Chapter 17
Jonathan stood watching the snow fall outside the window of his bedroom in his boyhood home. It was his wedding day. He could scarcely believe it had arrived. The previous few weeks had passed so quickly. It was here, in the family residence, that the ceremony would be performed, as was the Puritan custom. Weddings had become separated from religious celebrations as part of the Puritan reformation. Although The Reverend Matheson would officiate, the ceremony would be performed at home, rather than in the meetinghouse. Later, there would be a dinner with friends and family to celebrate the occasion. Then he and Rebecca would go to their new home: a cottage adjacent her father’s house. There they would pass the wedding night.
He no longer worried about his ability to fulfill his
