Don Guillermo Gernon, on requesting to marry Doña Isabel MacEnery, St. Augustine, December 17, 1788
Title
Don Guillermo Gernon, on requesting to marry Doña Isabel MacEnery, St. Augustine, December 17, 1788
Description
Irishman Guillermo (William) Gernon requests a license to marry Isabel MacEnery, also Irish. The bride's father, William MacEnery, grants his permission, and Gernon presents three Irish witnesses: Michael O'Reilly, Thomas Travers, and Bernard O'Callaghan. Each witness affirms that Gernon is Catholic and has no parents or relatives in Florida who can give the consent required by the 1776 Real Pragmática de Casamientos, a royal degree regulating marriage.
This is a translation of Don Guillermo Gernon sobre impetrar matrimonio con doña Isabel MacEnery, San Augstín, 17 de diciembre de 1788.
This is a translation of Don Guillermo Gernon sobre impetrar matrimonio con doña Isabel MacEnery, San Augstín, 17 de diciembre de 1788.
Source
Library of Congress, East Florida Papers: Matrimonial Licenses, 1785-1803; 1785-1789 and 1790-1803. mss19398, box 332-333; bundle 298R9; reel 132 series: Matrimonial Licenses, 1785-1803.
See https://www.loc.gov/item/mss193980360/. This document begins on image 182.
See also the corresponding entry in the Index to the East Florida Papers published by the University of Florida.
See https://www.loc.gov/item/mss193980360/. This document begins on image 182.
See also the corresponding entry in the Index to the East Florida Papers published by the University of Florida.
Date
1788-12-17
Contributor
Clayton McCarl (translation and encoding)
Language
EN
Type
Bureaucratic documentation
Identifier
loc-efp-r132-b298r9-17881217-001-en
Coverage
Florida, 18th Century
Collection
Citation
“Don Guillermo Gernon, on requesting to marry Doña Isabel MacEnery, St. Augustine, December 17, 1788,” coloniaLab, accessed September 7, 2026, https://colonialab.org/items/show/242.