Fanny, the pauper in question, was the child of a slave of Jonathan Butler of Hartford, and acquired a settlement, by birth, in the town of Hartford. She was free at the age of twenty-five $ and, of course, is to be considered as a free person, and never was a slave. During her residence with Frederick Butler, she is to be considered on the footing of an apprentice, or minor, living in another town, by the consent of parents or guardians ; and did not thereby gain any settlement in Wethersfield, She never gained a settlement in Windsor, in right of her mother j for the mother being a slave could communicate no such right. She must, of course, retain her settlement in Hartford, and her two children follow the place of her settlement.

I am of opinion that the plaintiffs are entitled to recover.

Judgment to be given for plaintiffs.