Connected Bloodlines
Benjamin WEBBER

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Name Benjamin WEBBER Born 1690 Wells, York, Maine, USA Gender Male Died 1741 York, York, Maine, USA Notes - From ancestry.com:
“In the York County, Province of Maine Court of General Sessions on 3 January 1715, "Wee present Benjamin Webber & Mehittable Allen now his wife both of york for fornication....they owing the fact. Its Considered by the Court that they recieve Seven Stripes apiece on their naked backs at the post & pay fees of Court 7 Shillings or pay a fine of Thirty Shillings apiece to his Majesty & fees of Court as aforesd & Stand Committed" (Province and Court Records of Maine, volume 5, p. 173). It is not known whether they took the seven lashes or paid the thirty shillings.
"Young married persons, whose courtship had been carried on under the convenient and comfortable New England `bundling' device, and had anticipated events unwisely, found themselves in the hands of the law, when their first child appeared in advvance of the physiological period of gestation. After labor was safely over both of them were haled into Court and ordered to the whipping post to receive a dozen stripes each at the hands of the public executioner. It is probable that many cases of premature delivery were unjustly punished" (Charles Edward Banks. History of York, Maine, Volume II, page 239).
From an article "The Truth about Bundling," Yankee Magazine, September 1991, page 12: "Bundling, an old custom permitting unmarried men and women to court, fully clothed, in bed. What is the use of sitting up all night and burning out fire and lights, when you could just as well get under cover and keep warm. It was respectable enough in the early history of New England when religion was an all-powerful influence on behavior. But in succeeding generations, the innocent practice was corrupted producing an amazing number of sturdy brats. About 1785, unmarried women blushed to read lines like these:
She'll sometimes say when she lies down,
She can't be cumbered with a gown,
And that the weather is so warm,
To take it off can be no harm...
The result was such a general storm of banter and ridicule that no girl had the courage to stand against it and as the ministers continued to thunder against bundling, the practice finally was killed off.”
Person ID I9654 Lowell&Block Last Modified 22 Feb 2021
Father Samuel WEBBER, b. Abt 1656, York, York, Maine, USA , d. Oct 1716, York, York, Maine, USA
(Age ~ 60 years)
Mother Deborah LITTLEFIELD, b. Abt 1660, Titchfield, Hampshire, England , d. 2 May 1740, York, York, Maine, USA
(Age ~ 80 years)
Family ID F5757 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Mehitable ALLEN, d. Bef 1738 Married Oct 1715 Children 1. Mehetabel WEBBER, b. 13 Aug 1715, York, York, Maine, USA 2. Lydia WEBBER, b. 23 Jan 1717/18, York, York, Maine, USA 3. Dorothy WEBBER, b. 11 Feb 1719/20, York, York, Maine, USA 4. Bathsheba WEBBER, b. 17 Jan 1721/2, York, York, Maine, USA 5. Anna WEBBER, b. 17 Jan 1723/4, York, York, Maine, USA 6. Thankful WEBBER, b. 14 Aug 1727, York, York, Maine, USA 7. Benjamin WEBBER, b. 30 Apr 1731, York, York, Maine, USA 8. Patience WEBBER, b. 12 Nov 1732, York, York, Maine, USA 9. Mercy WEBBER, b. 4 Feb 1736/7, York, York, Maine, USA Last Modified 22 Feb 2021 Family ID F2376 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Martha DAY, b. 1700, Wells, York, Maine, USA , d. 1743 (Age 43 years)
Married 3 Feb 1738 York, York, Maine, USA Children + 1. Martha WEBBER, b. 28 Oct 1739, York, York, Maine, USA Last Modified 22 Feb 2021 Family ID F3381 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- From ancestry.com:
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Event Map Born - 1690 - Wells, York, Maine, USA Married - 3 Feb 1738 - York, York, Maine, USA Died - 1741 - York, York, Maine, USA = Link to Google Earth