Phyllis J. Bauer wrote: > > Some immigrants could read or at least sign their names, but as they pushed > westward and the schooling became less important (more important how to > teach your son to shoot a squirrel and your daughter to preserve food for > the coming winter) the second and third generations sometimes could not > read or write. My Jesse Maupin, Jr. could at least sign his name, but his > children could not. This is probably because they were growing up on the > frontier, were orphans, and simply did not have the schooling. > > Phyllis > > *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** > > On 11/2/00 at 9:50 AM James Watson wrote: > > >Phyllis--I was just thinking of somethinig. As I said, my husband who is > >an ameteur historian totally agrees with you that the colonists did not > >have a standardized spelling system, and spelled it how it sounded. > >However, my son Jamie is 1st year student at UVA and is taking a course > >called "Reformation Europe". He just did a very long research paper on > >John Calvin and Calvinism. Now, all of the Huguenots were Calvinists? > >Well, one of the indicia of the Calvinist movement, according to the > >books he had out, was that it created a strong and EDUCATED family unit. > >They were all taught to read so that they could interpret Scripture for > >themselves. (This is interesting in light of what's going on with the > >Texas Baptist Convention right now--possible split from SBC). Then how > >could the Huguenot Maupins have been so illiterate? Do you have any info > >on that? > > > >Love, Denise > > > > > >==== MAUPIN Mailing List ==== > >RootsWeb forbids posting of copyrighted material without permission of the > author. Read RootsWeb's Acceptable Use Policy at > ><http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/aup.html> > > ==== MAUPIN Mailing List ==== > Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. > <http://pml.rootsweb.com> > Brought to you by RootsWeb.com Phyllis--That is a wonderful explanation. I had never thought of it in that light. But considering the hardships these people lived under, it's no wonder that they didn't have time for "schooling." Thanks for that info. Love, Denise