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I agree with Megan that women's wills seem much more personal, and the attention to detail is amazing. I think it is also interesting to see hoe wills can express what people value most, even today. I especially liked the will of Jane Jones, written in July 1756. In it, she leaves 5 shillings to her son, John Jones, and then goes on to mention her daughters and what she is bequeathing to them. The list for her daughters is much more detailed and personal. Of course, as the editor mentions, she could be compensating her daughters for the neglect they may have felt from their father's will (much of what would have probably gone to his son). Or, she simply could have had a closer bond and attachment to her daughters. I think wills in general, and especially those of women of this time period, reveal quite a lot at the same time that they pose quite a few questions that we aren't really sure about or cannot answer definitively. -Allison Godart | I agree with Megan that women's wills seem much more personal, and the attention to detail is amazing. I think it is also interesting to see hoe wills can express what people value most, even today. I especially liked the will of Jane Jones, written in July 1756. In it, she leaves 5 shillings to her son, John Jones, and then goes on to mention her daughters and what she is bequeathing to them. The list for her daughters is much more detailed and personal. Of course, as the editor mentions, she could be compensating her daughters for the neglect they may have felt from their father's will (much of what would have probably gone to his son). Or, she simply could have had a closer bond and attachment to her daughters. I think wills in general, and especially those of women of this time period, reveal quite a lot at the same time that they pose quite a few questions that we aren't really sure about or cannot answer definitively. -Allison Godart | ||
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| + | I thought this source was a good example of what was stated in the Property and Personalism article, showing women giving items within their will to their children and grandchildren based on need and merit as well as showing a preference to female dependants, who would by nature need more for support and having less legal rights. I also found it interesting that in the New York will of Anna Pritchard specifically states where she wishes to be buried, who the pall bearers ought to be and also the followers, and in Catharine Bromley also of New York leaves her estate in charge of funeral charges and only afterward would her assets be split. This reflects what was stated in the article about women having thought more about mortality due to their constant state of fear due to childbirth, that this woman would have thought more about her death and would describe how her funeral ought to be – Elyse Lawrence | ||
== Suzanne Lebsock, The Free Women of Petersburg == | == Suzanne Lebsock, The Free Women of Petersburg == | ||
