The court found that "the said Mary is a discreet and prudent Woman and fit to be Intrusted with the Guardianship of her said Children and that her Removal is Intended for the Benefit of her Family. It is adjudged by the court that she have the sole Guardianship over the persons and Estates of John, Margaret, Helen, Mary, Jane, Elizabeth, Abigail and Sarah McDowell her children by the said James McDowell deceased and that Thomas Black and David Shields her Bail be discharged. She has further by the Sales of the plantation and Effects exhibited final account of her Administration - Wherein she acknowledges to have in her hands the sum of exactly Two Hundred and Sixty-Five Pounds."
It was extraordinary for a woman to receive this kind of permission.
Thanks to: Toby Turner, Sep 2013
The court found that "the said Mary is a discreet and prudent Woman and fit to be Intrusted with the Guardianship of her said Children and that her Removal is Intended for the Benefit of her Family. It is adjudged by the court that she have the sole Guardianship over the persons and Estates of John, Margaret, Helen, Mary, Jane, Elizabeth, Abigail and Sarah McDowell her children by the said James McDowell deceased and that Thomas Black and David Shields her Bail be discharged. She has further by the Sales of the plantation and Effects exhibited final account of her Administration - Wherein she acknowledges to have in her hands the sum of exactly Two Hundred and Sixty-Five Pounds."
It was extraordinary for a woman to receive this kind of permission.
Thanks to: Toby Turner, Sep 2013