386Talbot County Court Proceedings, 1662-1674.








         Liber BB Anthony Purss and Ann Mungummory Appeared att the Court
           No.2    to Answere to A pressentement Given in the Last Court by the
               Counstable for Burdergo.

                Whereas Ann Mungummory upon Examination had in oppen
               Court att the Last Court held for this County Conserning the
               Father of A Bastard Child, that slice then went with; and upon her
               examination shee afirming that Anthony Purss was the Father of
               the said Bastard, and that hee gott her with Child upon New Yeares
               day Last past, and being now brought abed upon the sixteenth day
               of July Last past (wch was before the time that was perfixed by her
               Examination) The Court therefor upon Examination of sercum
               stances, and of the Judgment of divers persons, finding that the
               Child being perfectly borne, Could nott bee the Child of the Reputted
               Father, being borne within the time before Limitted/

                Samuell May servant to W Thomas Powell was brought to this
               Court to Judg of his Age, the Court Judge him to bee Twenty
               yeares old and to serue according to Act of Assembly.
                Richard Moore and John Isard servants to Richard Gorsuch
               Judged by the Court to bee flueteene yeares old; they Court bath
               ordered them to serve six yeares Apeece.
                Mary Chicke servant to Richard Gorsuch to serve six yeares being
               Judged to bee sixteene yeares old/

            John Boules Lay with mr Hynsons two maids as reported; mT
               Souths maide is with Child as reported. John Singleton

                These are to Impower you to swear into your Commission these
               persons whose names are here under subscribed as vizt mr Symon
               Carpender, Mr Phillip Stephenson, and mr Thomas Powell and for
               soe doeing this shall bee your warrant, Given under my hand this
               Fowerth day of July one Thousand six hundd sixty & flue
              To his Lordships Commissioners     Charles Calvert
                  for Talbott County

                Alexander Ray appeared att this Court to answere the Complant
               of Mary and Sarah Woodley Orphants, and the Court hath ordered
               that the Orphants Returne to theire father Law the said Ray, and
               MT Seth Forster and mr Thomas Powell are appoynted to goe and
               take Cognazance of theire grevienees.

         A Court held for Talbott County the 19th of September 1665
                              Present
               Henery Coursey Esqr
               mr Ric: Woollman                      Mr Symon Carpender   .
                               r            • r Commissioners
               mr James Ringold                      M Phitt: Stephenson sinyo