[733] Moore, in _Historical Magazine_, x, p. 189. The Reverend John Davenport, in a letter to the younger Winthrop, June, 1666, spoke of the baptism of slaves “born in the house.” _Historical Magazine_, x, p. 59. The instance of Mr. Maverick of Noddle’s Island attempting to breed slaves is another example of the general custom of the time of holding the children of slave women as slaves. Littleton _v._ Tuttle, in _Massachusetts Reports_, iv, p. 128; Cushing, _Reports_, x, p. 410. Felt, in _Statistical Association Collections_, i, p. 586. Palfrey, _History of New England_, ii, p. 30, states that no person was ever born into legal slavery in Massachusetts. See also Moore, _Notes on the History of Slavery in Massachusetts_, pp. 24–25, and Steiner, _op. cit._, pp. 18–19. [734] Pirate _v._ Dalby, 1786 (Pennsylvania), in 1 _Dallas_, second edition, p. 167; Wilson et al. _v._ Hinkley et al., 1787 (Connecticut), in _Kirby_, p. 202; The State _v._ Van Waggoner, 1797 (New Jersey), in 1 _Halstead_, p. 374; Jenkins _v._ Tom, 1792 (Virginia), in 1 _Washington_, p. 123; Coleman _v._ Dick, 1793 (Virginia), in 1 _Washington_, p. 233; Hudgins _v._ Wright, 1806 (Virginia), in 1 _Hening and Munford_, second edition, p. 134; Pallas et al. _v._ Hill et al., 1807 (Virginia), in 2 _Hening and Munford_, second edition, p. 149; Gregory _v._ Baugh, 1831 (Virginia), in 2 _Leigh_, p. 665. [735] Wheeler, _op. cit._, p. 20; 2 _Leigh_, p. 665. [736] Ballagh, _op. cit._, p. 31. [737] _Ibid._, pp. 31–32. [738] Hurd, _The Law of Freedom and Bondage in the United States_, i, pp. 249, 257, 260, 262, 265, 266, 268, 269, 275, 276, 283, 288, 295–297, 310; Ballagh, _op. cit._, p. 35. [739] Ballagh, _op. cit._, p. 35. Indian slavery in Virginia was not, then, actually in existence until so decreed by the laws of 1670, 1676 and 1682. Hening, _op. cit._, ii, pp. 280, 283, 346, 404. [740] Ballagh, _op. cit._, pp. 27–37. The status of servitude had distinct recognition in statute law as follows: Virginia, 1619; Massachusetts, 1630–1636; Maryland, 1637; Connecticut, 1643; Rhode Island, 1647; North Carolina, 1665; Pennsylvania, 1682; Georgia, 1732. Ballagh, _op. cit._, p. 36. [741] Bartram, _Retrographs_, p. 42. [742] _The Statutes at Large of South Carolina_, vii, p. 352. The act was repeated in 1722. _Ibid._, vii, p. 371. [743] Hurd, _op. cit._, i, p. 225. Not until 1772 did the highest English court declare the common law of England incompatible with slavery, and neither recognizing nor permitting its existence in England. The decision had no relation to the colonies.