[241] Howard, History of matrimonial institutions, II, 331.
[242] Calhoun, Social history of the American family, I, 92.
[243] Earle, Customs and fashions in old New England, 79-80.
[244] Ibid., 36.
[245] Calhoun, Social history of the American family, I, 70.
[246] Earle, Customs and fashions in old New England, 43.
[247] Earle, Colonial days in old New York, 54.
[248] Ibid., 54.
[249] Calhoun, Social history of the American family, I, 247-248.
[250] Earle, Customs and fashions in old New England, 38-39.