Marriage of Ann Few and Curtis Grubb



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Y/M/D Description Place
1754/00/00 Ann Few marries Curtis Grubb at Holy Trinity Church in Wilmington, Delaware. Holy Trinity, Wilmington, DE
1758/00/00 Curtis Grubb abandons his wife and son, Peter Grubb III, in Pennsylvania and moves to Europe.
1763/00/00 Ann Few Grubb, believing husband Curtis is dead, marries Archibald McNeal and bears a child.
1769/00/00 Curtis Grubb request the Provincial Assembly to dissolve his marriage to Ann and allow him to remarry. No one had ever been granted a divorce allowing for remarriage, but by a special act of the Assembly he is granted a divorce.
1772/00/00 After a review by the British Board of Trade, the Governors of the Colonies are directed not to accept any further acts of divorce passed by colonial legislatures.

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