Subject: Uxley (Uxly) - Chester Co., PA
Poorhouse Admissions 1859-1872
Uxley Mary East Caln Taken out on trial March 1861 80
Uxley Mary East Caln Taken out ‐ brought back April 1861 86
Uxley Mary Upper Oxford Taken out on trial May 1861 88
Uxley Mary C. White 8 January 1861 72
Uxly Mary Marlborough Taken out on trial December 1861 100
Uxly Mary Brought back December 1861 100
Uxly Mary C. 8 South Coventry Order brought for Oct 1860 61
Directors continued to apprentice, or bind out, children with the consent of two or more Justices of the Peace in 1803. By 1884 Directors were not to keep children between the ages of two and 16 in the Alms or Poor House over 60 days unless they were physically or mentally handicapped and instead were to place them in homes (institutional or family) and check on them at least once every six months as to their care and treatment.[v] By the same law Chester and Lancaster counties were empowered to erect an industrial home, separate from the Poor House, for the care and training of children. This caused tremendous public outrage in Chester County resulting in the Children's Aid Society placing the children in foster homes.