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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1730-1733
Volume 842, Page 158b   View pdf image
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March Court                        1731                 158

fees due by occasion of the premisses afd thereupon a Certain John Harper of Somerset
County planter present here in Court undertook for the Said Roger Huggins to pay the
fine aforesd and the Severall officers their fees due as aforesd &c


Abraham Heath appears according to his Recognizance to prosecute and Give Evidence against Henry Tommelinson
and was discharged therefrom &c


His Lordship
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Rachel Broughton
 We of the Grand Jury on Our Oaths for Somerset County do present that Rachel Broughton late
of Somerset County Spinster in Coventry parish for a bearing of a bastard Child at the house of
Bruffe Broughton some time in the month of Novem    Joshua Merrill Informer
                                                                                         Edward Rownd foreman
Thereupon Command was Given to the Sher of Somerset County that he Should take the Said Rachel Broughton if
&c to answer &c and afterwards to witt the twenty first day of march One thousand Seven hundred and thirty one
Came here into Court at dividing Creek before the Justices thereof the said Rachel Broughton in her proper person
and being Instantly demanded how she would acquitt herselfe of the premises aforesaid as by the presentment
aforesaid above upon her is Imposed the Same Rachel Saith that she Cannot Gainsay but that she is Guilty of
the premisses aforesaid by the presentment aforesaid above upon her Imposed and makes Oath that a Certain Thomas
Linsey is the father of the Child she stands presented for and is willing to pay her fine for the fact aforesaid

       whereupon all and Singular the premisses by the Court here seen heard and fully understood      It is Considered
by the Court here that the Said Rachell Broughton pay to his Said Lordship for her fine by the Court
thereupon her Imposed for and by occasion of the Premisses aforesd whereof in forme
aforesd she is Convict thirty Shillings and that the Said Rachell Broughton be
taken to Satisfie his said Lordship of the fine afd   Whereupon it is ordered by the Court
here that the aforesd Rachel Brought give Security for the payment of the fine aforesd
and the Severall Officers fees due by occasion of the Premisses afd thereupon Bruff
Broughton of Somerset County Gent undertakes for the Said Rachel Broughton
to pay the fine afd and the severall officers fees due as aforesd &c


The Same
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John Whaley
 Somerset ss  Be it remembred that upon the twenty first day of March anno
Dom one thousand Seven hundred and thirty one Came here into Somrset
County Court Levin Gale Cl of Indictments of the said County and for the
said Lord proprietary gives the Court to Understand and be Informed that John
Whaley Late of Somerset County Planter the tenth day of November ann Dom one
thousand seven hundred and thirty one at the County aforesd within the Jur of this Court
did Committ fornication with a Certain Susanah Carter against the peace of the Right
Honrble the Lord proprietary his good rule and Goverment and also against the former
of the act of assembly in such Case made and provided whereof the said Levin Gale
for the said Lord proprietary prays Advisement of the Court here in the premisses &c
                                                                                        L Gale P Dom Prtry

Thereupon Command was given to the Sher of Somerset County that he should take
the said John Whaley if &c to answere &c and afterwards to witt the twenty first day of
                                                                                                                      march


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