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From: Firebird <>
Subject: Re: [Ess] Terminology for various relatives in early 1600s
Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2007 18:37:20 +0000
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Hugh Smith wrote:


> The term 'Cousin' has been used for all sorts of relationships over the
> years, even for those as close as husband and wife.
>
> In the Diary and Letter Books of John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, edited by
> Rev. Sydenham H.A.Hervey and published in 1894, there are several extracts
> dated between 1689 and 1706 that show that 'cousin' was a term that John
> Hervey and his first wife Isabella used each for the other.

Perhaps because they were cousins?

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