Colonial marriage perspectives were pretty much all the same. The women would get married at the age of 12 or 13 and the men would be a few years older. Women changed a lot when they got married. Before native women got married they were bald, naked and usually covered in grease. But when a native women got married they finally grew out their hair, got clothing, and could start caring more about their bodies. Weddings were held in cold months Blacksmiths could marry a couple. If a divorce happened, the mother would usually take the children unless she was the one that cheated. Holly,

-Blacksmith was allowed to preform marriages

-The couple would go up, hold hands and swear their love and vow

-The blacksmith made a particular band for them

-The ceremony’s were very different for different classes Farming Women at the great hopes plantation

-Weddings happened from the beginning of December to the first week of January

-Weddings were always In your house

-Very good thing to do back then

-Widows could keep their ex-husbands land that they owned

-If women were mistreated, they could bring their husbands into court.