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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1760-1763
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                  August Court                   1761                      100
Parish Church of the Said Parish in the County afd. and that the Said David and Mary then and there did Appear
before the Said Minister Vestry and Church Wardens the Same David and Mary haveing on the         day of         in
the Year Last mentioned Notice Given them so to do and the Same David and Mary being Acquainted then and there by
the Said Minister Vestry and Church Wardens of the Suspicion that was had of their the Said David and Mary
Incontenancy and Were Admonished then and there by the Same Minister Vestry and Church Wardens from Accompanying
together and frequenting the Company of Each other the Said David and Mary haveing not Excused or Acquited themselves
of the Grounds of Such Suspicion in Such Manner as the Said Minister Vestry and Church Wardens did Approve &
the afd. afd. Attorney of the Said Lord Propry doth Give the Said Justices here further to understand and be Informed
that the afd. David of the Said Parish and COunty then being a Married Man did Afterwards (to wit) the         day
of         in the Year of our Lord God One thousand Seven hundred and Sixty and One and at Divers other times as well
before or Since at the Parish afd. in the County afd. within the Jurisdiction afd. Contrary to and after the Admonition
Cohabit with and frequent the Company of the Said Mary Contrary to the Act of Assembly in that Case Lately made
and Provided And Against the Peace of the Said Lord Propry that now is his Good Rule and Government &c Whereupon
the Same Attorney of the Same Lord Propry prays Advice of the Court here in the Premisses and that due process
of Law in this part Against the afd. David May be made to Answer unto the Same Lord Propry of and upon the
Premisses &c            Thereupon it is Commanded the Sheriff of Somerset County that he Should take
the Said David Cordery if &c. to Answer &c.    And now to wit at a Court of his Lordship held at Princes Ann
Town the third Tuesday of August being the Eighteenth day of the Same Month Anno Dom. one thousand Seven
hundred and Sixty One before the Justices thereof Came the afd. David Cordery by Saml. Wilson his Attorney and had
a hearing of the Information afd. Saith that he Cannot deny but that he is Guilty of the Premisses in the Information
afd. Above upon him Imposed in Manner and form as by the Information afd. Above Against him Supposed and is
Willing to Pay his fine for the Same &c    Whereupon all and Singular the Premisses being Seen and by the Court fully
understood it is Considered by the Court here that the afd. David Cordery for the Premisses and Offence afd. in the
Information afd. in the Above Specified be taken Which Said David Cordery Present here in Court in his Proper Person
as afd. is fined for the Premisses and Offence afd. the Sum of three Pound Curt Money of Maryland which he paid here in
Court to the Sheriff for the use of the County &c

The Same
@    Somerset fst    Be it Remembred that George Hayward Gent Attorney of the Right Honrble
Mary Quinton    the Lord Propry that now is who for the Same Lord Propry in this part Prosecuteth doth Come here into the County
Court of the Same Lord Propry held for Somerset County afd. to wit at Princes Ann Town in the Same County the xviii day of
August in the Year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and Sixty One Before Isaac Handy Esqr. and others his Associates
the Said Lord Propry his Justices of the Same County Court and for the Same Lord Propry doth Give the Same Justices here
to understand and be Informed that the Minister Vestrymen and Church Wardens of Stepney Parish in the County afd.
the         day of         which was in the Year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and         at the Parish
afd. in the County afd. and within the Jurisdiction of this Court Suspecting then and there of Lewdness and Incontinancy
Mary Quinton Late of the Parish and County afd. Spinster and David Cordery then and there being a Married Man
of the Parish and County afd. Planter did Cause Notice to be Given to the Said Mary and the Said David to Appear
before them the Said Minister Vestrymen and Church Wardens on the         day of         in the Said Year
Last Mentioned at a Vestry then held by them in the Parish Church of the Said Parish in the County and that the Said
Mary and David then and there did Appear before the Said Minister Vestry and Church Wardens the Same Mary and David
haveing on the         day of         in the Year Last Mentioned Notice Given them so to do and the Same Mary and
David being Acquainted then and there by the Said Minister Vestry and Church Wardens of the Suspicion that was had
of their the Said Mary and David Incontinancy and were Admonished then and there by the Same Minister Vestry and
Church Wardens from Accompanying together and frequenting the Company of Each Other the Said Mary and David having
not Excused or Acquitted themselves of the Grounds of Such Suspicion in Such Manner as the Said Minister

Vestry                                         



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