tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6491474204007202277.post8374916117595579303..comments2024-03-28T05:01:29.587-04:00Comments on My Maine Ancestry: Petition of the Poor, Distressed Widow - 52 Ancestors #33Pam Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06632946315151577636noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6491474204007202277.post-8513766166491430912015-08-22T08:46:17.873-04:002015-08-22T08:46:17.873-04:00I am alarmed that the daughter with whom she lived...I am alarmed that the daughter with whom she lived is in my line of descent. I do wonder why the other children did not step forward to help either. The laws really hampered women when it came to being able to care for themselves. It was a way of maintaining social control. Even adult unmarried men had restrictions that required them to be under the supervision of a family unit. Pam Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06632946315151577636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6491474204007202277.post-22251170142961882342015-08-15T10:50:11.559-04:002015-08-15T10:50:11.559-04:00Cry woe on her family for not taking care of her! ...Cry woe on her family for not taking care of her! And then for her to go beg the court for the right to sell her own property. Women suffered a lot at the hands of men back then. dcareyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15992597721374085224noreply@blogger.com