"Eliz. Furnis was prosecuted for bastard bearing. Ordered that the sheriff take her into custody and give her 20 lashes upon her bare back. Since it was her third bastard, she was to 'be whipped ten lashes every week through a year to come.'" (2) (II:52a)
(1) JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack County, Virginia Court Order Abstracts, 1663-1666, Vol. I (Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, Inc., 1996), 106, 117, quoting Accomack County, Virginia Order Book 1:87a, 94b.
(2) JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack County, Virginia Court Order Abstracts, 1666-1670, Vol. II (Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, Inc., 1996), 68, 82, 99, 198, quoting Accomack County, Virginia Order Book 2:43a, 52a, 62a, 188.