There are such interesting people on FR..me I think all my ancestors were horse thieves :)
I have a couple of those...
One was a sheep thief...several times ...went to jail...
another stole corn and grain during a starving time in early Massachusetts...He was whipped...and eventually banned from the colony and moved to NY...and then I think back to England..
Another ...a woman...sold liquor to the Indians from her tavern...wasnt banned from the colony because she had been there so long and had outlived all the others who had come on the same “first ship”..
And I had one at least who was a sheep thief...
He went to prison once for stealing 34 sheep...
Herding sheep is just about as bad as herding cats...
he must have had a good sheep dog
:)
Oh this is an old thread...
I answered your comment about your hoss thievin ancestor when this was first posted...
:)