Cornelius White of Pembroke, Massachusetts was the perfect host. During one of his parties, he rode on horseback to Boston and back, 75 miles in six hours, to buy a bag of lemons for punch. Richard Bellingham was governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony. In the year 1641, he married Penelope Pelham. The thing which made the ceremony more than a little unusual was that he performed the marriage ceremony himself. Naturally, his act was a violation of the law. However, he could not be brought to trial. The reason for this was he was also chief justice of the community and would preside over his own trial, Believe It or Not!
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