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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 | ||
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| + | 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 == | ||
