11680503https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/11680503VirginiaAccomackCounty13121805Legislative20121805Legislativereasonable, reported001Library of Virginia, Richmond, VirginiaMarried 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.DivorceInterracial relationshipsIllegitimacy