Usually the court ordered the churchwardens or overseers of the poor to bind 
out children of single women (or even parents the court thought weren't 
doing a good job). As I understand the records, it was not a matter of 
choice. The churchwardens probably took into some consideration the wishes 
of those indentured, and the court would order the churchwardens to bind the 
child out to someone else if abuse was indicated.
Paul