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L. H. J.
Liber No. 47
June 18
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Which Bills were severally read here, with the Amendments pro-
posed by the Upper House, and to which Amendments this House
doth not agree.
Col. Hooper delivers to Mr. Speaker the following Report :
By the Committee appointed by the Honourable the Lower House
of Assembly, to enquire into the Truth of the Facts set forth in the
Petition of Thomas Catterall, June 18, 1752.
We find a written Paper, alleged to be the Will of Thomas Robin-
son, but neither proved nor under Seal, marked A. We find the
Deposition of Elizabeth Bolton and Elizabeth Rigby, which does
not appear to us to be taken in the Presence of the adverse Party,
or that he had Notice; which the Petitioner alleges was impracticable,
the Deponents being beyond Sea. Also a Power of Attorney from
Thomas Catterall the Petitioner, and others, to a certain Capt. John
Lancaster, dated June, 1721, marked D.
It appears to us, by the Affidavits of the said John Lancaster, and
his Brother Joseph Lancaster, that the aforesaid Thomas Catterall,
the Petitioner, is the same Person mentioned in the Deposition of
Elizabeth Bolton and Elizabeth Rigby. It appears likewise by Mr.
Benjamin Pearce, that Mrs. Knight's Son, whom she had by Mr.
Thomas Robinson, died under Age.
That it appears by the Deposition aforesaid, marked D, that two
of the Sisters of Mr. Robinson, viz. Alice and Anne, are both dead ;
but whether the other two Sisters are dead does not appear.
We find the Act of Assembly, made in the Year 1720, in Favour
of Richard Bennett, Esq; who purchased from the Surveyor General,
Maurice Birchfield, Esq; Turkey Point, as Land belonging to the
Crown, marked C. It also appears by a Receipt on the Back of a
Copy of a Record of a Decree of the Duchy Chamber of Lancaster,
that the Sum of 1918 1. 6 s. 4 d. Sterling Money, in October, 1725,
was paid; but whether Thomas Robinson, at the Time of his Death,
was indebted to Peregrine Brown, or the Crown, does not appear to
this Committee.
All which is humbly submitted to the Consideration of your Hon-
ourable House.
Signed per Order, Wm. Wilkins, Clerk.
Col. Harrison brings in and deliver Lu Mi. Speaker a Dill cn-
tituled, A Supplementary Act to an Act entituled, An Act to enable
the Justices of Charles County to assess and levy on the taxable
Inhabitants, on that Part of the late Rev. Mr. Donaldson's Parish
which lies in the said County, 55000 lb. of Tobacco; and for other
Purposes therein mentioned: Which was read the first Time, and
ordered to lie on the Table.
The House adjourns until Tomorrow Morning at 9 of the Clock.
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