"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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