1797 Heist-op-den-Berg, België

The marriage was on the 25th of September 1797 at the parisch church of Heist-op-den-Berg. Usually, a couple could only marry once their intended marriage had been proclaimed on three consecutive Sundays after they had put up the banns [ondertrouw] and the proclamations had not resulted in any legal objections from third parties. In this case, both the groom and the bride had received dispensation for two of these three banns.

Den vijfentwintichsten september naer ondertrouw en eene afkonding
met dispensatie in twee verleent door den eerwaardigsten vicaris generael des
Bisdoms van Antwerpen den 23 deser onderteekent Jos: F.E. Werbrouck
vicaris generalis, getrouwt voor mij ondergeschreven pastor van Heyst ende
Jan Antoon Croonen met Jan Baptist Smets getuygen binnen de Prochiekerke
van Heyst Jan Francis Croonen hier gedoopt den 31 december 1771 en
Anne Cethrine Smets hier gedoopt den 29 October 1772, den bruydegom en eersten
getuygen woonen tot Schrieck, de bruyd verklarende niet te konnen schrij-
ven, en tweeden getuygen woonen alhier, en is den bruydegom ook gedispenseert
in twee afkondigingen door den eerwaardigsten vicaris generael des Aertsbisdoms van
Mechelen aldaer onderteekent den 24 deser J:H: De Lantsheere vicaris generalis.

[getekend: Jan Fracuscus Croonen 't merck + van Anna Catharina
Smets Joannes Antonius Croonen Jan Battist Smedts
M:F: Everaert pastor]

On the 25th of September, after putting up the banns and one proclamation,
having received dispensation for two [proclamations] from the most honorable vicar general
of the Bishopric of Antwerp, signed on the 23rd of this month [by] Jos: F.E. Werbrouck,
vicar general, were married before me, the undersigned, priest of Heyst and before
Jan Antoon Croonen and Jan Baptist Smets, witnesses, in the Parish Church
of Heyst Jan Francis Croonen, baptised here [= in Heist] on the 31st of December 1771 and
Anne Cethrine Smets, baptised here [= in Heist] on the 29th of October 1772, the groom and the first witness living in Schrieck [= Schriek], the bride, having declared not being able to write,
and the second witness living here [= in Heist], the groom also having received dispensation getuygen
of two proclamations from the most honorable vicar general of the Archbishopric of Mechelen,
signed there [= in Mechelen] on the 24th of this mont [by] J:H: De Lantsheere vicar
general.

[signed: Jan Fracuscus Croonen 't merck [= the mark set by] + van Anna Catharina
Smets Joannes Antonius Croonen Jan Battist Smedts
M:F: Everaert pastor]