"Do Not Trust My Wife"

A notice placed in a Boston newspaper in January 1777: "I, John Whitehead, of Weston, for several Reasons, forbid all Persons trusting ANNA, my wife, any Thing whatsoever, on my Account; as I declare I will not pay any Debt she may contract after the Date hereof." --Richard C. Wiggin, "Embattled Farmers: Tracing Revolutionary Soldiers from Lincoln, Massachusetts," American Ancestors, Spring 2015 issue