MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE OF OWEN AND ANNE [WOOD] OWEN, 1714.-Whereas Owen Owen of Upper Dublin in the County of Philadelphia, and Province of Pensilvania, Yeoman, and Ana Wood, daughter of John Wood of Darby in the County of Chester, and Province aforesaid, Yeoman, having declared their Intentions of Marriage with each other before Severall Monthly Meetings of the people called Quakers in Darby aforesaid, according to the good order used amongst Them, Whose proceedings therein after a Deliberate Consideration thereof, and having the Consent of Parents & Relations concerned; Nothing appearing to obstruct was approved of by the said Meetings. Now these are to Certifie all whom it may Concern That for the full accomplishment of their said Intentions this twenty third day of the first Month In the year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fourteen, They, the said Owen Owen & Anne Wood appeared in a publick meeting of the said people for the purpose appointed at the Meeting house in Darby aforesaid, and the said Owen Owen Taking the said Anne Wood by the Hand, Did in a Solemn manner openly Declare that he Took her to be his wife, Promising to be unto her a Loving and ffaithful Husband till Death should Separate them. And then & there in the said Assembly, The said Anne Wood Takeing the said Owen Owen by the hand did in Like manner Declare that she Took him to be her Husband, Promising to be to him a ffaithful and Loving wife till itt should please the Lord by death to seperate Them. AND Moreover, the said Owen Owen & Anne Wood (she according to the costom of Marriage assuming the name of her husband) as a ffurther Confirmation Thereof Did then & there to these presents set their hands. OWEN OWEN ANNE OWEN And we whose names are hereunto subscribed being amongst others present at the Solemnization of the said Marriage and Subscription in manner aforesaid, as witnesses Thereunto have also to these presents set our hands the Day and Year above written. A PHILADELPHIA Home of 1754.-From its earliest years, Philadelphia has justly enjoyed a reputation for the hospitality of its inhabitants and the comforts of their homes. The following Inventory of Goods and Effects belonging to the Estate of George Mifflin, Junr." will afford some idea of how the houses of our prominent citizens were furnished over a century and a quarter ago. £ 8. d. 202 357 20 2 17 1 set black & white China 1 shagreen Case, cont'g 12 Ivory handle knives and forks 3 0 0 5 6 6 9 blue & white cups & saucers, Tea pot stand & milk pot 12 blue & white Custard cups 3 half pint blue & white bowls 6 burnt coffee cups & saucers 6 new fashend Wine glasses & Decanter A sett of Waiters with silver tops & ground stoppers 2 glass Salts & 4 small Tumblers 1 large Mahogany Table & carpet for it Clock with enamelled face & walnut case 1 square Japan'd Table with Draws 1 eight square Tea table Japan'd 2 large sconce Looking Glass 2 India pictures 11 Prospect pieces, gilt frames 8 Walnut frame Chairs with leather bottoms 2 Arm ditto ditto 1 pair Iron Dogs, Shovels & Tongs with brass heads 2 Quarter Maps 1 pair Iron Dogs, shovel & tongs with brass heads 1 painted Tin square box Front Chamber. 1 Walnut Chest Draws & Table 6 Walnut chairs with blue russell bottoms 1 Sconce Looking Glass 1 Feather bed, bolster, 2 pillows, bed stead, Curtains Vallans & 3 Wind curtains 1 Copper Warming pan 1 pair Brass Dogs, Shovels, Tongs & Dustpan A small Bedsted, bed & pillow. Best Chamber. A Bed, Bolster, 2 pillows, Bedstead, blue hariteen Cornish & bases 3 windw Curtains & Vallans of the same 21 10 A chest of Draws & Table of Curled Maple 1 Sconce Looking Glass 2 1 Easy Chair of blue Damask. 8 Walnut Chairs blue Damask bottoms ditto 1 small Bed worked bottoms 2 pair best Blankets. 3 common Blankets 1 Pair Brass Dogs 3 pair holland Sheets 4 10 |