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== Mass, 1675-1680 – Women in county courts == | == Mass, 1675-1680 – Women in county courts == | ||
| − | In the Malefactors and Complaints there seems to be a general way of punishment. You were either whipped, sent away, and or had to pay a fine. The women seemed to be treated much more harshly then men and they tended to be made an example of, in particular Margaret Brewster. It seems harsh for a women to be stripped from waste down, tide to a cart and to have received 20 stripes for coming to church not looking appropriate for the occasion. The way she was described she almost sounds as if she's homeless. John Man was sentenced with bond of 200 lbs for his good behavior for beating of his servant but received no stripes (which would have seemed fitting for what he had done to her.) Then again she was a woman and a servant though it does state she was set free from her indenture. - Marsha Himes | + | '''In the Malefactors and Complaints there seems to be a general way of punishment. You were either whipped, sent away, and or had to pay a fine.''' The women seemed to be treated much more harshly then men and they tended to be made an example of, in particular Margaret Brewster. It seems harsh for a women to be stripped from waste down, tide to a cart and to have received 20 stripes for coming to church not looking appropriate for the occasion. The way she was described she almost sounds as if she's homeless. John Man was sentenced with bond of 200 lbs for his good behavior for beating of his servant but received no stripes (which would have seemed fitting for what he had done to her.) Then again she was a woman and a servant though it does state she was set free from her indenture. - Marsha Himes |
| − | I find it interesting that William Backway and his wife were punished for "fornication before theire marriage". They got married so who cares? I also thought it was interesting that stealing and fornication had the same punishment being striped 15 times. Now stealing is much more of a big deal then having an affair. I agree with Marsha, the men had it easier. The woman has sex and is whipped the men have sex and they pay a fine. That is so ridiculous. It takes two to have a baby. They should have the same punishment. - LeAnn | + | '''I find it interesting that William Backway and his wife were punished for "fornication before theire marriage". They got married so who cares? I also thought it was interesting that stealing and fornication had the same punishment being striped 15 times.''' Now stealing is much more of a big deal then having an affair. I agree with Marsha, the men had it easier. The woman has sex and is whipped the men have sex and they pay a fine. That is so ridiculous. It takes two to have a baby. They should have the same punishment. - LeAnn |
I thought it was interesting how, in this section, there was mention of Rebecca Auborne, who was sentenced to be whipped and to pay a fine for "committing Fornication with Samuel Kemble having a bastard Childe". In the next paragraph, however, Samuel Kemble is ordered to pay to Rebecca "two Shillings six pence" per week to support the child.(p.81) I wonder how the child, or any child who is born in such a circumstance, would be treated in colonial America? Would they be "assimilated" with any future children their mother might have with her husband, or would they be forever treated as "outcasts" and/or not accepted? -Allison Godart | I thought it was interesting how, in this section, there was mention of Rebecca Auborne, who was sentenced to be whipped and to pay a fine for "committing Fornication with Samuel Kemble having a bastard Childe". In the next paragraph, however, Samuel Kemble is ordered to pay to Rebecca "two Shillings six pence" per week to support the child.(p.81) I wonder how the child, or any child who is born in such a circumstance, would be treated in colonial America? Would they be "assimilated" with any future children their mother might have with her husband, or would they be forever treated as "outcasts" and/or not accepted? -Allison Godart | ||
| − | I found the names in these Malefactors and Complainants, it seemed like every other women was named Elizabeth or Mary (in the wills and antenuptials too) but then out of nowhere there were names like Mercy, Goody, Experience . How common were these names? --Megan Mc | + | '''I found the names in these Malefactors and Complainants, it seemed like every other women was named Elizabeth or Mary (in the wills and antenuptials too) but then out of nowhere there were names like Mercy, Goody, Experience''' . How common were these names? --Megan Mc |
== Virginia, 1642, NY 1721-1759 – Widows, Wills and Dower Rights == | == Virginia, 1642, NY 1721-1759 – Widows, Wills and Dower Rights == | ||
