From: <ECol91234@aol.com>
Subject: Zachariah D. and Judith Parish
Date: 1998-07-25 01:39:29
In a marriage record from Granville County, NC one of my cousins (not of the net group) sent Zachariah Dutton and Judith Parish married on 23 November, 1797 or 1798. She wrote 1797 one time and 1798 in another place. Anyone know which it is? She also wrote that when this marriage took place there was a marriage contract as Judith was a widow with children and property. They combined their properties, but at death, each of the children would get their own parent's property. This sounds as if it were a second marriage for each. Did Zachariah Dutton who married the Penn lady, marry J. Parish later in life? It does not seem too likely that his son, Zachariah would be in that type of situation only 23 years after his parents' marriage. I don't yet have birth order for the Zach & Penn children, but even if he were oldest...... Have other questions about the interesting Alexander Dutton info that Cousins Joe and James L. sent. One had Alexander's marriage to Rachel on 30 June and another 30 Jan. They are so similar one could be a typo. Which? Also in Joseph's info, I was wondering what this action was as late as 1836 in which Columbus Dutton was an attorney. And if all the children were born by 1818, it seems strange that three were considered minors. Louisa b.1810 would have been 26 years old and married. Did women have no legal standing at that time so that husbands or parents represented them? Still Rachel was named as tutrix (never saw that word, is it the female form of tutor?) The youngest could have been 18 and perhaps one of the others was 19-21. Guess 21 might be the legal age. But Louisa as a minor must have some explanation. Boy, she's full of questions tonight! Maybe Alexander put his estate into some kind of trust that required the children to reach a certain age. . . or did the law have some kind of provison like than then? Glad to get all the good information. I like hearing all the details about all us Duttons. Especially enjoyed the "Don't beat up my little brother" documents. Cousin Eula