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Mariner and Susannah Wise daughter of Richard Wise, dated 4th
October 1819.   <i>ref:  SRNSW fiche no. 836, page 150 no. 76.</i></span></font></div>
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<div align="left" style="margin-left=36mm; margin-right=0mm; text-indent=0mm"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">Married at St. Phillip's Church of England, Sydney, on the 6th October
1819, by Reverend W. Cowper, Thomas Hammant, aged 40, Master
Mariner and Susannah Wise, aged 22, daughter of Richard, by special
licence issued at Windsor the 4th October 1819, witnessed by Matilda
Wise and John Stillwell.   <i>ref: SRNSW reel 6024 page 147, also NSW
Pioneer Index V18192429 sA, and Mutch Index.</i></span></font></div>
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<div align="left" style="margin-left=36mm; margin-right=0mm; text-indent=0mm"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt"><b><i>Note:</i></b><i>  Both ages have been stated wrongly - perhaps Thomas and
Susannah were trying to make the age gap seem less than it actually
was. Thomas was 46 years old while Susannah was only 17 years old.</i></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt"><i>In the early colonial days, </i><b><i>Marriage Licences</i></b><i> unlike </i><b><i>Marriage Banns</i></b><i>, had to be paid for, but
were a quicker way of getting married and were considered more </i><b><i>"private"</i></b><i>. Because of the
expense involved people married by licence tended to be those of wealth or position. The fee
in 1811 for a marriage by licence in the colony was five guineas [i.e. £5/5/-]</i>.</span></font></div>
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