Yes it was. If you see wills dated back before 1900, (as an example date), you notice that any child under 21 was listed as a dependent and their inheritance's were withheld until they were 21. Robert S. Vail Titusville, FL -----Original Message----- From: nywestch-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nywestch-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of WOLF6PACK@aol.com Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 7:01 PM To: nywestch@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] William A. Donnell from St. Joseph's Home Peekskill, NY. In a message dated 4/15/2007 6:56:48 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, rvail1@cfl.rr.com writes: Seeing as NY has an age of emancipation at 21, he should have been listed with the family, unless he was sent off to school by that time. But was the emancipation age 21 back then? Judy ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. *************************************** Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ *************************************** ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message