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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1727-1730
Volume 841, Page 66   View pdf image
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March Court            1727            66

Bastard Child she stands Presented for and is willing to pay he fine for the fact afd

    Wherefore it is Considered by the Justices that the afd Ann Crowch be fined to his Lordship thirty
Shillings for the fact afd which toward the defraying of the County Charge

                         Thereupon the said Ann Crowch is ordered to give Security for the fees due by
Occasion of the premisses afd thereupon a Certain Wm Hayman present here in Court undertakes
for the said Ann Crowch to pay the Severall Officers their fees due by means of the premisses afd &c


His Lordship
        ag.t
Eliza Standley
 We of the Grand Jury do present Elizabeth Standley in Coventry Parish in
Somersett County for bearing of a bastard Child about the first of february
in 1727/8 at the hous of Elizabeth Riggin's    Thomas Maddox Informer
                                                                       Adam Heatch foreman
                              Thereupon Command was given to the Sherr of Somersett County that
       he should take the said Eliza Standly if &.c to answer &.c afterward Came the said Eliz.a
       Standly here into Court in Custody of the said Sherr and being sett to the Barr &.c
       but forasmuch as it doth not appear to the Court here that there is Sufficient matter
of Substance in the presentm.t afd to Convict the same Eliz.a Standly of the fact in the same
mentioned &.c      Therefore it is Considered by the Court here that the afd Eliza Standly be acquitted
from the present ment afd and that his Lordship take nothing thereby &c

          Whereupon it is Ordered by the Court that the said Eliz.a Standly Give Security for all the
Officers fees due by Occasion of the premisses afd      Thereupon a Certain James Bozman of
of Somersett County Merch.t present herein Court undertakes for to pay the Severall Officers their fees
due by means of the premisses afd &c         It is Likewise Ordered by the Court that the said
James Breman give good security for to Save and Keep harmless somersett County from all
burthens troubles Charges and Incumbrances that might hereafter happen by means of his
Transporting the said Eliz a Standly into this County from the Coloney of Vergenia and discharging
her from his service  She being than Bigg with Child and Since delivered &c

          Whereupon the said James Breman with Francis Allen his Security both present here in
Court acknowledged them selves to Owe and Stand Justly Indebted unto his Lordship his heirs
and Successors in the sum of fifty pounds Sterling Joyntly and Seperatly to be Levied
on their goods or Chattells Lands or tenements for the Use of Somersett County afd if default
be made in the condition hereunder written

          The Condition of the above recognizance is Such that if the above Bounden James
Breman do hereafter from time to time and at all times save harmless and keep Endempnified ^Somersett County^
from all Burthens troubles Costs Charges and Incumbrances what soever that might acrew by Means
of ye said Eliz.a Standley's being by him Imported into this County from Vergenia and here being
delivered of a bastard Child &c     then the above recogn to be void &a

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