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Appendix.

MSS.
Archives

Samuel Farmer

James Kendall

of Md.

John Owen

Henry Gaither Sen^r

Black Book
No. 10

Robert Daw

Edward Gaither Jun^r

Letter 107

James Sargent

Frederick Bowman

Hall of
Records

Snowden Sargent

Darby Murphey

4

SAINT STEPHEN'S PARISH, CECIL COUNTY

[A PETITION, DATED JULY 8, 1760, FROM THE RECTOR,
VESTRY, AND CHURCHWARDENS OF ST. STEPHEN'S PARISH
PRAYING FOR AN ACT TO VALIDATE CERTAIN IRREGULAR
VESTRY PROCEEDINGS.]

MSS.
Archives
of Md.
Black Book
No. 10
Letter 51
Hall of
Records

To The Honourable, Upper & Lower houses of Assembly Of
the Province of Maryland
The Petition of the Rector, Vestrymen, & Churchwardens of
Saint Stephens Parish, in Cecil County.
Humbly Sheweth, That Whereas the Laws of this Province Have
Appointed a Particular day for the Electing & choosing Vestrymen &
churchwardens, yearly & every year, and Last Easter monday being
the prefixed day for Electing. We Your Petitioners could not Attend,
on Account of the Small Pox being at the Church at the time, and
our families, & selves Several of us not ever having it Looking
upon it dangerous, Defered meeting 'til the next vestry day in
course, when We met & proceed to make choice of new vestrymen &
Churchwardens &^c. We therefore pray your Honours make an
Act To Confirm &^c make good the Preceedings of the said Vestry
And to grant us a Limitation of some days for the future To make
our Election least some weather or Sickness Should Prevent our
meeting on one Prefixed day for tho future Also To Confirm our List
of Batchelors fines made out this day And your Petitioners Will
pray &^c.

July 8.^th 1 760

H. Joneo Reet^r

William Barroll Rect

Henry W; Pearce

Berthw Cherington

Nath.^ll Hynson

John Stockton

James Wroth

James Coppin

John Ward