By license. Both signed. Witnesses - John Woolston and Francis Fowler. Bride and groom were both widowed. Elizabeth was a widow when she married John Burgess who was also widowed. Bullock probably being her previous married surname, but not the one she was born with
John BURGESS otp of Purton in the County of Hertford and Elizabeth GAILER otp....banns. John signed, Elizabeth marked. Witnesses James BURGES Hannah GAYLER James ABBISS
March 10 » French Huguenot Jean Calas, who had been wrongly convicted of killing his son, dies after being tortured by authorities; the event inspired Voltaire to begin a campaign for religious tolerance and legal reform.
May 5 » Russia and Prussia sign the Treaty of St. Petersburg.
May 22 » Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Hamburg.
May 22 » Trevi Fountain is officially completed and inaugurated in Rome.
June 6 » In the Seven Years' War, British forces begin the Siege of Havana and temporarily capture the city.
July 9 » Catherine the Great becomes Empress of Russia following the coup against her husband, Peter III.
Day of marriage December 30, 1787
The temperature on December 30, 1787 was about -1.0 °C. Source: KNMI
May 25 » After a delay of 11 days, the United States Constitutional Convention formally convenes in Philadelphia after a quorum of seven states is secured.
June 20 » Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the 'United States'.
July 13 » The Continental Congress enacts the Northwest Ordinance establishing governing rules for the Northwest Territory. It also establishes procedures for the admission of new states and limits the expansion of slavery.
August 6 » Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
September 28 » The Congress of the Confederation votes to send the newly-written United States Constitution to the state legislatures for approval.
December 18 » New Jersey becomes the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
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