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March
Court 1728
167 with condition for the payment of fifty pounds Curr.t mony we do farther Certifie that we find there yett remains due and unsatisfyed and unpaid unto the said William of the money in the Condition afd mentioned the Sum of forty seven pounds fourteen shillings and four pence Curr.t mony of maryland which sum wee do award unto the said William Horsey to be paid by the said Nathaniel in testimony whereof we have hereunto sett our hands and seales Jno Jones (seal) Wm Stoughton (seal) Which being read and heard Therefore it is Considered by the Court here that the afd William Horsey Recover against the aforesaid Nathaniel Horsey forty seven pounds fourteen Shillings and four pence Currant mony of Maryland his debt afd by the arbitrators afd in form afd found as and his damages by occasion of the detaining of the Same Debt to four hundred & seventy Nine pounds of tob.o to the Same William of his assent by the Court here adjudged and the afd deft in mercy &c
Evidences on behalfe of a Certain Will.m read in relation to the Bounds of a tract of Land in S.t Martins Neck in ye Co.ty afd Called Jurners Hall Wee therefore require you or any three or two of you yt at some time or place as to you or any three or two of you Shall Seem Convenient you Mete on ye afd Land Called Turners Hall (you first haveing taken your Oath on ye Holy Evangelist of almighty God According to Act of assembly in Such Case made & provided) & 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 Complainent (or Deft if any) & that you Examine them upon their Corporall Oaths to be by you or any three or two of you Administred on ye Holy Evangelist of Almighty God in ye presents of ye Complanient (or Deft if any) touching ye truth or remembrance of theire Knowledge or any thing that may relate to ye Cause afd & yt reduceing ye Severall Depositions into Writing you send ye Same together within this our Commission under your or any three or two of your Hands to us to our Co.ty Co.t of Somrsett with all Convenient Speed Wittness Saml Hopkins Gent Chief Justice &a on ye Backside of ye Commission it was thus Endorsed viz.t The within named Jno Tingle & Jno Holland Sworn before me to ye Execution of ye within Comrs [illegible] ye tenth day of aprill 1729 Jno Smith In Pursuance of a Commission Directed to Jn.o Smith, Jn.o Tingle Rich.d Hudson & Jn.o Holland all of Somrsett Co.ty to Examine Evidences in relation to ye Bounds of a tract of Land Called Turners Hall in ye tenour & Possession of Will.m read have Mett on ye Said tract of Land this 15.th day of aprill 1729 and do Proceed to ye Examination of Evidences as followeth Whereas John Onorton aged about fifty two years or thereabouts haveing first taken his Oath on the Holy Evangelist of allmighty God he Deposeth thus &.a That Jn.o Miller ^sen.r^ Came to ye House of ye Said Jno Onorton & ye Said Miller & ye Said Jno Onorton Walked from ye house of ye Said Onorton to the head of a Creek & their ye Said Onorton Saw a tree and ye said Onorton Asked ye Said Miller whose tree that was & ye Said Miller Land to ye Said but to ye said to ye said Norton that it was Richard Mackelers tree & here ^he^ begun at that tree & so forth Jos: Wyatt aged about forty three years or thereabouts Sworn as abovesaid Deposeth as followeth yt he ye Said Wyatt heard Thomas Bowden say that he heard John Onorton say yt ye Bounder of W.m reeds Land Stood on ye head of rutty Branch Gutt and so forth |
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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1727-1730
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