Bachellor, Nathaniel
Biography
Nathaniel Bachellor, justice of the peace for Rockingham County, New Hampshire
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Rockingham County, New Hampshire, bastardy law collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-1484
MS-1484
Date(s):
1766 to 1791
Content Description
The collection contains 9 warrant documents from Rockingham Co., NH, Justice of the Peace, Nathaniel Bachellor, related to New Hampshire's "bastardy laws" and their enforcement. They are primarily summaries of the depositions of women or warrants for the arrest of supposed fathers. These depositions were the only avenues of legal redress at the time afforded to single women who became pregnant out of wedlock. Beginning around the turn of the 18th century, English bastardly laws...