virginia, Daniel Baker married Magdaline Prince, June
19, 1790. After her death, he married her sister, Mary Prince, October 11,
1796.  They were daughters of Captain George Prince.

Was it illegal to marry a deceased spouse's sibling in October  1796?





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