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People have always lived in families, but what that means has varied dramatically across time and cultures. The family is not a "natural" phenomenon but an institution with a dynamic history stretching 10,000 years into the past. Mary Jo Maynes and Ann Waltner tell the story of this fundamental unit from the beginnings of domestication and human settlement. They consider the codification of rules governing marriage in societies around the ancient world, the changing conceptions of family wrought by the heightened pace of colonialism and globalization in the modern world, and how state policies shape families today. The authors illustrate ways in which differences in gender and generation hav...
Ludwig Bottner (ca.1722-1801) immigrated from Germany to Amelia Town- ship, Orangeburg County, South Carolina during or before 1755 (he possibly immigrated to Pennsylvania and moved by 1755 to South Caro- lina), and later moved to land in Fairfield County, South Carolina. Descendants and relatives lived in South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas and elsewhere. Includes chapter entitled "Black Boatners," particularly those living in South Carolina, Mississippi and Louisiana.
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Polly and Ebenezer were two of the six children of Ebenezer Alden (1743-1773) and Ruth Fobes. They were born in Massachusetts. Polly married Nehemiah Jones and seetled in Massachusetts. Ebenezer (1770-1853) moved to Chester County, Pennsylvania and married Elizabeth Ames. They later moved to Cecil County, Maryland. Descendants lived chiefly in Massachusetts, New York, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.