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1. Re: [HUGUENOT-WALLOON] Shevilear/Chevalier in CT and NY [1]
Thanks to Nancy for the information on indentures. Elias Chevalier appears to fit this description, and I have several other ancestral families who probably came to the US in by a similar arrangement b
2. Re: [HUGUENOT-WALLOON] Shevilear/Chevalier in CT and NY [1]
My own ancestor, who came from England, sailed on a ship that listed the cargo, a list of people who all had the same very cheap passage, and one, my ancestor, whose passage cost twice the regular fee. He was a barrel maker and did have a pre-arranged contract with a man in Virginia. But the others, who all were basically charged steerage, were regular indentured servants. I don't know all the details but I think that for most, they just found out when the ship docked in the colonies who their
3. Re: [HUGUENOT-WALLOON] Shevilear/Chevalier in CT and NY [1]
It sounds like an indenture to me. Many people without funds came to the colonies as indentured servants. They sailed for free and their ship's passage was paid on arrival, to the ship's captain, by someone who then became "master" of the person for a certain number of years, usually 5 or 7. They worked for the person to pay off the ship passage the master had paid for them. Laws varied and grew more favorable to the servant over time, but life could be quite brutal, many masters were very cru
4. Re: [HUGUENOT-WALLOON] Shevilear/Chevalier in CT and NY [1]
Nancy, There is an interesting article on "Indentured servant" on Wikipedia. It includes an example of the documentation. Ed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sunshine49" To: huguenot-walloon@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, February 4, 2009 2:32:11 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [HUGUENOT-WALLOON] Shevilear/Chevalier in CT and NY My own ancestor, who came from England, sailed on a ship that listed the cargo, a list of people who all had the same very cheap passage,
5. [HUGUENOT-WALLOON] Shevilear/Chevalier in CT and NY [1]
Elias/Elie Shevilear/Chevalier was baptized 1712 in St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands, as the third known son of Pierre Chevallier and Jeanne Picot. According to a NY local history written in 1875, Elias migrated to North America "when a boy and was sold, as they called it, for a given time to pay his passage". The source for this is not given, but it may have been a family legend related by descendant. The first North American record I have of Elias was his 1735 marriage in Windham County, Connecticut.
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