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One line I found most interesting in one of the wills was in “A Virginia Will, 1642” by George Travellor. '''The particular line said, “And to my daughter Elizabeth att her day of Marriage or otherwise att Fifteene yeares of Age.”''' I know we talked about the early marriages of the times but this brought attention to it. It seemed Elizabeth’s father assumed she would be married by the age of 15. I have a random/rather dumb question at the bottom of some of the Wills it said “Proved, November, 1755.” or something like that, was that the date of death/date the will was read? Sometimes it was days after the first date mentioned in the will and other times it was years after like Francis Bassett’s says “this 16 of December, 1749…” but at the end it says “Proved, June 14, 1758.” –Megan Mc | One line I found most interesting in one of the wills was in “A Virginia Will, 1642” by George Travellor. '''The particular line said, “And to my daughter Elizabeth att her day of Marriage or otherwise att Fifteene yeares of Age.”''' I know we talked about the early marriages of the times but this brought attention to it. It seemed Elizabeth’s father assumed she would be married by the age of 15. I have a random/rather dumb question at the bottom of some of the Wills it said “Proved, November, 1755.” or something like that, was that the date of death/date the will was read? Sometimes it was days after the first date mentioned in the will and other times it was years after like Francis Bassett’s says “this 16 of December, 1749…” but at the end it says “Proved, June 14, 1758.” –Megan Mc | ||
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| + | I am a bit skeptical that wives did not often benefit from their husbands wills. For example Issac Fryor left his wife "the use of all estate, movable and immovable ... as long as she remains my widow." (Woloch, 84). This particular example shows that, while generally women did not hold immovable property, through marriage they could acquire it. I think it is also important to remember that women married into the same social class as their husband, so if they were not left property in their husbands wills, there is a good chance they would be receiving property from their father. -Seth Mintzer | ||
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