From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Sat Apr 29 15:10:54 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k3TLAsjb030391; Sat, 29 Apr 2006 15:10:54 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k3TLAr1I006394 for ; Sat, 29 Apr 2006 15:10:53 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k3TIbcFI032563 for ; Sat, 29 Apr 2006 14:37:38 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k3TIbcDP032562 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Sat, 29 Apr 2006 14:37:38 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k3THFgFI032391 for ; Sat, 29 Apr 2006 13:15:42 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k3TJmlua010007 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Sat, 29 Apr 2006 13:48:47 -0600 X-Envelope-From: Kith-n-Kin@cox.net Sat Apr 29 13:48:47 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k3TJmljb009998 for ; Sat, 29 Apr 2006 13:48:47 -0600 Received: from fed1rmmtao09.cox.net (fed1rmmtao09.cox.net [68.230.241.30]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k3TJmdGG008460 for ; Sat, 29 Apr 2006 13:48:42 -0600 Received: from TOWER ([68.0.155.47]) by fed1rmmtao09.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.06.01 201-2131-130-101-20060113) with ESMTP id <20060429194835.WEEH24290.fed1rmmtao09.cox.net@TOWER>; Sat, 29 Apr 2006 15:48:35 -0400 From: "Kith-n-Kin" To: , Subject: RE: [ROOTS-L] meaning of "surety" on marriage records Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 12:48:12 -0700 Message-ID: <001c01c66bc5$dce23760$6601a8c0@TOWER> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 In-Reply-To: <2ce.804d123.31850bc7@aol.com> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Essentially, he is pledging assurance that the marriage is legal and that the groom (usually) will show up. Think "bail bondsman" Here's some more: "In earlier times, a marriage bond was given to the court by the intended groom prior to his marriage. It affirmed that there was no moral or legal reason why the couple could not be married and it also affirmed that the groom would not change his mind. If he did, and did not marry the intended bride, he would forfeit the bond. The bondsman, or surety, was often a brother or uncle to the bride, not necessarily a parent. The bondsman could also be related to the groom, or even be a neighbor or friend, but those situations occurred less often." from http://genealogy.about.com/library/glossary/bldef-marriagebond.htm Pat (in Tucson) |-----Original Message----- |From: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com |[mailto:roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Tmollaun@aol.com |Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2006 11:35 |To: ROOTS-M@rootsweb.com |Subject: [ROOTS-L] meaning of "surety" on marriage records | | |date: 4/25/2006 |from: Donna |subject: Question: Meaning of "surety" |Finding names on old wedding records of |people listed as the "surety". Ex: |Groom: John Doe |Bride: Jane Doe |Minister: Joe Brown |Surety: Bob White |What does this mean, please? | | | |