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This indenture made the 7 day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and forty one between Abram Byrd one of the overseers of the poor for the first district of the
county of Rockingham of the one part and John Bowman of the said county of the other part
witnesseth that the said Abram Byrd overseer of the poor as aforesaid by virtue of an order of the
court of the aforesaid county bearing date the August county 1841 have put placed and bound
and by these presents do put place and bind Sophina Cushman of the age of eight years to be an
apprentice with him the said John Bowman and as an apprentice with him the said John Bowman
to dwell from the date of these presents until the said Sophina Cushman shall attain the age of
eighteen years, According to the act of the General Assembly in that case made and provided, By
and during all which time the said Sophina Cushamn shall the said John Bowman her said master
well and faithfully serve in all such lawfull business as the said Sophina Cushman shall be out
unto by her said master according to the power wit and ability of her the said Sophina Cushman
and honestly and obediently in all things shall behave herself towards her said master and
honestly and orderly towards the rest of the family of the said John Bowman. And the said John
Bowman for his part for himself his executors and administrators doth hereby promise and
covenant to and with the said overseer of the poor and his successors in office for the time being
and to and with the said Sophina Cushman that he the said John Bowman shall instruct the said
Sophina Cushman in the craft mystery and occupation of a house keeper which he the said John
Bowman now uses after the best manner that he can or may teach instruct and inform or cause to
be taught instructed or informed as much as thereunto belongeth or in any wise assertaineth And
that the said John Bowman shall also find and allow unto the said apprentice sufficient meat
drink appearel washing lodging and all other things needful or nect for an apprentice during the
term aforesaid And also that the said John Bowman shall teach or cause to be taught to the said
Sophina Cushman reading writing and common arithmetic including the Rule of three and will
moreover pay the said Sophina Cushman twenty dollars at the expiration of the aforesaid term in
witness whereof the parties have interchangeably set their hands and seals this to these presents
this day and year first above written
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Overseers of the Poor: Indentures of Apprenticeship
Description
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Series III is comprised of Rockingham County Indentures of Apprenticeship, which were formal contracts created by the overseers to bind poor or orphaned children to a "master" with who they would learn a trade. Their term generally lasted until the age of twenty-one for males and eighteen for females. Trades were typically determined by the apprentice's sex as well. Active labor and semi-skilled artisan positions were reserved for males, while females often served their term learning to sew, spin, knit, or domestic labor.<br /><br />For more information on the Overseers of the Poor collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aid</a>" tab in the menu above.
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The Overseers of the Poor of Rockingham County
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JMU Libraries
Date
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1766-1871
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PDF
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Osp003_001
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/11">Overseers of the Poor: Minutebooks and Correspondences</a>
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/4525"> Overseers of the Poor Finding Aid</a>
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Date
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1841
Title
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Indenture of Apprenticeship, Sophina Cushman to John Bowman
Description
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housekeeper
Creator
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Overseers of the Poor
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JMU Libraries
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PDF
Identifier
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Osp003_005_035
Bowman
Cushman