These are to Certifie the Comission^rs of Kent
      County that we hve two meeting houses in
      this County, w^ch we (y^e people called Quakers)
      have built for to meett together in; to wait
upon y^e Lord if we may receive Strength to give glory
to god & bear good will unto all men. Desireing y^t these
may be recorded in y^e records of this county, accord-
ing as an act of parliam^t bearing Date y^e twenty fourth
Day of may 1684 Doth require: One of y^e afsd
meeting houses is on y^e south side of Chester River
called Chester meetting house the other on y^e north side
of Chester called Lankford's Bay meetting
house : Signed in y^e behalfe of y^e above sd
people                         Henry Hosier
Dated y^e 28^th Day of y^e
4^th month 1704  Recorded p Lumley Clk

John Stead Borne the first Day of
October in y^e year of our Lord God 1689
Mary Stead was Borne the first Day
of may in year 1691
Elizabeth Lawrence was borne y^e
twenty ninth Day of Octob^r in y^e year
1703      Recorded p Lumley Clk
      July y^e 7^th 1704
Then Came Thomas Beckly & pray'd that his
mark of Cattle of hoggs might be recorded
as followeth viz^t: The Left Ear Cropt
                          p Lumley Clk
            June the 5^th 1704
Then came Nathaniel Cleve Charles Hollingsworth
and William Hollingsworth & confes't Judgm^t
to Joⁿ ffaning for two hundred & tenn pds tob^o Debt
& six hundred & nineteen pds of tobo cost suite: Elias King
To M^r Georg Lumley Clk Kent County      Joⁿ Chaiers