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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1725-1727
Volume 840, Page 18b   View pdf image
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     June Court            1725            18

himselfe to owe and stand Justly Indebted unto the Right honrble Proprietary his hairs and successors
in the Sum of thirty pounds Sterlling to be Levied on his Body goods or Chattells Lands or tenements
for the use of the said Lord proprietary in Case the said Patrick Dennison do not make his personal
appearance before the Justices of the County Court to be held at Dividing Creek the third tuesday of
August next to answer &c if required &c


John Scarbrough
     Petn
   To the worshipfull Justices of Somersett County County now in Court Sitting the
humble Petition of John Scarbrough humbly Sheweth

                   that whereas your petitioner Stands possessed with the Major part of two p tracts
of Land the Name of the damage of the One Derham house whereon I now dwell and the other
Mardicke Lying on the Seaside and the ^bounds of the^ Land afd are Like to become precarious and uncertaine
Your Petitioner prayeth that your worships would be pleased to proceed and appoint Commissioners
Pursuant to an act of assembly in Such Cases provided to take the probat of such Evidences as
shall ^be^ to them produced in order to preserve the bounds of the Land afd in perpetual Memory and
your Petitioner as in duty Bound shall Every pray &c

             The petition afd being read & heard & Maturally deliberated      It's therefore Considered by the
Court that John Purnell, Johnson Hill Fisher Walton & William Corde of Somersett County Gent
be appointed Commissioners to Examine Evidences to perpetuate the bounds of the Land afd & that
Commission Issue to them according to Law &c

Ordered by the Court that Elizabeth Willis ^to Charles Townsends^ and there remain untill the Next Levy Court and he the
said Charles Townsend shall be allowed for the same he finding her such Necessarys as shall be Sufficient for
an Object of Charity &c


James Anslows
   Petn
 To his Lordships worshipfull Justices of the peace of Somersett County Now Sitting
the humble Pet.n of James Anslow humbly sheweth your worships that your
                      Petitioner being bound by Indenture to a Certain John White of Pocomoke for the term of
five Years your Petitioner ^served the said White^ the spac^e^ of two years and Nine Months at which time the said John White
sold your Petitioner to a Certaine Thomas Baker of this County your Petitioners Indented term of time
for five years be Expired the 17.th day of march Last past yett your Petitioner Continued in Baker's
service untill the fifteenth day of this Instant June on which Morning your Petitioner humbly
and Sincerely Scivelly demanded his freedome said Baker Replyed if you want your freedom He
Give it you he takeing a Switch from under his Bed did beat your Petitioner there with untill he brake
it to peices hoping your worships will take these things into Consideration and sett your
Petition at Liberty from said service and your Petitioner as Ever in duty bound shall pray
James Anslowe
                                                                                                             (whereupon)


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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1725-1727
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