AMERICA THE GREAT MELTING POT
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Ann Small see FAMILY TREE
Died: 1692 Branford, New Haven, CT
HUSBAND
CHILDREN
1.
Thomas Wheadon
b. 31 May 1663
2. Sarah Anne Wheadon
b. 23 Apr 1666
m. Samuel Elwell before 1691
3. Esther Wheadon
b. 26 Jan 1667/8
m. Edward Johnson bef. 1691
4. John Wheadon
b. 22 Dec 1671
m. Mary Frost 1696
5. Hannah Wheadon
b. 21 Jul 1674
m. John Thompson 1702
At a Court held at New Haven the 3rd of Jan 1659. Francis Harvey, a Frenchman, upon summons appearing, was told that he was to give answer concerning a treaty of marriage with a maid, carried on as its understood & as they both have confessed, to the engaging of themselves to one another, & without consent of parents of governor, contrary to a law here published, which was read, & they both were told that they had directly broke the law. To which he answered that there was no such law in the places where he hath been, nor did he know that there was any such law here; he was told that excuses him not, and that he must (if he live here) acquaint himself with the Laws established and submit to them. Ann Small was asked what she said to it having hired herself a servant for a year, she should within a month enter a treaty of marriage with a man, without consents of master, contrary to the Law. Ann Small pleaded that she was both ignorant of the Law & the breach of it, & that she intended to serve out her time with her Master; but Mr. Yale, her Master, said that she had within a short time after she came to him, moved to be free; to which it was said that was the fruit of such treaties, that having got a suit of clothes of her master, by and by she would be gone from him & engage herself to a man, without the consent of her mother, who she confessed was living, for ought she knew, to whom it would be a great grief to hear of her irregular proceedings. Mr. Yale informed that the carriage of Ann Small was very burdensome to them, not only in respect of that particular before spoken of, but also she was a notorious liar & unfaithful, concerning which he declared that there lodging a woman of Connecticut at his house, she left a small scarf behind her, which sometime after was inquired for by John Benham; to which Ann Small presently answered that there was none left there; but upon that occasion he asked his maid where she had that scarf which she wore; to which she answered that she had it when she lived with her master Tompson but she did not wear it because she thought it would be trouble to her dame & that she left it with Goodwife Mallery, who since sent it to her by John Wakefield's daughter; whereupon he inquired of Goodwife Wakefield & Goodwife Mallery, growing suspicious of Ann Small, asked him if he brought any children's gloves out of England; he told her, yes; she told him that his maid had given her a pair of kid gloves, which gloves upon inquiry at home he found that she had stolen from him; besides other things are gone, but how he knows not. Ann Small was asked if this that was spoken by her master was true; she said yes; she was told that she had the more cause to be ashamed: she was asked what else she had taken from her master, being other things are wanting; she said that she had nothing else but the gloves...Page 428 Francis Harvey was told that he had broken the law by his irregular proceeding in this treaty of marriage with Ann Small, & thereby he falls under the fine of 40, that must forthwith be paid & that the court had little encouragement to give liberty for him to settle here. Ann Small was also reproved for her impudent & insensibility under such miscarriages, & sentenced to pay 10 as fine for her lying; as for stealing the scarf, she is to pay 2, and 12, for the gloves; for her other miscarriages, it was declared that she deserves corporal punishment, which the Court will take their time to consider of, which she must expect unless her better carriage prevent it. Mr. Yale desired that he might be freed of Ann Small, who has carried it so unsatisfyingly in his family; but no place being propounded to the satisfaction of the court, she left with Mr. Yale until further order. New Haven Town Records Feb 1659/60: Francis Harvey & Ann Small, who were both fined the last Court, their fines being demanded; they were told that the Court approved not their going on in that league which had been witnessed against; Francis was warned to remove out of town this spring; he said he was sorry for what he had done, & desired that he might stay.
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