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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_marriage_in_the_United_States
New Hampshire: 18, 14 for males and 13 for females, in cases of "special cause" with parental consent and court permission. Same-sex couples minimum age for marriage is 18.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriageable_age
The American colonies followed the English tradition, but the law was more of a guide. For example, Mary Hathaway (Virginia, 1689) was only 9 when she was married to William Williams. Sir Edward Coke (England, 17th century) made it clear that "the marriage of girls under 12 was normal, and the age at which a girl who was a wife was eligible for a dower from her husband's estate was 9 even though her husband be only four years old".
I read this and wonder how perverted and weird our ancestors were, society has changed immensely, but have appetites and desires changed as well?
New Hampshire: 18, 14 for males and 13 for females, in cases of "special cause" with parental consent and court permission. Same-sex couples minimum age for marriage is 18.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriageable_age
The American colonies followed the English tradition, but the law was more of a guide. For example, Mary Hathaway (Virginia, 1689) was only 9 when she was married to William Williams. Sir Edward Coke (England, 17th century) made it clear that "the marriage of girls under 12 was normal, and the age at which a girl who was a wife was eligible for a dower from her husband's estate was 9 even though her husband be only four years old".
I read this and wonder how perverted and weird our ancestors were, society has changed immensely, but have appetites and desires changed as well?

