Maine Memory Network

In this letter dated May 3, 1830, David Webber of Harpswell writes the Cumberland Overseers of the Poor to tell them he will take David Webber, son of Richard Webber, "abought" five years of age. David Webber of Harpswell says he will take the boy until he turns 21 if the Overseers will bind the younger boy to him, and will give him good learning and good "Cloes."

David Webber of Harpswell appears to be the brother of Richard Webber of Cumberland, and uncle to the younger David Webber. An indenture document signed by the Cumberland Overseers of the Poor in June 1830 bound out the younger David Webber to David Webber of Harpswell until September 5, 1845, when the younger David would turn 21. The indenture agreement was broken, as the younger David Webber was bound out to another uncle, James Hamilton of Cumberland, on June 25, 1832.