Pre-nuptial agreement, Farmington, Connecticut, 1698
About this Item
- Creator
- Hayes, Luke.
- Type
- Legal instruments.
- Language
- English
- Origin
- Connecticut
- Description
- [1] p.; 16 x 21.5 cm.
- Date
- 1698
- Repository
- Harvard Law School Library, Harvard Library, Harvard University
Content Notes
A pre-nuptial agreement made by Hayes to his future wife, Mardlyn Freeman, a widow who owned property. Luke disclaimed all rights to her estate, except for the improvement of her lands. He further agreed that the estate be given to her son, James Street, when he reached the age of twenty-one.