The one that comes to my mind for next friend is  a relative who went to court with a young person.  Mary Hawkins went to court with her daughter, Phebe, in Spotsylvania County:

“Phebe Hawkins, and infant, by Mary Hawkins her next friend, complains July 1735, of Stephen Noblit (otherwise called Stephen Smith).  Charles Noblit alias Smith, brother of the defendant, being possessed of divers goods and chattels to the value of 200pounds intended to marry Phebe.  On the last day of March, 1733-4 the defendant scandalously and maliciously did say “Phebe Hawkins is a whore and I have lay’n with her” .  She has thus fallen into great infamy and Charles has refused to marry her.  She asks damages of 250pounds current money.  .....Dismissed. 


Marsha Moses


On Jul 7, 2014, at 12:16 PM, [log in to unmask] wrote:

> Seem like to me that I have seen instances where one's "next friend" was a  
> relative !
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