Marriage Witness (General)

by marywilliams , Chepstow, Wednesday, March 03, 2010, 21:07 (5480 days ago)

Probably Slowhand can answer this for me. Were there professional/semi-professional witnesses? Because I have found that Orpheus Lewis seemed to be a witness at about 50% of all marriages between 1837 and 1843 at Chepstow, thereafter wm Edward Lewis seemed to take over the role?

Mary