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- There are two references to women being taxed in the first four volumes of the Plymouth Colony Court Records. All the women who are "rated for publick use" by the government of the Plymouth Colony are widows, and owe from twelve to nine shillings, payable in corn.
There are two references to women being taxed in the first four volumes of the Plymouth Colony Court Records. All the women who are "rated for publick use" by the government of the Plymouth Colony are widows, and owe from twelve to nine shillings, payable in corn.
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The 1623 Division of Land was originally written by William Bradford, and is published in The Records of Plymouth Colony (PCR) 12: 4-6; it is reprinted in Eugene Stratton's Plymouth Colony, 1986: 415-17. Each colonist, man, woman and child, was entitled to one acre.
Women in Plymouth Colony had more extensive legal and social rights compared to 17th-century European norms. They were considered equal to men before God from the perspective of the Church. Women were, however, expected to take traditionally feminine roles, such as child-rearing and maintaining the household.
Unlike the majority of Plymouth Colony women, Elizabeth Warren’s name appears regularly in the records of Plymouth Colony during the long period of her widowhood. She appears first as paying the taxes owed by all heads of household. She appears next as executor of her husband’s estate.
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Aug 1, 2002 · T he settlers who migrated to and/or resettled in the colonies of Plymouth, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Connecticut paid little to nothing in taxes during the first few decades of their establishment. The English government imposed almost no taxes.
Dec 18, 2009 · In September 1620, during the reign of King James I, a group of around 100 English men and women—many of them members of the English Separatist Church later known to history as the Pilgrims—set...
