I am interested in Betty's web site. Can someone explain "bastardy bonds" and "apprentice bonds" to me please? Virginia > [Original Message] > From: Betty <bcamin@earthlink.net> > To: <PERKINS-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 8/8/2005 7:23:02 AM > Subject: Re: [PERKINS] Perkins in Ulster County, NY > > You might check my wife's web page on this link: > > http://home.earthlink.net/~bcamin/betty.htm > > There are no Martins but maybe there are other names connecting to yours. > Her Perkins file is in FTW. Betty is now in a Nursing home with Vascular > Dementia and is unable to help. In years past she has spent time in > Kingston, NY going thru old records but was unable to find her missing link. > She was very upset with their employee's that they allowed us to go thru > boxes of records while they went to lunch. Many records were missing and > she said that people probably selfishly stole the only existing records. A > vendetta she always fought. She believes they should not allow even > pocketbooks in archives. She has never found her Perkins connection in the > late 1700's. > > She would have participated in the DNA project but there are no Perkins > males left in her chain. > > Ed Camin > http://www.ed-camin.com > http://www.mountairykiwanis.org > http://home.earthlink.net/~bcamin/betty.htm > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <EOMO@aol.com> > To: <PERKINS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 4:34 PM > Subject: [PERKINS] Perkins in Ulster County, NY > > > > Is anyone researching the Perkins family in Ulster County, NY? > > > > I would love to connect them to my Martin Family line. > > Well, they are connected but I just can't find it. > > > > > > > > > > > > Have a Great Day! > > Joyce > > > > Please visit my Web Site at: > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~martinandmeyers/ > > > > > > ==== PERKINS Mailing List ==== > > Are your PERKINS out of Illinois, Maine, North Carolina or some other neat > > place? Tell the Perkins List about it! There is Family behind every tree > > here! > > Our Perkins List Home Page: > > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~sonyapl/ > > http://pages.prodigy.net/kathycorriher/EP/EP.htm > > Have a Great Perkins Day > > > > > > ============================== > > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > > > > > ==== PERKINS Mailing List ==== > Don't forget to check out our Projects Page! Here you find projects going on with Perkins List Members > http://pages.prodigy.net/kathycorriher/EP/EP.htm > A Place where a PERKINS connection might be behind the next e-mail > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

Virginia, Bastardy Bonds: It means that that the woman probably became pregnant out of wedlock and someone had to post a bond so she would not be on welfare after the baby was born. The father, her mother, her father, several people to hide the real father (most common), a minister and/or she could even post it herself. It was Betty's most wanted book because it filled in many missing links. It was a huge endeavor as Betty spent many hours copying/sorting loose pieces of paper at the NC archives. A chore few Genealogists are willing to do. When we moved from Raleigh to Mount Airy, she had completed only 33 counties out of 100. No one has picked up where she left off because it is much more work than transcribing from a record or microfilm. Her books are now sold out. Copies can be purchased from Mountain Press. It is available free on Betty's web site. and, Apprentice: From Webster's dictionary apprentice is defined as a: one bound by indenture to serve another for a prescribed period with a view to learning an art or trade b : one who is learning by practical experience under skilled workers a trade, art, or calling The apprenticeship laws of North Carolina were inherited by Tennessee upon statehood in 1796. These laws, existing from 1762, applied to orphans primarily as follows: a.. Each year the names of all orphans who had no guardian or who were not previously bound were to be reported to the Orphan's Court b.. Where states were of insufficient means to support said orphans or illegitimate children, these children were bound as apprentices. These apprentices lasted until age 21 for the males and until age 16 for the females. c.. Masters of these apprentices were required to provide food, clothes, and housing and were required to ensure the apprentice be taught to read and write d.. At the conclusion of the indenture the master was required to pay the apprentice a sum either specified in law or in the apprenticeship bond e.. An apprenticeship could be cancelled if the apprentice was not taught as required or was mistreated. The apprentice could at that time be rebound to another master at the discretion of the court. Ill treated apprentices could prosecute and recover damages. f.. Copies of the apprentice bond were recorded and kept in the court clerk's office g.. Orphans were deemed to be any fatherless child. Tennessee law stipulated in 1825 that an child could also be deemed an orphan if the father abandoned the child or refused to support the child. Illegitimate children could be bound out without their mother's consent if the mother "disregarded their moral and mental culture and that she (i.e, the mother) kept a house of ill repute or lived in one". Ed Camin http://home.earthlink.net/~bcamin/betty.htm http://www.ed-camin.com http://www.mountairykiwanis.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Virginia Leighty" <vleighty@earthlink.net> To: <PERKINS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 12:03 PM Subject: Re: [PERKINS] Perkins in Ulster County, NY >I am interested in Betty's web site. Can someone explain "bastardy bonds" > and "apprentice bonds" to me please? > > Virginia > > >> [Original Message] >> From: Betty <bcamin@earthlink.net> >> To: <PERKINS-L@rootsweb.com> >> Date: 8/8/2005 7:23:02 AM >> Subject: Re: [PERKINS] Perkins in Ulster County, NY >> >> You might check my wife's web page on this link: >> >> http://home.earthlink.net/~bcamin/betty.htm >> >> There are no Martins but maybe there are other names connecting to yours. >> Her Perkins file is in FTW. Betty is now in a Nursing home with Vascular >> Dementia and is unable to help. In years past she has spent time in >> Kingston, NY going thru old records but was unable to find her missing > link. >> She was very upset with their employee's that they allowed us to go thru >> boxes of records while they went to lunch. Many records were missing and >> she said that people probably selfishly stole the only existing records. > A >> vendetta she always fought. She believes they should not allow even >> pocketbooks in archives. She has never found her Perkins connection in > the >> late 1700's. >> >> She would have participated in the DNA project but there are no Perkins >> males left in her chain. >> >> Ed Camin >> http://www.ed-camin.com >> http://www.mountairykiwanis.org >> http://home.earthlink.net/~bcamin/betty.htm >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <EOMO@aol.com> >> To: <PERKINS-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 4:34 PM >> Subject: [PERKINS] Perkins in Ulster County, NY >> >> >> > Is anyone researching the Perkins family in Ulster County, NY? >> > >> > I would love to connect them to my Martin Family line. >> > Well, they are connected but I just can't find it. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > Have a Great Day! >> > Joyce >> > >> > Please visit my Web Site at: >> > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~martinandmeyers/ >> > >> > >> > ==== PERKINS Mailing List ==== >> > Are your PERKINS out of Illinois, Maine, North Carolina or some other > neat >> > place? Tell the Perkins List about it! There is Family behind every > tree >> > here! >> > Our Perkins List Home Page: >> > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~sonyapl/ >> > http://pages.prodigy.net/kathycorriher/EP/EP.htm >> > Have a Great Perkins Day >> > >> > >> > ============================== >> > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >> > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >> > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >> > >> > >> >> >> >> ==== PERKINS Mailing List ==== >> Don't forget to check out our Projects Page! Here you find projects > going on with Perkins List Members >> http://pages.prodigy.net/kathycorriher/EP/EP.htm >> A Place where a PERKINS connection might be behind the next e-mail >> >> >> ============================== >> Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >> last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > > ==== PERKINS Mailing List ==== > Hit a really big rock with your PERKINS digging? > Someone here might have what you need to get around it! Tell us about it! > You never know where your next connection might come from! > Our Perkins List Web Page: > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~sonyapl/ > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >