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Said Peter in manner afd being indebted, did in his lifetime assume

on himself & to the sd Peter faithfully promise that he the sd William

the Same to the sd Peter would well & truely Content & pay Nevertheless

the Said William in his lifetime nor the sd Dinah Since the death of y^e sd

Wm, Adm^rx of all and Singular the goods Chattels & Credits which were

of the sd Wm at the time of his death nor either of them the same

to the Said Peter hath not paid to the damage of the sd Peter of 1000

Pounds of tobacco & thereof he brings this Sute &ca.

                             Dent Plegs &ca.                {Jn^o Doe

                                                                         Rich Roe}

The Plt having Proved his Declaracon the Originall Writt

being returned Non est Inventus, humbly Craved Attachm^t agt the

goods &ca with Cost which to him was granted giving Security according

to Law — Whereupon came the Plt with his Security Ephraim=

Wilson & p^r Recognizance did acknowledge themselves to be indebted

to the Dft the Sum of 1000 pounds of tobacco with Condicon that if y^e

Absent Dft Came either in Person or by her Attorney & plead in Barr to

the Originall that the fd debt is paid or in part that then they will be

responsible as the Law in Such Cases requires &ca. Attachm^t issued

George Layfield Esqrd Plt

Mich^l Turbut & Ja. Murphey Dfts}     Somerset County Ss.

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Michael Turbutt & James Murphey Adm^rs of all & Singular the

goods Chattels & Credits of Vincent Loe late of Talbott County Esq^r

was attached to answer unto George Layfield Esq^r Plea of trespass of the

Case &ca. – And whereupon the sd George by Sam Worthingon his –

Attorney Comes & Saith in the year of o^r Lord God 1689 at Manokin

within the Jurisdiction of this Court a Certain Communication was

had & moved betwixt y^e sd Vincent & the sd George wherein it was

Agreed betwixt both parties , that whereas the sd Vincent had obtained

Letters of Adm^rn to Adm^r upon the Estate of Samuel Cooper late of this

County deceased, which Estate he said was indebted unto him the

Sum of nine thousand pounds of tobacco he did Assign over unto

y^e afd George Layfield for y^e just Sum of Sixteen pounds ten shillings

Sterling in hand pd by m^r Wm Blankensteen of S^t Maries County y^e

aforesd Vincent p^romissing to warrant the Debt to be justly due &

that he had legally obtained the letters of Adm^rn . Now Jane Cooper

y^e Relict of Samuel Cooper understanding what was Done by the sd

Vincent & how he had illegally obtained letters of Adm^rn to Adm^r

upon the Estate of her deceased husband which of right did belong

to her to doe, the sd Jane Relict of the sd Samuel Cooper upon the

3^d day of April 1690 proferred a Petion to y^e Convention of this

Province then Sitting at S^t. Maries Setting forth her Condition