Family
Kristin Hodges - Lovell Cox
Size
-The colonial family in the early 1700s was usually large, often consisting of the parents and 7-8 children. Boys were always favored to have, the girls were only wanted for housing and cooking.
Function
-They all worked hard to keep the family going.
The mom cooked, all the men worked, and the daughters learned to clean and do house work
Food
Most of the family's made their own food, bread, flour, butter, and milk. All natural ingredients from their own farm.
Clothing
Each baby would wear a pudding, inner-tube type waist band that protected the baby when he or she fell, when the child turned 6 the mother would make clothing for the child sown by hand. The clothing looked identically to what the mother and or father would wear, it was a drastic change.
Housing
The families lived in a one room house called a keeper. The mother father and babies would sleep in this one room while all the children were in the attic. Most of these houses were made out of wood also known as salt boxes
Work
-If they did not have a farm to tend to then they helped in the family business and helped in everyday chores. Boys would go to school and girls would be home schooled and taught less