“Dalliance and too much familiarity”

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William Row v. John Leigh,Mar. 28, 1673

puritan_licentousnessWrit: William Row v. John Leigh; for insinuating dalliance and too much familiarity with his wife, drawing away her affections from her husband, to the great detriment both in his estate and the comfort of his life.

From theRecords and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts.

Testimony Mary Sparke deposed that being at William Rowe’s house, together with Thomas Day and his wife one Sabbath day at night, there...
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