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Chancery Court, Chancery Record, 1671-1712
Volume 748, Page 278   View pdf image
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                                Att a Court of Chancery held at the Citty of S.t Marys
                                in the Province of Maryland on the 19.th day of
                                of Aprill 1689 before W.m Joseph Esq.r and his associates
                                thereunto authorized and appointed
                                Between Garret Vansweringen of S.t Maryes
                                County Complaynant and Thomas Taylor of
                                Dorchester County Gent and Edward Day who had
                                marryed the Relict & Executrix of Thomas Walker
                                late of Somerset County deceased Defend.ts

       This Cause comeing this present Day to be heard upon the Complainants
       Bill and the plea of the Defend.t Taylor and the answer
       of the Defend.t Day in the presence of the partyes pl.tt & Def.ts
       and their attornyes on both sides The substance of the Complaynants
       Bill appeared to bee That the Defend.t Taylor in the year
       of our Lord 1678 being high Sherriffe of the said County of
       Dorchester and Collector of the publik tobacco of that County
       stood indebted to the Complaynant upon the publick account
       the sume of Fourteen Thousand pounds of Tobacco payed
       in the said County of Dorchester  And the Complainant
       being at the same tyme indebted to W.m Stevens Esq.r in the
       sume of 6000.tt of tobacco charged upon the sayd Defd.t
       Taylor two severall Notes payable to the said persons for the
       said severall sumes w.ch said Note for payment of the said
       6000.tt to the said W.m Stevens the said Thomas Taylor
       accepted and paid accordingly and by a Note under his
       hand obliged himselfe to pay to the said Walker upon the
       Complaynants account the other 7000.tt tobacco & the said
       Walker promised to give the Comp.lt creditt for soe much
       ag.t the debt afsd due from the p.lt his said Bill
       to be cancelled butt before the said Taylor paid the said
       7000.tt tobacco to the sd Walker the said Walker dyed
       haveing first made his wife his sole Executrix who
       after intermarryed the Defend.t Day who demanded
       the said debt of 7000.tt of the s.d Defend.t Taylor But
       it soe happened that before the said Day had demanded
       the debt afsd of the said Taylor there happened a suite
       in Law between the Comp.lt & the Defend.t upon a Bond
       of Fourty Two Thousand pounds of Tobacco wherein
       the said Taylor was bound w.th and as security for one
       John Quigley deceased to the Comp.lt for the p.rformance
       of a certain Contract between the said Comp.lt and the
       Said Quigley w.ch the said Quigley had broke w.ch said
       suite between the s.d complaynant & Taylor was
       afterwards by the Mediacon of Freinds Composed
       Where^u^pon the said Taylor desired the Comp.lt to give  
       him a releas w.ch he did But Not intending That
                                                                      the same



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