Daily Life as a Farmers Wife

By: Kalei Mull.

Project :Life as a Colonist

Farming and Trades.

There is always work to be done from sun up to sun down. The chores where endless plowing, picking, planting, watering and others. This was backbreaking work.

Now when you needed to plow you go get the tiller. When you need water you get the water hose and you don’t have to go pump it or find it.

Family Life

The families in the colonial time were very close to one another not leaving to do much more other than trade. Families supported their selves making their own clothes, food, blankets.

Today we still have a good relationship with our family all though we could spend more time with them, instead of friends.

Pastime / Hobby In the colonial days everyone was very busy,

and little time for games and recreation. Children would play games to help them with skills like running, jumping and throwing.  All of their games were made from things they had because there were no factories or stores that made toys. 

Today we have lots of factory made toys, most Americans do not play with any hand made toys. Today we have a little more time because we do not have to work in the field all day, instead we work for companies.

Communication

Being a farmers family the only people you really knew and had relationship with was your family and the church people. The only other time they were out was when they were trading. People spoke English, but their words didn’t always mean what they mean today.

Today we have phones, internet, emails, cars, buses, trains, and lots of other thing to stay in touch.

Relations with Other People Groups

She only has relationships with other people through when she was trading with other people, and her church. Relationships with her family and church and trading only.

Were as today we have relation with other churches, religions, schools, grades, and jobs.

Daily Life of a Farmers Wife.The women of the family worked just as hard as the men. They

had clothing to make and meals to cook. Almost everything needed for the home was made in the home. The women would make the candles and soap. These jobs would take many days. Clothes for the family had to be made and there was spinning and weaving and knitting to be done. The women of the family would get up very early in the morning to start preparing the meals for the day. Preparing meals in the colonial days meant that birds had to be plucked and bread had to be baked.

Today we have stores to get everything, you might have a job to make this but we have mostly machinery.

Education and Religion.In colonial times, education was important. Some children went to

school and some didn't. Those that did go would learn to read, write, and do arithmetic.Parents wanted their children to learn how to read so they could read the Bible.They wanted their children to study their religion.Each of the colonies had different beliefs about what people should learn in those services. Most of the New England colonists were Puritans and they led very strict lives. They would meet in a meetinghouse. It was a large building in the center of the town and was used for meetings as well as church services. The Middle colonists were a mixture of religions, including Quakers, Catholics, and Jews.

Today everyone has to go to school until you are sixteen. You are allowed to be any religion you want to be.