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From: "Bob Hatcher" <>
Subject: RE: LUMBARD/BAILEY - HONITON
Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 15:00:32 +0100


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Hi Joy and others

A bastardy bond (very basically) was a legal decision as to the father
of the baby requiring him to pay maintenance for that child rather than
the parish---those here in the UK may recognise similarities with the
CSA (Child Support Agency)

Regards

Bob Hatcher
BRUTON
Somerset
England
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-----Original Message-----
From: joy waters [mailto:]
Sent: 03 October 1999 19:44
To:
Subject: Re: LUMBARD/BAILEY - HONITON


Hi Val,

Your message caught your eye as it mentioned Bastardy Bonds. I have
come across the initials BBD in relation to one of my ancestors who was
born out of wedlock and I wondered what it meant. Could BBD translate
to Bastardy Bond? If so, can you tell me what a Bastardy Bond was?

Thanks,

Joy

In message <000701bf0dcc$bac315e0$>, Val Messer
<> writes
>Hi Philip and any interested listers,
>
>I'm not connected to your family, Philip, but I, too, have
some 'bounders'.
>My great-grandfather was the 4th illegitimate child born to a
single woman,
>and the Bastardy Bonds I have show there were different fathers. One
>interesting aspect was the annotation in the parish register
of the baptism
>of one of the children in 1817. Under the heading
'profession, trade or
>calling' the minister had written 'a bad woman'. It took me
quite a while
>to find ggf's birth as he was not baptised until he was 9
years old. I
>found much information about my 'bad woman' in the Parish Overseer's
>Accounts. Incidentally, my bad woman was 80 years old when she died.
>
>Isn't family history enlightening?
>
>Best wishes,
>Val Messer, Bundaberg, Qld.
>Researching APLIN (variants), Broadwindsor, Thorncombe area 1655+
>S&DFHS Member No 2678
>KFHS Member No. 2053
>
>
>
>
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