Marriage
The date of John Carpenter's marriage has not been found, nor has the maiden name of his wife, Katherine.
Katherine was born in or of Zeeland (now in the Netherlands) about 1372. Her will was written 31 Mar 1457 and proved in June 1458. She was later buried with her husband in the Abbey of St. Peter, Westminster. They had no children.
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Famous quotes containing the word marriage:
“Where there’s marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.”
—Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)
“That a marriage ends is less than ideal; but all things end under heaven, and if temporality is held to be invalidating, then nothing real succeeds.”
—John Updike (b. 1932)
“In all perception of the truth there is a divine ecstasy, an inexpressible delirium of joy, as when a youth embraces his betrothed virgin. The ultimate delights of a true marriage are one with this.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)