tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34182491.post5869054932855135671..comments2023-10-11T23:46:08.194-04:00Comments on West in New England: HANNAH BUMPUS OF PLYMOUTH: WILLING PARTNER OR VICTIM? Bill Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01266937924453737084noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34182491.post-53952629008916771812013-07-14T13:57:12.359-04:002013-07-14T13:57:12.359-04:00There's another legal document for Hannah Bump...There's another legal document for Hannah Bumpus, definitely the daughter this time--her indenture to Robert Sprout, looks like in 1665. Perhaps you can decipher it better than I. Edward Bumpus is also an ancestor of mine.<br />http://search.ancestry.ca/Browse/BookView.aspx?dbid=2495&iid=40369_268628__0005-00126&sid=&gskw=Edward+BumpusLinda Stinsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34182491.post-11370045872634545372013-06-21T15:16:00.261-04:002013-06-21T15:16:00.261-04:00I agree that it's hard to tell whether she was...I agree that it's hard to tell whether she was a willing partner or victim. I'm sure there were instances of both in colonial times. There are many things I wonder when I read these accounts -like were the sentences actually carried out or was there a reprieve and how many lashes were to be administered and was that number the same for both of them? I'm not sure I could watch the punishment be carried out but again it's a matter of applying modern norms to a different era. Trying to place myself back in time (at least mentally), is part of what makes history and genealogy interesting to me. Pam Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06632946315151577636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34182491.post-44614887642820260502013-06-19T08:58:04.075-04:002013-06-19T08:58:04.075-04:00Wow, that is hard to tell, isn't it? One woul...Wow, that is hard to tell, isn't it? One would hope not. It's difficult to unearth painful family stories, but it is all part of the human condition. Anything more about Hannah? Did she ever marry, have children? Karen Packard Rhodeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07641711434283636830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34182491.post-592624986341434792013-06-19T08:16:23.170-04:002013-06-19T08:16:23.170-04:00Blaming the victim still exists today, I suppose i...Blaming the victim still exists today, I suppose it will as long as humanity exists.Claudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02714440790407126206noreply@blogger.com