212Kent County Court Proceedings, 1656-1662.





         Liber B    charge that Mrs Conner hath benn at for keepinge of the Child that
               the said Elesabeth shall pay or make sattisfaiction for

        [fol. 94] To The Worshipfull The Commirs of Kent County
                The Humble pettition of William Hemsley
                Sheweth That Whearas your pettir being the Greatest Creditor
               To the Estate of Thomas Snookes Deseaced and by write of law
               ought to Adminester upon the said Estate now tell yor pettr cann gett
               Letters of Adminesteration from the secretã youre pettr humbly
               Desires that he may by order of Court be possesed of the said estate
               to sattiffy himself and the Rest of the Creditors so fare as it will ex
               tend & yor pettir shall euer pray

                Upon the pettetion thes Court Doth order that William Hemsley
               shall take the Estate of thomas snookes into his possestion and the
               same to sell att an outcry and to bringe a Just and parfett Acoumpt
               thearof into the next Court wheare order will be takene for the sat
               tisfaction of his Debts so far forth as his estate shall Extend

                Know all men by thes presents that I Thomas Williams Doe Asigne
               ouer unto John Winchester all my Rite Titell and Interest of my
               saruant Thomas Bradly as wittnes my hand thes 8th Day of March
              1660                           the marke of
               Wittnes William Granger    Thomas   Williams
                      the marke of
                    Andrew   Ellenor

                Marke Benton hath made Apeare upon othe to thes Court that
               Theare is Dew to him on hundred Acurs of land as a Guift from
               the Lord propratary for transporting himself and his wife into thes
               province thes Court Doth order that he shall haue his land in any
               pt of thes province not yett taken up or Reserued for his Lordships
               use the said Marke Benton hath Asigned fifty Acurs of the said land
               unto John Jenkens in Court
              Teste Me Tobye Wells Clk

              To the Worshipfull Commirs of the County of Kent the Humble
                pettir of Sarah Raby sheweth
                That Whearas your pettir being left in A Destitute Conditione as
               may Apeare to your worships your pettir humbly Craues she may
               Inioy hur wareing Clothes and hur Bedinge and she shall euer pray
                Whearas fransis Barnes hath Detayned thes pettir Ruge thes Court
               Doth order that the said Barnes shall Delliuer thes pettri hur Ruge
               when she shall demand it and for wt debt he cann make Apeare hur
               husband owed to hime he is to be paid out of his Estate so fare forth
               as the said Estate shall extend to the paying of all his Debts