what were the relationships like, in the colonial times?

Question

how did they get married?

Answer 1

Most got married by the minister or priest in the church they attended. It would be well to remember that the colonists, for the most part, were a religious people and fled their native land because of religious persecution. In the colonies,, especially in New England, they formed theocracies where the church ruled and had tremendous influence of the politics of the day. Many ministers WERE the politicians of the day. Therefore, church weddings were avant garde and expected.

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