Re: [LegacyUG] Determining ages

2009-09-27 Thread Ron Ferguson
Paul Ramshaw wrote: In colonial New England in the 17th and 18th centuries a man came of age at 21. See http://www.genfiles.com/legal/legalage.htm for a discussion of this point in modern English. The principal authority that colonial lawyers looked to for a discussion of the common law of

Re: [LegacyUG] Determining ages

2009-09-27 Thread Jim Walton
/ - Original Message - From: Jim Walton To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyFamilyTree.com Sent: 27 September 2009 00:59 Subject: [LegacyUG] Determining ages I have several wills that use a phrase similar to arrive to age in the law. The time period is 17th and 18th

[LegacyUG] Determining ages

2009-09-26 Thread Jim Walton
I have several wills that use a phrase similar to arrive to age in the law. The time period is 17th and 18th century New Hampshire so I would assume that the English legal system would apply, but I have been unable to determine what that age should be. If I knew I could establish some better

Re: [LegacyUG] Determining ages

2009-09-26 Thread Ron Ferguson
://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ - Original Message - From: Jim Walton To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyFamilyTree.com Sent: 27 September 2009 00:59 Subject: [LegacyUG] Determining ages I have several wills that use a phrase similar to arrive

Re: [LegacyUG] Determining ages

2009-09-26 Thread Virginia Dunham
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