Massachusetts Archives Collection. v.105-Petitions, 1643-1775. SC1/series 45X, Petition of Rebecca Hayward

<p>Petition subject: Court cases </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13909067">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13909067</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1749-12-19 </p> <p>Petition location: Braintree </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Rebecca Hayward</li></ol> </p> <p>Total signatures: 1 </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 1 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: spinster, [females] </p> <p>Prayer format was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing">printed</a> vs. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuscript">manuscript</a>: Manuscript </p> <p>Additional archivist notes: Suffolk, Boston, bastard female child, Rebekah Howard, Rebecca Howard, Rebekah Hayward, Rebecca Hayward, Braintree singlewoman, bonds, molatto, Benjamin Kent, Jonathan Hayden Jr. </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 105, pages 344-345 </p> <p>Acknowledgements: Supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-5105612), Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, Center for American Political Studies at Harvard University, Institutional Development Initiative at Harvard University, and Harvard University Library.</p>