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Mar 29, 2010 21:05

From Pennsylvania Vital Records, Volume II page 510
Register of Marriages and Deaths 1800-1801
From the issue of December 20, 1800

Married: At Windham, Connecticut, Mr. Clement Neff, of Hampton, to Patience Dean. -- N.B. Mr. Neff has been a prisoner in Algiers for twenty-four years, twelve of which he never saw the sun -- he is now in the youthful bloom of 65, and has lost an eye -- his bride a blushing maid of 28.

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