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Do Bastardy records exist for Colonial Maryland?

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Do any Bastardy records exist for British Colonial Maryland, either by county or by state? If so, are any indexed?
in Genealogy Help by Doug Shannon G2G4 (4.4k points)

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I have seen some in individual court cases where the issue was who was to take responsibility for the child.  I'm not aware of an organized collection of bastardy cases.
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