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March Court 1714/15 take Rachell Dutatrey of Swan Creek hundred in y.e County afd Spinster if She Should be . found in his hundred or near thereabouts and her Safe keep So that he Carry her before y.e next Justice of our Said Lord the King for Said County and that before him She was to . enter into Recognizance with Such Sureties as ye Same Justice Should think fitt for her personall appearance before his Said Majesties Justices of the next Court to be held at the Court house in the Town of Chester in Sd County to Answer unto a Certain Bill of Indictmt found against her for Committing fornication with a Certain man unknown &ca and that he was to have then and there the Said precept &ca. . . Att which Said next Court viz the first day of March ye Same Year last mentioned the day of return of Sd Precept Came Edward Davis Cunstable of Eastern Neck hundred and made return thereof in these words thereon Endorsed as folls. viz This are to Certifie to the Justices within mentioned that I have taken the. within Rachel Dutitree as the within directs pr me Edwd Davis Cunstble on which Came M.r Michael Miller one of his Majesties Justices of [Our Sd] Lord the King for. Said County. And made return of a Recogniz.e taken before him for the appearance of the. Said Rachel Dutitree and the Said Rachel being Called Came and in her proper . person appeared to the afd Recognizance And prayd that She might be discharged from the Same . . . ordered by the Court here that the Sd Recognizance and her Surety . Recognizance for her appearance be discharged &ca Rachell Dutitree afd her Recognizance taken the fourth day of Janry last in the Sume . of tenn pounds Sterlg to be paid to his Maj.tie &ca. if in Case She did not make her personall appearance at the then next Court to be held for the Same County and to Answer unto a Certain Bill of Indictm.t found against her for Committing fornication &ca. and before the Said Mr Michael Miller She Acknowledged herselfe Content The Sd Recognizance is by this Court here discharged &ca Likewise at the Same time last mentioned John Blackiston Sen.r and Edward . Davis entered into Recognize. in the Sume of five pounds Sterlg Each to be Leveyed &ca. if in case the afd Rachl Dutitree did not make her personall appearance at the next Court to be held for Said County at the Court house in the Town of Chester to Answer as [afd] wherewith they Acknowledged themselves Content This Court here discharges the Same Recognizance each of them and the Said Rachel being present in Court the Indictmt followeth vizt. Kent County in Maryland Ss The Jurors of our Sovereigne Lord the King that now is upon their Oath do present that Rachel Dutitree of Swan Creek hundred in the County . afd Spinster on the tenth day of October in the first Year of the Reigne of . our Sovereigne Lord George by the Grace of God of great Brittaine France and |
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