The legal age of an adult male was 25. For a woman I think it was 18. However, independence for a male and marriage for a female were considerations in permitting younger people to "act adult." Much as today when you can vote when you're 18, but not drink until you're 21 -- which is the age of adulthood? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elizabeth Johnson" <elizajohn@sbcglobal.net> To: <dutch-colonies@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2007 3:28 PM Subject: Re: [DUTCH-COLONIES] Legal age > Does anyone know the legal age of an adult in New Netherlands? This is in > relation to an endenture. When would a child no longer need a parent for > this step? If no one knows specifically, can anyone refer me to a general > source of law in the period > > Elizabeth > > > > ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> DUTCH-COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DUTCH-COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DUTCH-COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >