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March Court 1725
137 her personal appearance ^before our s.d Justices at y.e Court house in y.e Town of Chester^ at any time Dureing this Court Sitting to Answer to an Indictment for fornication and if that in the mean time She Shall not be of Good Behaviour wherewith y.e s.d Eliz.a Jones is Content also Robert Brown and Thomas Massey both of Kent County afd planters present here in Court in their proper persons Do Acknowledge themselves indebted unto the Lord prop.ry of this province of Maryland in the Sume of five pounds Sterling money of Great Brittain Each to be Levey'd of their Goods and Chattels Lands and Tenem.ts for the use of the s.d Lord prop.ry his heirs and Successors Conditionally that if the afd Elizabeth Jones Shall not make her personal appearance before our s.d Justices at the Court house in the Town of Chester at any time Dureing this Court Sitting to Answer to an Indictment for fornication and if that in the mean Time She y.e Same Eliz.a Shall not be of good Behaviour wherewith y.e s.d Rob.t Brown and Tho.s Massey are Content
Day of s.d Month Anno Dom. Seventeen hundred and twenty five the Day of Return of s.d writt Endorst as foll.s viz.t Non Est Inventus p Fred.k Hanson Sherf Kent County fs.t The Jurors for the Right Honourable the Lord prop.ry that now is for the body of Kent County afd upon their oath Do present that Elizabeth Jones late of Shrewsbury parish in the County afd Spinster the first Day of May Anno Dom. One thousand Seven hundred twenty and five at the parish afd in the County afd within the Jurisdiction of this Court Did Commit fornication with a Certain person to the Jurors afd unknown and Did permit the Same unknown person then and there to have Carnal knowledge of her body and to beget then and there a bastard Child on the body of her the Same Elizabeth Jones to the high Displeasure of almighty God to y.e Evill Example of all others in Such Case offending Contrary to the peace |
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