This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Henderson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/yNi.2ACEB/5590 Message Board Post: In 1639 three Boston women received this form of public punishment; of them Margaret Henderson was "censured to stand in the market place with a paper for her ill behavior, & her husband was fyned £5 for her yvill behavior & to bring her to the market place for her to stand there." I am not related to this family, just passing on this information, which comes from a webpage called "WebRoots LIbrary U.S. Miscellaneous" The link for the site is listed below. Joyce http://www.webroots.org/library/usamisc/cpobdae2.html