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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1727-1730
Volume 841, Page 146   View pdf image
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                                                     Novem Court ann.o 1728          146

Levin Gale Jn.o MccClester
& Jos: MccClester Commission
& affidavitts
 Somersett fs
                      Charles absolute Lord and proprietary of the provinces of
maryland and avalon Lord Baron of Baltemore &.c Robert King, Jn.o Leatherbury,
Thomas Gillis & William Bozman of Somersett County Gent.m
greeting Know ye that we have appointed you or any three or two of you to be Our Commissioners
to Examine Evidences on behalfe of a Certain Levin Gale, John MccClester & Jos: MccClester of
the County afd Gentl in Relation to the bounders of three Lotts of Land Lying in white haven Town
on Wickacomoco River in the County afd viz.t  N.o 3 and N.o 6 as p the Records of the said Town &.c
we therefore require you or any three or two of you at some time and place as to you or any
three or two of you shall seem Convenient you mete on the afd Lotts Numbred as afd [you first
haveing taken your Oath on the holy Evangelist of almighty God according to act of assembly
in Such Case made and provided] and there Cause to come before you or any three or two of you
all such Evidences as shall be to you or any three or two of you Nominated by the said Complainant
(or Deft if any) and that you Examine them upon their Corporall oaths to be by you or
any three or two of you administred on the holy Evangelist of almighty God in the presents
of the Complainant (or deft if any) touching the truth or remembrances of their Knowledge
or any thing that may relate to the Cause afd and that reduceing the severall depositions
into writting you send the same together with this Our Commission under your or any three
or two of your hands to us to Our County Court of Somersett with all Convenient speed wittness
Sam.ll Hopkins Gent Chiefe Justice of our said Court &c

       On the back side of the foregoeing Commission it was thus Endorsed viz.t

                The within Commission Executed by us the Subscribers this 31st day of July ann.o Dom 1728
as appears by the severall Depositions hereunto annext
                                                                                  Robert King
             White haven Town the 31.st July 1728            Thomas Gillis

                   By vertue of a Commission to us directed beareing date the twenty fifth day of
Novem Ann.o Dom One thousand Seven hundred and twenty Seven we being first ^duely^ Quallified
according to Act of assembly did proceed to Examine Thomas Walker agd fifty three years or
there abouts being sworn on the holy Evangelist of almighty God saith that at the time that white
haven Town was Laid Out which appears by the platt of said Town to be in the year of Our Lord
one thousand seven hundred & seven he y.e said Deponient was Present & that to the Best of his
Knowledge the North Bounder of one of the front Lotts Number Six stood where there now stands
a Cedar post by the Edge of a marsh behind Cap.t George Gales house about forty two foot from
the Bank of Wickacomoco river and Stands in a line drawn South twenty six degrees
East to the brink bruik of the first turn of a Creek Call'd Dashiells Creek alias Walkers and further
saith Not


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