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His Lordship	Kent County fst Be it remembered
agt	that on the Seventeenth day of May
John Rason	1738 Came before me the Subscriber
	One of his Lordships Justices of the peace

for the afd County Benjamin Ayres Zorobabell French and
William Burk and Acknowledged themselves Indebted unto
his Lordship the Right Honourable the Lord prop^ry. of Mary^d.
(that is to say) Benjamini Ayres in the sum of forty pounds
Current money of the province afd And Zorobabell French &
William Burk in the sum of Ten pounds like money each
to be made and Leveyed on their bodys goods and Chattles Lands
and Tenements for the use of his said Lordship his heirs and
Successors With Condition to this Recognizance that if he the
said Benjamin do make he personall Appearance before
the Justices of our next County Court to be held at our Court
house in the Town of Chester in said County on the third
tuesday of June next to testifie in behalf of his Lordship
against the afd John Rason on Suspition of Felony Then
this Recognizance to be Void Else to Remain in full force in
Law                                            Jervis Spencer
And now here to wit at Kent County afd at the Court house in
the Town of Chester in said County on the third tuesday of June
being the twentieth day of said month in the year of our Lord
seventeen hundred thirty & Eight cometh Benjamin Ayres in his
proper person and prayeth that his and his Suretys Recog^c.
taken as afd may be Discharged
Ordered by this Court here that Benjamin Ayres, Zorobabell
French & William Burk, their Recognizances taken as
afd be Discharged as prayed

Benjamin