Ordinarily, in that day and age, a baseborn child would have his/her mother's name. On 1/11/07, Judy <[email protected]> wrote: > > In my new book, Colonial Families of the Eastern Shore of Maryland, Vol. > 21, I came across an entry from the Kent County Criminal Records DD#!:117A. > This Thomas Younger(according to the book) is described as the son of the > second John Younger m. Mary(last name not Known). I take this John to be the > son of John Younger/Sara Kennard. > > On 10 Nov 1769 Thomas Younger, KE Co, planter was charged with committing > fornication with Mary Dunkan and begot a base born(illegitimate) child. He > was fined 30 sh. and ordered to give security to keep the county from any > charge of his bastard child named Alexander. > > On 17 Aug 1772 the estate of John Younger ,KE Co., dec'd, was admin. by > Joseph Younger (exec.) and among those paid was"John Bolton as special bail > of Thomas Younger per said Bail" > > Does anyone know if that child would have been named Alexander Younger or > did they take the name of their mother back then? > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Yes, Brownie, you're right, BUT, I have seen it both ways, even in that time. In two different cases, the male offspring used both names interchangeably and nearly drove me nuts. In one case, he was the son of a wealthy man who acknowledged him in his will. The other case is our Younger/Gordon person in Halifax Co. So does anyone find a stray Alexander Younger of this time, or an Alexander Dunkan (Duncan probably too)? Bobbi -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lu MacKie Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 5:34 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [YOUNGER] Thomas Younger/Humphrey Younger family. Ordinarily, in that day and age, a baseborn child would have his/her mother's name. On 1/11/07, Judy <[email protected]> wrote: > > In my new book, Colonial Families of the Eastern Shore of Maryland, Vol. > 21, I came across an entry from the Kent County Criminal Records DD#!:117A. > This Thomas Younger(according to the book) is described as the son of the > second John Younger m. Mary(last name not Known). I take this John to be the > son of John Younger/Sara Kennard. > > On 10 Nov 1769 Thomas Younger, KE Co, planter was charged with committing > fornication with Mary Dunkan and begot a base born(illegitimate) child. He > was fined 30 sh. and ordered to give security to keep the county from any > charge of his bastard child named Alexander. > > On 17 Aug 1772 the estate of John Younger ,KE Co., dec'd, was admin. by > Joseph Younger (exec.) and among those paid was"John Bolton as special bail > of Thomas Younger per said Bail" > > Does anyone know if that child would have been named Alexander Younger or > did they take the name of their mother back then? > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message