CHAPTER XIV. OPTIONAL CIVIL OR ECCLESIASTICAL MARRIAGE IN THE MIDDLE COLONIES 264-327 I. New York 266-308 _a_) Law and Custom in New Netherland 267-284 _b_) Law and Custom under the Duke of York 284-296 _c_) Law and Custom in the Royal Province 296-308 II. New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware 308-327 _a_) Law and Custom in New Jersey 308-315 _b_) Law and Custom in Pennsylvania and Delaware 315-327 CHAPTER XV. DIVORCE IN THE AMERICAN COLONIES 328-387 I. In New England 330-366 _a_) Massachusetts 330-348 _b_) New Hampshire, Plymouth, and New Haven 348-353 _c_) Connecticut 353-360 _d_) Rhode Island 360-366 II. English Divorce Laws in Abeyance in the Southern Colonies 366-376 Arbitration and Divorce in the Middle Colonies 376-387 CHAPTER XVI. A CENTURY AND A QUARTER OF MARRIAGE LEGISLATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 1776-1903 388-497 I. The New England States 388-408 _a_) Solemnization 389-395 _b_) Forbidden Degrees: Void and Voidable Marriages 395-401 _c_) Certificate and Record 401-408 II. The Southern and Southwestern States 408-452 _a_) Solemnization 409-427 _b_) Forbidden Degrees: Void and Voidable Marriages 427-441 _c_) Certificate and Record 441-452 III. The Middle and the Western States 452-497 _a_) Solemnization 452-470 _b_) Forbidden Degrees: Void and Voidable Marriages 470-481 _c_) Certificate and Record 481-497 VOLUME THREE PART III--_Continued_ CHAPTER XVII. A CENTURY AND A QUARTER OF DIVORCE LEGISLATION IN THE UNITED STATES 3-160 I. The New England States 3-30 _a_) Jurisdiction: Causes and Kinds of Divorce 4-18 _b_) Remarriage, Residence, Notice, and Miscellaneous Provisions 18-28 _c_) Alimony, Property, and Custody of Children 28-30 II. The Southern and Southwestern States 31-95 _a_) Legislative Divorce 31-50 _b_) Judicial Divorce: Jurisdiction, Kinds, and Causes 50-79 _c_) Remarriage, Residence, Notice, and Miscellaneous Provisions 79-90 _d_) Alimony, Property, and Custody of Children 90-95 III. The Middle and the Western States 96-160