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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1725-1727
Volume 840, Page 134   View pdf image
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       June Court                          1726                134

fined to his Lordship the Lord proprietary thirty Shillings for the fact afd toward the defraying
of the County Charge which fine is paid by Merrick Ellis unto Capt Jno Jones for the use afd
Whereupon the Said Merrick Ellis master of the Said Elizabeth Ackman prays ye Court to
adjudge how Long a time the Said Elizabeth Ackman Should Serve him after the Expiration of
her servitude for the trouble and Charge he was at when delivered of the bastard Child afd

          Thereupon the Said Elizabeth Ackman is adjudged by the Court to Serve her Said
Master his heirs or assignes the full term of Nine Months to Commence at the Expiration of her
already Indented or Contracted Servitude the Said Nine Months Service being adjudged by ye
Court to be full Satisfaction for all troubles Charges and Loss of time her said Master was at
ye time of the delivery of the Child afd, thereupon the Said Eliza Ackman is discharged
whereupon the afd Merrick Ellis undertakes to deliver up to the Court the Said Eliza Ackman at ye
Expiration of her Servitude to reemburst ye County the Fees due by Occasion of the premisses afd &c


The Same
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Eliazebeth Townsend
 Somersett fs
                                The Jurors for the Right the Lord proprietary of
this province that Now is &c for the Body of Somersett County upon
their Oath do present Elizabeth Townsend of Coventry Parish and County
       afd Spinster for that the Said Elizabeth Townsend the fear of God before her Eyes not not     
       having beat being Seduced and Led away by the Instigation of the Devill the tenth day of
       June Ann Dom One thousand Seven hundred and twenty three at the Parish and County afd within
       the Jurisdiction of this Court did Committ fornication with a Certain Person to this Inquest
       unknown by reason whereof the Said Elizabeth Townsend on the tenth day of March anno
       Dom One thousand Seven hundred and twenty three at the parish and County afd was delivered
       of Bastard Child against the peace &.c and against the form of the act of assembly of this
       province in Such Case made and provided &c

             On the Backside of the foregoeing Presentm.t or Indictm.t it was thus Endorsed viz.t
          Billa Vera      James Mccmorse foreman

             Thereupon Command was given to the Sherr of Somersett ^County^ that he Should take ye Said Eliz.a
       Townsend if &.c to answer &c and afterwards in the Same Court Came the afd Elizabeth Townsend
       in Custody of the Sherr and being sett to the Barr is thereupon Instantly demanded how She would
       acquitt herselfe of the premisses afd above Imposed upon her; Says that of the premisses afd
       above upon her Imposed She is no ways guilty thereof and thereof for tryall putts her self
       selfe upon ye Country and Levin Gale his Lordships attorney Likewise   whereupon the ^afd^ Eliza
       Townsend prays Leave untill next Court to answer the premises afd and it is granted her & the
                                                                                                                                           (same)


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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1725-1727
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