NOVEMBER COURT 1692

 

98 ~  8 November 1692, Court convenes; Commissioners present: Francis Jenckins, James Dashiell, Thomas Newbold, Samuel Hopkins, Edmund Howard, Capt. John King; Thomas Newbold and Edmund Howard take oath for Justice of the Peace.

 

98 ~  Sheriff returns the Grand Jury: William Turvile, Roger Philips, Benjamin Esham, William Tomkins, John Townsend, Jun., Philip Askue, Miles Gray, George Betts, Edward Wale, William Wallis, Abraham Emmett, John Richins, Thomas Shiles, Thomas Beauchamp, Paskue Bartlett, Francis Roberts.

 

98 ~  Coroners: Colonel David Browne, Capt. John Winder, James Round, Edmund Howard.

 

98 ~  Constables for the hundreds, old and new:

Robert Crouch             Wiccocomico                           Philip Carter

Samuel Fluellen             Nanticoke                                Thomas Ackworth

John White                               Mony                                       Joy Hobbs

Mearcy Fountaine                     Manokin                                   James Willis

Adam Heatch                           Annimessex                              George Wilson

Edward Harper                        Pocomoke                                Joseph Gray

Tobias Pepper                          Mattapony                                Benjamin Idlott

John Franklin                            Bogaternorten                           Nicholas Cornehill

 

99 ~  Order to William Elgate and William Keen to determine location of the high road and to provide plan to Thomas Cox.

 

99 ~  Petition from certain “Inhabitants of the forest”, who have been ordered to clear a highway, asking that a different route be considered since the present plan was done wholly for the convenience of the overseer; petition granted; signed by John Callwall (Caldwell), Nicholas Tayler, Andrew Speir, Robert Callwall, James Wallace, James Callwall, Matthew Wallace, Andrew Callwall, Robert Wallace, Andrew Wallace, William Wallace, Michael O’Neal, William Wallace, Jun., William Wallace. (See Transcription).

 

99 ~  Persons appointed to assist Justices in dividing County into Parishes on 22 November;

Mattapony: Thomas Purnell, Henry Hall, William Stevenson, Richard Holland

Pocomoke: John Cornish, John Starett, Alexander Maddux, William Noble

Annimessex: Capt. William Coulbourne, William Planner, Thomas Dixon, Charles Hall

Monokin: Arnold Elzey, Rich Chambers, Capt. Richard Whitty, John Strawbridge

Mony: George Betts, John Laws, John Renshaw, John White

Wiccocomico: Daniel Hast, William Elgate, William Alexander, Matthew Wallis

Nanticoke: Robert Collier, James Weatherly, John Bound, Capt. William Piper

Sheriff ordered to summon them to appear.

 

100 ~  Letter of Governor Copley to Joshua Barkstead of Somerset appointing him as Surveyor of Somerset, dated 14 October 1692. (See Transcription)

 

100 ~  Letter of Governor Copley to Edward Green of Somerset appointing him Chief Ranger of Somerset, dated 18 October 1692. (See Transcription)

 

Note: The Governor’s appointees, Barkstead and Green, were strongly opposed by the Somerset Commissioners who returned a letter to him voicing their complaints. See below, f.115.

 

102 ~  Letter of Governor Copley to Edward Green directing him to take action against persons from Pennsylvania on the seaboard side who are harvesting drift whales and other items from Maryland beaches. (See Transcription)

 

104 ~  Letter from Thomas Lawrence, Barrister and Secretary of the Province, to John West appointing him as Clerk of Somerset, dated 22 October 1692; Lawrence reserves to himself 1/10th part of the profits and fees taken.

 

104 ~  Bond on John West, Stephen Horsey and William Coulbourne to Thomas Lawrence, Secretary of the Province, for 50,000 lbs/tbco, to ensure that West keep an accurate account as Clerk of Somerset and send Lawrence his 1/10th part of fees; dated 22 October 1692.

 

105 ~  Letter of George Plater, Attorney General of the Province, to Peter Dent appointing him as Clerk of Indictments, “granting you my full power and authority to prosecute all delinquents, evil doers, and other offenders ag’t the peace in sd county”; required to keep account of all fees collected; dated 24 October 1692.

 

106 ~  Peter Dent sworn as Clerk of Indictments for Somerset

 

106 ~  Order from Commissary Court of the Province, Nea: Blake, Chief Judge of Probate of Wills, etc, to the respective counties dated 22 October 1692; county clerks to send in copies of all probate related documents since “the begining of the late Revolution”; signed by John Llewellin, Regst.

 

106 ~  Petition of Arnold Elzey for an allowance for William Browne from public levy; granted.

 

107 ~  Account of estate of John Galbraith, deceased; proved by Maj. Robert King, totaling £404/03/00.

 

108 ~  Claim against estate of John Galbraith by Henry Lynch for 370 lbs/tbco.

 

108 ~  Petition of Hannah Holland against Edmund Beauchamp for balance due for her one year of service, agreed to be 600 lbs tobacco and 2 new shifts; granted.

 

108 ~  Court adjourns for the day.