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Kent County Court, Proceedings, 1700-1701
Volume 730, Page 116   View pdf image
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                               Novemr.    Court    1701                                                    [76]
Att a Court Held for Kent County ye Twenty fifth day of Novemr. in ye Thirteenth
yeare of ye Reigne of King Wm ye Third &a. Annoq Domi. 1701

      PrSent    Leiut. Coll. Thomas Smith       Capt. Thomas Ringgold
Justices    Coll. Jno Hynson

   Mr. Charles Hynson       Mr. Nathanll. Wright

Darby O’Leirey Servant to Mr John Wells comeing into ye Country without
Indentures and being brought to Court to have his age Adjudged ye Court upon view of the
Said Servant doe adjudge him to be Twenty & Two yeares of age & Ordered to Serve his
Said Master According to Act of Assembly in that Case made & provided    Jno Dowdall
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Allexander Graves proves an account ast. Edwd. Smith Decd for nine
Shillings Currant Money of this province
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      The Grand jury Called vizt. ~~~~~ And Sworne vizt. ~~~~~

Wm Comegys foreman    Thomas [Bond?]    [Ro]bt. Ingram    Robert Park
Thomas Wyatt    Richard Mason    Robt. Foreman    Wm Smith
John Nicholson    Jno Hart    Steaven Wheltstone
Wm Sigley    Samll. Thomas    John Moore    John Blackistone
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Which jury being duely Sworne ye Court giveth them theire Charge who withdraw to consider if any
Presentments
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Robert Dunn comes into Court & deposeth upon ye holy Evangelists that his Servant John Willson
absented himself out of his Service fifty & five days whereupon it was Ordered by ye
Court that ye Said John Willson doe Serve his Said Master Robert Dunn According to Act of
Assembly in that Case made & provided                                     Jno Dowdall Clk
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   Read Robert Taylors Peticon vizt
Kent Ss       To his Majties Justices of ye peace for ye County AforeSaid
                     The humble peticon of Robert Taylor in humble Manner
Sheweth yt. whereas yr. peticoner being in ye Custody of Capt. James Smith then Sherf. of
Talbott County for A Considerable Debt recovered by William Coursey for Leakage of Tight
Casque turned by your peticoner & not being able to Satisdie ye Same for obtaining of Liberty
your peticoner became an Indented Servant to Mr. John Salter without any limitacon of time
but Untill ye Debt Satisfied Your peticonr: Since ye Signing of ye Indentures Afsd. have paid ye Sd.
John Salter Afsd. as he can Justly make appeare ye Sume of Nineteen Thousand pounds of Tobo. &
yet but Three thousand pounds of Tobo. of ye Debt Satisfied he continually Chargeing your peticonr.
for Accomodacon Cloathing & Tenn per Cent Intrest Your peticonr. humbly Craves your worships
to Take ye Afsd. prmisses into your Wise & Tender Consideracon that your peticoner may have his
freedom & not lye under ye Confinement of ye Said John Salter by his Extorting meanes and
as in duty bound your peticoner Shall Ever pray ~~~ &a.
The which peticon being Read & by ye Court heard & duly considered but ye Said John Salter
not being now present but Soone afterwards appeares & acquainting of ye Court (after his hearing
of Said peticon Read) that he had an Acct. ast. ye Said Robert Taylor & prayed that ye Said
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