Can someone help me? Several years ago I read where grown children were sometimes listed as "infant" children or "infant" heirs in KY documents from the early 1800's. Someone explained to me that "infant" referred to children under 18 and 21. Now, I can't recall if it was female children under 18 and male children under 21 or vice versa. Would appreciate if someone could refresh my memory. Marilyn Gregory Fisher, CC Wayne Co, KYGenWeb - FREE Genealogy Resources! http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kywayne/wayne.html Wayne Co, KY Cemetery Project http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kywaycem/index.html Gregorys of Wayne Co, KY http://www.geocities.com/hoosierma/ E & M Genealogy Books http://www.geocities.com/hoosierma/E_M_GenBooks/homepage.html

Marilyn, you may want to check Old English law on this because our law was based on it. In some old court records I have read in our early colonial days infant referred to any child under 14. I don't if this applies to your question or not, but you may find the answer under the Old English law. Pansylea On Oct 29, 2008, at 6:10 AM, Marilyn Gregory-Fisher wrote: > Can someone help me? > Several years ago I read where grown children were sometimes listed > as "infant" children or "infant" heirs in KY documents from the > early 1800's. Someone explained to me that "infant" referred to > children under 18 and 21. Now, I can't recall if it was female > children under 18 and male children under 21 or vice versa. Would > appreciate if someone could refresh my memory. > > > Marilyn Gregory Fisher, CC > Wayne Co, KYGenWeb - FREE Genealogy Resources! > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kywayne/wayne.html > Wayne Co, KY Cemetery Project > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kywaycem/index.html > Gregorys of Wayne Co, KY > http://www.geocities.com/hoosierma/ > E & M Genealogy Books > http://www.geocities.com/hoosierma/E_M_GenBooks/homepage.html > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to KYWAYNE- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

infant   /ˈinfant/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [in-fuhnt] Show IPA Pronunciation –noun 1. a child during the earliest period of its life, esp. before he or she can walk; baby. 2. Law. a person who is not of full age, esp. one who has not reached the age of 18 years; a minor. 3. a beginner, as in experience or learning; novice: The new candidate is a political infant. 4. anything in the first stage of existence or progress. –adjective 5. of or pertaining to infants or infancy: infant years. 6. being in infancy: an infant king. 7. being in the earliest stage: an infant industry. 8. of or pertaining to the legal state of infancy; minor. -----Original Message----- From: kywayne-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:kywayne-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Marilyn Gregory-Fisher Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 9:10 AM To: KYWAYNE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [KYWAYNE] Definition of "Infant" children in old legal documents Can someone help me? Several years ago I read where grown children were sometimes listed as "infant" children or "infant" heirs in KY documents from the early 1800's. Someone explained to me that "infant" referred to children under 18 and 21. Now, I can't recall if it was female children under 18 and male children under 21 or vice versa. Would appreciate if someone could refresh my memory. Marilyn Gregory Fisher, CC Wayne Co, KYGenWeb - FREE Genealogy Resources! http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kywayne/wayne.html Wayne Co, KY Cemetery Project http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kywaycem/index.html Gregorys of Wayne Co, KY http://www.geocities.com/hoosierma/ E & M Genealogy Books http://www.geocities.com/hoosierma/E_M_GenBooks/homepage.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to KYWAYNE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.8.4/1754 - Release Date: 10/29/2008 7:45 AM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.8.4/1754 - Release Date: 10/29/2008 7:45 AM

This link defines the Infants' Marriage Act as "if a male, of twenty, or, if a female, of seventeen, years" http://books.google.com/books?id=PNQgVoT2_aQC&pg=PA621&lpg=PA621&dq=age+of+infant+in+old+english+law&source=bl&ots=A3mlVQYveU&sig=M2A2H5UouJFCfXt7MCIoVL0-wk8&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result Black, Henry Campbell. A Law Dictionary. Containing Definitions of the Terms and Phrases of American and English Jurisprudence, Ancient and Modern. And Including the Principal Terms of International, Constitutional, Ecclesiastical and Commercial Law, and Medical Jurisprudence, with a Collection of Legal Maxims, Numerous Select Titles from the Roman, Modern Civil, Scotch, French, Spanish, and Mexican Law, and Other Foreign Systems, and a Table of Abbreviations. St. Paul, Minn.: West Publishing, 1910. p. 621. -------------- Original message from Marilyn Gregory-Fisher <wayneco_ky@yahoo.com>: -------------- > Can someone help me? Several years ago I read where grown children were sometimes listed as "infant" children or "infant" heirs in KY documents from the early 1800's. Someone explained to me that "infant" referred to children under 18 and 21. Now, I can't recall if it was female children under 18 and male children under 21 or > vice versa. Would appreciate if someone could refresh my memory. > > > Marilyn Gregory Fisher, CC > Wayne Co, KYGenWeb - FREE Genealogy Resources! > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kywayne/wayne.html > Wayne Co, KY Cemetery Project > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kywaycem/index.html > Gregorys of Wayne Co, KY > http://www.geocities.com/hoosierma/ > E & M Genealogy Books > http://www.geocities.com/hoosierma/E_M_GenBooks/homepage.html > > > > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to KYWAYNE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message