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 | Anne Orthwood's Bastard: Sex and Law in Early Virginia (1st Edition) by John Ruston Pagan Paperback, 232 Pages, Published 2002 ISBN-10: 0-19-514479-1 / 0195144791 ISBN-13: 978-0-19-514479-6 / 9780195144796 In 1663, an indentured servant, Anne Orthwood, was impregnated with twins in a tavern in Northampton County, Virginia. Orthwood died soon after giving birth; one of the twins, Jasper, survived. Orthwood's illegitimate pregnancy sparked four related cases that came before the Northampton magistrates | |