You'd better look it up in a good source, since it may have varied from decade to decade, but I believe the most common age at which a male was added to the list of titheables was age 16. [email protected] wrote: > Subject: > > OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 70 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Re: Re:CUSTER ["Tom Ashton" <[email protected]>] > #2 Re: why abbreviate? ["Karol McKenzie" <[email protected]] > #3 Re: why abbreviate? ["Renee Dauven" <[email protected]] > #4 Legal Age [[email protected]] > #5 Re: Legal Age [[email protected]] > > Administrivia: > Administrivia: > Please consider supporting RootsWeb: > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > To unsubscribe from OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA-D, send a message to > [email protected] > that contains in the body of the message the command > unsubscribe > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: Re:CUSTER > Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 07:41:04 -0500 > From: "Tom Ashton" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > Did you ever get info on this request...I have a cousin that married a > Richard Custer from Berkeley county...do not have any info on his line but > if you did not get a reply for help let me know a few more names and I will > attempt calling her and see if she is connected by marriage to your line. > Tom > -----Original Message----- > From: Polly Custer <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, January 11, 1999 10:27 AM > Subject: Re:CUSTER > > >I am searching for information on the CUSTER surname in Berkeley County > >WV.... > >I have reached a stumbling block with REUBEN CUSTER who resided in B. Co. > >in the early 1800's and left behind a large family whose descendants are > >still residing in B. Co. > > > >Would appreciate hearing from anyone who may have CUSTER in their research. > > > >Thanks > >PJC > > > > > > > >==== OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA Mailing List ==== > >Visit the Frederick County,VA USGenWeb Home Page! > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafreder/frederic.htm > > > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: why abbreviate? > Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 09:28:48 -0800 > From: "Karol McKenzie" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > My experience: > > Jno. = Jonathan > Jas. = James > -----Original Message----- > From: Harold Miller <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, February 19, 1999 8:17 PM > Subject: why abbreviate? > > >>>Hi again. > >>> > >> > >>At 12:48 PM 2/19/99 -0800, James H Granger wrote: > >>>Sandy, > >>>You had better listen to Barbara. She is correct. Think about it--why > >>>would anyone "abbreviate" a four-letter word to three letters and a > period?? > >>>:=) > >>>Jim Granger > >>>- > > > > > >About the abbreviation of John or Jonathan as Jno......this was discussed a > >while back on another list. I did not understand either, till someone > >mentioned that in early days, writing was done with a quill, paper and ink > >were very costly. Also, try to write with a quill. So any way they could > >cut corners, save on writing, save on ink and paper - they used it. Thus > >many, many words were abbreviated. Also explains the way some of the > >letters were written. Wm was William, etc. Now as to there being a > >universal abbreviation.....it was more left up to the person doing the > >writing. Therefore, we now wonder if Jno was John or something else. And > >the answer, it depends. While maybe many used it for John, it could also > be > >Jonathon. Jas - you would think Jason, but I found where it was Jasper. > So > >don't think there is only one correct answer. > > > >And talking about paper being costly.....they would write in the margins. > >Also, they would sometimes take a written letter, turn it around and write > >in between the previous written lines. Saved paper. Also makes it really > >interesting to now try to read some of these letters. > > > >Mary [email protected] > > > > > >==== OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA Mailing List ==== > >Visit the Frederick County,VA USGenWeb Home Page! > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafreder/frederic.htm > > > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: why abbreviate? > Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 07:29:16 -0800 > From: "Renee Dauven" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > "Jas" was "James". Unless there is other supporting evidence to the > contrary, when it is encountered in a document, you can assume that is what > is meant. > One of the things that may help you determine what is meant would be to > look at the creator of the document. If what you are looking at is a legal > document created by the clerk of the county court, go with the standard > interpretation of "Jno" for John and "Jas" for James. If what you are > looking at is an entry in a family Bible or an old letter, particularly from > the later part of the 19th century, and the writer would appear to have had > a limited education, than you may want to be less strict in your > interpretation and more open to the possibility that there as been a > misunderstanding of the standard abbreviation or that the writer is assuming > that the reader will know to whom he is referring by using an idiosycrantic > abbreviation.. > By the 1820's the quill was replaced by the steel pen. > > Renee L. Dauven > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Legal Age > Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 17:37:58 EST > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > I realize "infant" means underage but what was age of majority. At what age > was a man would be added to the list of tithables? Is it different than the > age of majority? Did one have to own property to be added by name to the list > of tithables? Did underage children have to reach majority before receiving > their inheritance. Does anyone know of a good book that explains the > legalities of the 18th century and whether or not they changed after the Rev > War. > > Thanks, > > Sara Patton > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: Legal Age > Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 17:20:48 -0600 (CST) > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > Great question...I'd like to know the answer too! > > Brenda Jo > > On 02/20/99 17:37:58 you wrote: > > > >I realize "infant" means underage but what was age of majority. At what > age > >was a man would be added to the list of tithables? Is it different than > the > >age of majority? Did one have to own property to be added by name to the > list > >of tithables? Did underage children have to reach majority before > receiving > >their inheritance. Does anyone know of a good book that explains the > >legalities of the 18th century and whether or not they changed after the > Rev > >War. > > > >Thanks, > > > >Sara Patton > > > > > >==== OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA Mailing List ==== > >The RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative is supported by its users: > >RootsWeb would cease to exist if not for the support of folks like you. > >By becoming a Member, Sponsor, or Donor, you help RootsWeb provide Web > >and FTP space on thousands of genealogical topics, mailing > >lists for thousands of groups of genealogists with shared interests, and > >search engines to make huge amounts of genealogical data freely > >available to Internet genealogists.Become A Rootsweb Sponser Today! > >http://www.rootsweb.com/ > > > > > >