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38 March Court 1701 Sold A Servant to Wm Comegys of this County Named Owen O’Muinan for ye Space of Seaven yeares to Comence from ye Day that his Said Ship Droped Anchor in this province Leiut. Coll. Thomas Smith absent Capt. Thomas Ringgold And ye Said Wm Comegys being desireous to know when he must pay leavies for ye Said Servant. Owen O’Muinan, brings ye Said Servt. before this Court to be Adjudged by ye Court of what age he is & when A Taxable This Court upon view of ye Said Servant doe Adjudge him to be fourteen yeares of age Jno Dowdall Clk Mr. Solomon Wright absent Leiut. Coll. Smith Sitts Mr. Charles Hynson absent Comand was Given to ye Sherf. of Kent County ye Twenty ninth day of Augt. Annoq Domi. 1700 That he Take Robert Smith Esqr. if found in his bailiwick & him Safe keep Soe that he have his body before his Majties Justices at a Court to be held for Said at our Court house upon Chester River ye fourth Tuesday of Sepr. Next to answer unto Thomas Mann of A plea of Trespass upon ye Case Which next Court being An Adjourned Court all prcepts were Contd. in ye Sherf. Custody untill ye next Court Comand was Given to ye Sherf. of Kent County ye Twenty fourth day of Sepr. Annoq Domi. 1700 that he Take Robert Smith Esqr. if found in his bailiwick & him Safe keepe Soe that he have his body before his Majties Justices Att a Court to be held for Said County at our Court house upon Chester River ye fourth Tuesday of Novemr. Next to Answer unto Thomas Mann of A plea of Trespass upon ye Case Att which Said Court vizt. ye 26 day of Novemr. Annoq Domi. 1700 came Elias King high Sherf. of Said County & made returne of his first writt in these words following vizt Non East Inventus pr me Elias King Sherf. Att which Said Court came likewise ye Said Elias King high Sherf. of Said County & made returne of Said Second writt in these words vizt. cepi corpas pr me E King Sherf. On which Said day ye Said Defendt. by Michael Earle his Attry Appeares & prayes thereof to Imparle untill ye next Court which was Granted unto him ye Same day was given ye Plaintf likewise Macklin pr qr. Att which next Court vizt. ye 28. day of Janry Annoq Domi. 1700 being an Adjourned Court untill ye Eleventh day of Febry next ensuing all prcepts were Continued untill ye Said And now here at th[is] day vizt. ye Eleventh day of febry. Annoq Domi. 1700 came as well ye Said Plaintf. [b]y his Said Attry as alsoe ye Said Defendt. by Michll. Earle his Attry and ye Said Cause Standing for Tryall ye Plaintf. Decln. vizt.
Thomas at Chester River wthin ye jurisdiction of this Court ye fifteenth day of May Anno Domi. 1698 at ye Spll. instance & request of ye Said Robert Smith had Sold and delivered unto ye Said Roberts then wife and daughter Anne divers goods wares & merchandizes Amounting |
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