>Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 19:05:07 -0800 (PST) >X-From_: wmdisbro@lava.net  Mon Nov 30 19:05:05 1998 >Old-Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 17:05:57 -1000 >From: William Disbro <wmdisbro@lava.net> >X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; U) >To: "VACHARLO-L-request@rootsweb.com" <VACHARLO-L-request@rootsweb.com> >Subject: Ashworth court case 1761 >X-Diagnostic: Already on the subscriber list >X-Diagnostic:  45 wmdisbro@lava.net                  32752 wmdisbro@lava.net >X-Envelope-To: VACHARLO-L-request > >Dear List, >        I have just subscibed to this list and have a interesting query >, or at least I think so ;o). In doing my research of my Ashworth family > >there is a very interesting "problem" with the will of John Ashworth. >First he was married ? to Jean Moorefield . In his will he mentions his >sons with lines like this Nathan Moorefield alias Ashworth. I am trying >to get to the bottom of that alias. It has been passed on to me that it >is the family belief that John and Jean were married by Babtist >ministers at this time, I'm told, that the Church of England was pretty >much a "State Church" and did not recognise marriages by the Babtist >church. Thus legally since John and Jean had not been married the >children whould take on the surname of the mother. >          One of the referances used to support this theory is a court >case reported in to have happened in May 1761 in the Lunenberg County >Court nameing John Ashworth and Jean Moorefield for liveing in Adultery. >The citation for this case is in a book called Charlotte Co, VA Order >Book 7, 1761-1762 p.5. I'd like to confirm first that this referance is >correct and secound if possible >see what other records concerning this case may still survive such as >transcripts of the trial or ruling in it. >          It is my belief that this court house was in a part of >Lunenberg County that turn into Charlotte Co. in 1765. So that is why >this case shows up in this Charlotte County record book. >          Can anyone point me in the right direction as to getting >records of this type. > >                         Aloha >                            William Disbro > JoLee JoLee Gregory Spears spearsj@bellsouth.net Charlotte County VAGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~vacharlo/indexcha.htm Halifax County VAGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~vahalifa/indexhal.htm Mecklenburg County VAGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~vameckle/index.htm