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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1691-1692
Volume 405, Page 169   View pdf image (33K)
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To their Matiew Worll. Justices of the Peace for the County of Somerset in Court Sitting. The humble Petion
of John: King Sheweth &ca. ____ - - - - - That mr Edmund Beauchamp late Clerk of this County
decd Stood indebted to your Petioner the Sum of eleaven hundred & thirty One pound of tobacco, of which Said
Sum your Petioner hath recd no part or percell thereof. Therefore humbly Craves your worps Order agt the
Admr of the decds Estate and as in duty bound shall pray &ca


Judgmt. Confest for the Sum declared for pr Admr
July ye 1st. 1690 .
mr John: Galbraith Dr lb pc.
To 3 : gall of ru# & 6lb. Suger. - 150:
pr Tho: Jones. _____


Judgment was Confest in Open Court pr Majr Robert King Adm to the Estate of sd Galbraith



To the worll Comrs of Somerset County now in Court Sitting. The humble Petion of James: Pypon humbly sheweth
That whereas mr. Galbraith (late of this County Mercht. deceased, became indebted to yr Petioner in the full
and just Sum of fourty eight shillings Sterling. Therefore your Petioner Craves yr worps Order agt ye Admr
of the said mr. Galbraith for the said Sum, and yr Petioner as in duty bound shall ever pray &ca. ________
James: Pypon


Memorandum. That this day to witt the 24th day of December 1691: Came ye above mentnd
James: Pypon (before me the Subscriber) and made Oath upon the holy Evangelist, that neither he nor none
for him, ever recd any part or percel of pay for the abovesd fourty eighty shillings Sterling, Save fourteen
Shillings which the above written mr Galbraith assumed to pay to John: Webb. (which if paid he is willing
to discompt) also the value of One gallon rum recd from the said Galbraith in his life time ____________
Sworn before me Edmund: Howard.
Judgmt was Confest pr Majr Robert King for thirty One shilling. Adm to sd Galbraith


To the worll. their Maties Justices of Somerset County. George Benson humbly Sheweth. That yr Petioner through ye
Instigation of an ill disposed person was drawn in that business relateing to William: Morris his Excape. for wch
your worps were pleased not only to order me to find Sureties for the good behaviour but also to fine yr Petioner
in the Sum of five hundred pound of Tobacco at a Court held in November last past, yr Petioner being heartily
Sory for the Contempt Comitted, and well hoping it will be a warning from Comitting the like fact and also having
a Considerable Charge to maintaine by yr poor petioners Only hand labour, humbly Supplicates yr worps favour in
the premises, and that yr worps will please to discharge yr petioner from his Recognizance for the behaviour and yt
the aforesd fine of five hundred pound of tobacco may be remitted and as in duty bound yr Petioner shall ever pray &ca
Not granted.





 

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