Married for twelve years and living "in harmony" with his wife Tabitha, Ayres Tatham said that he felt shame and confusion when, in 1803, Tabitha gave birth to a mulatto child "obviously the issue of an illicit intercourse with a black man." In 1804, Tabitha ran away, departing the county and leaving the three children born of "her former more correct & happier days" in the care of her husband. Ayres was informed that she had been found living in Philadelphia. He asks for the dissolution of their marriage contract.
Result: Reasonable, reported.
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Repository: Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia
