Maryland

But he wouldn't have been indentured from birth. His indenture might have been signed when he was 15, after which he journeyed to Maryland and died at 16.

Since the holder of the indenture (effectively the servant's owner) was obligated to release the servant at the end of the indenture period,and provide him* with tools, seeds, and whatever else he would need to strike out his own, an alarming number of servants died suddenly at about four years and eleven months into their term of service.

* The overwhelming majority of indentured servants were male, which created lots of other problems.