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The law making it a crime to marry a sister- or brother-in-law was passed by the VA Legislature in 1792. It is noteworthy that it very seldom was enforced.
Genealogy without documentation is nothing.
Paul Drake JD
Genealogist & Author
<www.DrakesBooks.com>
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From: Joe Baker
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 1:45 PM
Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] Marrying a Spouse's Sibling
In a message dated 2/2/2006 7:09:45 A.M. Central Standard Time,
[log in to unmask] writes:
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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