Right you are Harold.  All should also remember that the court jealously
maintained the authority to modify those ages and conditions depending upon
changes of the circumstances.  I suppose the most obvious and common
alterations of those terms of years came about by virtue of death within the
family to which the child had been bound, criminal prosecution of the "bound
out" person,  and marriages of such wards.

,
----- Original Message -----
From: "Harold Gill" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>; <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2006 7:13 PM
Subject: Re: Court Order Meaning


> "Binding out" generally meant the child was apprenticed to someone to
learn
> a trade and thereby being able to support himself and not become a burden
on
> the parish. THe term of service was until age 21 for boys and 18 for
girls.
> HBG
>
>
> >From: Paul Drake <[log in to unmask]>
> >Reply-To: Paul Drake <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Re: Court Order Meaning
> >Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2006 15:30:26 -0600
> >
> >Johnson (1755 and 1802) defines the term "warden" as "a keeper", a "head
> >officer", and "a guardian".  Albemarle Parish here was ordered by the
court
> >to take charge of the child and "bind it out".
> >
> >This "warden"  (who regularly performed such tasks through his position
in
> >the church hierarchy his office of the church) saw to it that the child
was
> >placed in  the home of a parishioner who would agree to such actions.
The
> >child was bound for varying lengths of time and the conditions under
which
> >he/she remained and worked for that that new guardian - "master" - again
> >varied depending upon all the circumstances if the matter.
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Ralph L Dugger" <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2006 1:23 PM
> >Subject: [VA-ROOTS] Court Order Meaning
> >
> >
> >"Oct. 1746 - Ordered t
> >I found the following in Surry County records:
> >
> >"Oct. 1746 - Ordered that Church Warden of Albemarle Parish bind out
> >ETHELDRED baseborn son of Priscilla Bennett according to law."
> >
> >I know that this means that Priscilla Bennett had an illegitimate child
but
> >what, exactly, was happening with this court order?
> >
> >Thanks for any information.
> >
> >Ralph Dugger
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