Forming a family by marriage was not necessarily an easy go in early Salem. Consider this in 1774:
April 6 - (The church) recommended to Br. Peter Rose that he marry Sr. Rosina Bockel;
April 7 - Br. Peter Rose did not accept the proposal from the church concerning Sr. Rosina Bockel, but suggested Sr. Christine Merk. The church sent the proposal to her.
April 8 - Sr. Merk positively declined.
April 8 - Br. Peter Rose thereupon accepted the first suggestion, and Sr. Rosina Bockel accepted it as well.
April 10 - Brother Rose and Sister Bockel were betrothed.
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