Property and Kinship: Inheritance in Early Connecticut, 1750-1820

Toby L. Ditz

Published by Princeton University Press 1986

Property and Kinship

Inheritance in Early Connecticut, 1750-1820

Toby L. Ditz

Volume 477 in the series Princeton Legacy Library

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400858293

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Toby Ditz explores the relationship among inheritance, kinship, and the commercialization of agriculture. Comparing four upland communities with a Connecticut River Valley town, she finds that inheritance practices in the late colonial era heavily favored some male heirs and created shared rights in property. These customs continued into the early nineteenth century in the upland, but in the commercialized river-valley town practices became more egalitarian and individualized.

Originally published in 1986.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of Tables Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
Chapter One. American Exceptionalism and the Northern Countryside Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter Two. Inheritance and Life-Chances in Comparative Perspective Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	24
Chapter Three. Universal Features of Inheritance in Connecticut Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	46
Chapter Four. Equality and Inequality Among Children Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
Chapter Five. Inherited Obligations and Kinship Ties Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	82
Chapter Six. Parental Power, Marriage, and the Timing of Inheritance Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
Chapter Seven. Patriarchal Households and Inheritance by Women Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
Chapter Eight. Families, Creditors, and Neighbors: Estate Administration Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	138
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
Appendix A. The Probate Population and Gross Wealth: A Check Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
Appendix B. Profile of the Probate Population Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
Appendix C. Sources and a Note on Significance Testing Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	190
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207

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