REGISTER OF MARRIAGES OF NON-CATHOLICS LIVING IN THE DISTRICT OF STE. GENEVIEVE  SEPTEMBER 26TH, 1796 to 1812

1800, June 30th          
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   Hawthorn, William, son of Eugene Hawthorne and Mary Thompson, native of County Down in Ireland, widower of Mary Delany, who died in this country, of the Presbyterian religion.
To
   Guilleland, Prasylla, daughter of John Guilleland and Elizabeth Young, native of Bedford county, N. Carolina, in the United States of America, of the Presbyterian religion. They promise to conform to the laws of the country and have their children baptized.
                                                                                             
                                                                                                         Maxwell, Cure’
Witnesses: Girouard: Christian Jost; M. Bon; Nathaniel Walker.

Source:
National Genealogical Society Quarterly
Vol. XI, Number 2 
July, 1922
Page 20

The preface to this section reads:

EARLIEST MISSOURI RECORDS (LOUISIANA).
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    This book contains the marriages of non-catholics living in the District of Ste. Genevieve. They were married by the Catholic Priest, not as a Priest, by his authority from the King. After each record he has written:
    “I have married them according to the ordinance of His Majesty in regard to the marriage of his non-catholic subjects.”
    In all cases they were required to promise to conform to the laws of the country and church and have their children baptized.”
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    Mrs. Ida M. Schaaf, who contributed this research to the Quarterly, noted: “The names are almost all written in French and in many instances are incorrectly spelled. I have written them in English.”

-contributed by Kate Maynard, 2013