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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1730-1733
Volume 842, Page 292d   View pdf image
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March Court      1732             293

it Stood by the old Orchard and further Saith not

The Deposition of Joseph Standford Aged thirty nine Years or there abouts and this
Deponent Sayeth that when he was a boy he Saw a tree Standing near the head of the
Savana branch which had fractions in the bark but whether it was a bounder or not he
Could not tell and further sayeth that his father and Anthony Goldsmith Standing by the
Old Orchard Anthony Goldsmith pointed^ing^ up the Savanna to A tree sad there was the
bounder of Phildarrah's Land and Saith that he was at the trees Since and it was a
Red oak but Doth not Remember that there was any marks in it and further saith Not

The Deposition of William Haymon aged Sixty Six Years or their abouts and this Deponant
sayeth that a black gum was the third bounder of a tract of Land Called Hopewell Standing
Northward from the Savanna for he saw it marked and further saith he heard Richard
Chambers say that a white oake was the first bounder of Henry Haymans Land and he Did
not Care if it was within his Land fifty yards that if it Stood Near the head of the Savanna
Branch and that Hayman saw it before and after it was marked and further sayeth
that Last October was three Years that he was at Philldarrah Dawgherty house in Kent
County on Dellawar and that he heard Philldarrah say the first bounder of hopewell
Stood near the head of the Savanna branch Leading into Wecomoco and furth^er^ saith not

The Deposition of Henry Dorman aged Sixty Years or their abouts and this Deponant
sayeth that he heard Philldarrah Doughterty tell William Hayman that the first
bounder of hopewell was a White oake and it Stood near the head of the Savannah
branch and further saith Not

The Deposition of Thomas Pollett aged fourty Year or there abouts and this Deponant
sayeth that he was at Thomas Breretons house and he heard Mary Brereton say
that she heard her father Richard Chambers say that the first bounder of Philldarrah's
Land Stud below the house on the branch and further saith Not

The Deposition of James Hayman Aged twenty Nine Year or their abouts and this
Deponant saith that his father and his brother Henry Hayman was building a house
and ^he^ heard his father say pointing with his hamer that his third bounder was a gum
standing by the side of a swamp and further saith Not

By Vertue of this Commission we the Subscribers being Qualified as the Law Directs
Within Mentioned and Richard Chambers, Patrick Daley, Thomas Poole and Joseph
Standford all agreeing at a Certain Place Saying ^that^ by what Information they had the
first bounder of hopewell was thereabouts where we marked a tree as      Jam.s Strawbridge
Wittness our hands                                                                                   W.m Turpin


 
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