From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Mon Mar 6 07:56:37 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k26Eubjb001780; Mon, 6 Mar 2006 07:56:37 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k26Euag8016322 for ; Mon, 6 Mar 2006 07:56:37 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k26CQZFI024736 for ; Mon, 6 Mar 2006 07:26:35 -0500 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k26CQZTJ024735 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Mon, 6 Mar 2006 07:26:35 -0500 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k264LcFI023391 for ; Sun, 5 Mar 2006 23:21:38 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k266pRVZ013930 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Sun, 5 Mar 2006 23:51:27 -0700 X-Envelope-From: bobert@i-1.net Sun Mar 5 23:51:27 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k266pRjb013921 for ; Sun, 5 Mar 2006 23:51:27 -0700 Received: from saruman.api-digital.com (mail.team-vci.com [63.238.52.24]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k266pQDl022990 for ; Sun, 5 Mar 2006 23:51:27 -0700 Received: from Desktop (dialup-4.235.78.147.Dial1.Orlando1.Level3.net [4.235.78.147]) by saruman.api-digital.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FBED708A94 for ; Mon, 6 Mar 2006 00:51:23 -0600 (CST) Received: from 127.0.0.1 (AVG SMTP 7.1.375 [268.1.1/273]); Mon, 06 Mar 2006 00:16:43 -0600 Message-ID: <004401c640e5$89f68200$714eeb04@Desktop> From: "bobert" To: References: <200603060000.k2600TIc026866@lists5.rootsweb.com> Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 00:04:46 -0600 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=Windows-1252; reply-type=original X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] CHILD OF MARRIAGE Hi, Rooters! If you check with some of your history of settlers/settlements, you will find that a man and woman did live together prior to a legal or religious marriage between them, but with the 'understanding' that they were married. It had nothing to do with immorality. Some areas were so remote that a circuit preacher (you know what that was) only was in a settlement/community at various - sometimes unscheduled - times; some maybe twice a year, if that. Then he would marry couples who had been living as man and wife; baptize children, etc. Many times there had been children born to the couple prior to what we loosely call a 'real marriage', i.e., no legal or religious ceremony. >From what I have read, it was then the preacher who would carry/take the wedding certificate/record to the nearest court house/court for filing. Months may have passed before a preacher, justice of the peace, whomever, even got to a court house. And - if anything happened to the preacher 'on the way', the marriage facts may not have ever reached a court house. Also: I believe it is legal truth/law that a child born to a married couple, regardless if the child is a product/result of 'an affair' of the mother, is considered the husband's child [ regarding all legal matters], and has the surname of the husband; the husband is responsible for the child's welfare and financial support. This is one example of sameness of "legal marriage" and "legal sex"! I suppose in another 100 years, any sort of 'test tube baby' will need new laws written for their benefit/legal protection! Shirley: bobert@i-1.net I know one of you will correct me if I am wrong about this.