We are indebted to the indefatigable Eleanor Edmondson for going to the trouble and expense of obtaining this record and being kind enough to share it with us. Eleanor has given us herewith an excellent example of the importance of obtaining the original records instead of relying on compilations of records, a lesson many of us know, but often forget or ignore. Without obtaining this record, we would never know of Otto Rudolph's job and residence in Cohenzy, New Jersey, and we would not have known to look there for the death of his second wife.

At the top of the page, it says "Year 1765" and "Married." A little farther down the page, the 1766 entries begin. The sixth entry on the page is the one of particular interest to us. A transcription and a translation of this entry follow below the image of the document.

Before a marriage, the couple's intent to marry was announced at Sunday church services for three consecutive Sundays in order to allow any persons who might have knowledge of an impediment to the marriage to learn of the wedding plans and come forward and make the impediment known.

"Cohenzy" refers to Cohansey, New Jersey, which is about 25 miles south of Philadelphia, just along the Salem/Cumberland County line. It is very close to Emanuel Lutheran Church in Friesburg, where Otto Rudolph's second wife is buried.