Catherine MNU
Abt 1754 - Abt 1793 (~ 39 years)-
Name Catherine MNU Birth Abt 1754 NC 
Gender Female Death Abt 1793 - One thing that's always bothered me is that we have no wife for John Sr. She must have died after Adams's 8 July 1792 birth (I figured his birth from the age of death on his tombstone which was 60 years, 5 months, 19 days). She must have died before John sold land to Frederick, Henry, and John Jr. or she would have provided a dower release (unless that wasn't done in NC then - I haven't worked in NC for some time, so may not have that right).
email from Kay Ingalls Dec 2012 to Gordon L. Drollinger
Person ID I2814 Drollinger Genealogy Last Modified 3 Aug 2018
Family John Drollinger, b. 1745, NC or PA d. Aft 1814, Guilford County, NC (Age 70 years) Children 1. Henry (E.) Drollinger, b. 19 Dec 1770, Guilford County, NC d. 29 Jul 1848, Fountain County, IN (Age 77 years)2. Catherine Drollinger, b. 1774 d. Aft May 1836 (Age 62 years) 3. Frederick Drollinger, b. 1775, NC d. 26 Jun 1817, Guilford, Orange, NC (Age 42 years)+ 4. Maria Elizabeth "Mary" Drollinger, b. Abt 1776, Guilford County, NC d. 6 Mar 1858, Guilford County, NC (Age ~ 82 years)5. John Drollinger, Jr., b. Abt 1778, NC d. 23 Sep 1822, Wilson County, TN (Age ~ 44 years)6. William Drollinger, b. Abt 1778, NC d. 1824, Preble County, OH (Age ~ 46 years)7. Christina Drollinger, b. Abt 1784, Guilford County, NC 8. Mary Barbara Drollinger, b. 10 Nov 1787, Browns Run, Montgomery, OH d. 30 Aug 1853, La Moille, Bureau, IL (Age 65 years)9. Adam Drollinger, b. 18 Jul 1792, Guilford, Orange, NC d. 27 Dec 1852, Fountain County, IN (Age 60 years)Family ID F910 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Aug 2018
- One thing that's always bothered me is that we have no wife for John Sr. She must have died after Adams's 8 July 1792 birth (I figured his birth from the age of death on his tombstone which was 60 years, 5 months, 19 days). She must have died before John sold land to Frederick, Henry, and John Jr. or she would have provided a dower release (unless that wasn't done in NC then - I haven't worked in NC for some time, so may not have that right).
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Notes - Under the common law, full majority was reached at the age of 21. Anyone under 21 was legally an infant. Only persons who had reached majority could perform certain legal actions:
· Buy or sell land without restriction · Vote or hold public office
· Bring suit in one?s own name · Devise land in a will
· Sign a bond or note · Patent land
· Marry without consent · Act as a guardian
· Serve on a jury
Laws governing a widow's share of real estate (called her dower) evolved as follows: 1663-1783: Throughout marriage a wife had a right to one-third of her husband's real estate. She could not sell it, but he could not sell property without her consent. This was called dower by common law.
1784-1868: A wife's right to one-third of her husband's land became effective only at his death, meaning that during marriage his control was absolute. He could sell any and all of the property. His control was called his "curtesy."
Nothing to support first name of Catherine - GLD
- Under the common law, full majority was reached at the age of 21. Anyone under 21 was legally an infant. Only persons who had reached majority could perform certain legal actions: