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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1730-1733
Volume 842, Page 262b   View pdf image
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          November Court    1732            262

Edmond Hough of Somerset County Gentleman apointed by the Court Overseer of the Roads in the Indian Town
in stead of John Dennis Sen.r and John Beavins &c

Whereas a Certain Mary Merideth was Committed into the Custody of the sher of Somerset County on Suspicion of felony
and for as much as the prosecutor of his Lordships pleas for said County had nothing to offer against her and noe
person appearing to prosecute the said Mary Merideth on the suspicion of felony aforesaid   wherefore it is
Considered by the Court that the said Mary Merideth be discharged from the Committment afd &c


Henry Dorman Jun.r
        pet.n
     To the worshipfull Justices of Somerset County the petition of Henry Dorman Jun.r
Humbly sheweth    That your petitioner is Seized in Fee of One tract of Land called
                shipways Choise containing two hundred and fifty acres at the head of Manokan in the County aforesaid
the bounds whereof are some what precarious and Lyable to decay and the persons who are able to prove the
same are either aged or Infirme   Your petitioner therefore humbly prays that a Commission may Issue in
common form to ascertain the bounds thereof and that the depositions thereon to be taken may be recorded
in perpetuall memory and he will pray &c

             The petition aforesaid being Read and heard and fully understood and mature deliberation thereupon
had      Wherefore it is Considered by the Justices here that a Commission Issue unto the aforesaid Henry
Dorman as by the petition aforesaid is praid and that Thomas Gillis, William Jones manocan, James Strawbridge
and Thomas Brown all of Somerset County Gent be Commissioners and Execute the Same Commission according to act
assembly in Such Case made and provided &c


His Lordship
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Betty Game
 We of the grand Jury for the body of Somerset County do present Betty Game molatta Spinster

of Stepney parish for bearing of a bastard Child some time Last Fall Jam.s Rownd Foreman
          Thereupon Command was given to the sher of Somerset County that he should take the Said Betty Game if &c to answer
&c and afterwards herein Court to witt the twenty first day of November anno Dom One thousand seven hundred and thirty
two Came the said Betty Game in her proper person and Likewise Came hereinto Court Levin Gale Esq.r who for his said
Lordship in this behalfe prosecutes and saith herein Court that he will noe farther prosecute against the afd Betty
Game on the presentment aforesaid      Therefore it is Considered by the Court here that the afd Betty Game be quiet &
goe thereof without day   whereupon the said Betty Game is Ordered to Give Security for the Severall Officers Fees
due upon the presentment afd  Thereupon a Certain Stephen Winwright of Somerset County Bricklayer present
herein Court undertakes for the said Betty Game to pay the Severall Officers Fees due by means of ye premisses afd &c

Whereas a Certain Phenix Hall was bound by Recognizance to give Evidence against a Certain Mary Merideth on Suspicion
of Felony ye said Phenix Hall is discharged Here being no prosecution fixed against the said Mary Merideth &c


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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1730-1733
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