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March Court
1760
51 Baines orphan of the afd George Baines Continue under the Care & tuition of Ann Benston wife of the aforesaid Alexander Benston) untill further orders &c
washing Lodging and Cloathing and at the Expiration of his servitude give him a new Suit of Cloaths &c Whereupon it is Ordered by the Court here that the aforesaid James Shirley Give Security for to Comply with the Covenants aforesaid Whereupon the aforesaid James Shirley present herein Court acknowledged himselfe to owe & stand Justly Indebted unto the afd William Reynolds in the Sum of ten pounds Sterling Good and Lawfull mony of England of his Goods and Chattells Lands and tenements to be made and Levied for the use of the Said William Reynolds his heirs and assigns if default be made in the Condition hereunder written The Condition of the above Recognizance is Such that if the above bounden James Shirley do and Shall well and truely Learn his Said apprentice during his Servitude to read and write and Likewise find and provide for his Said apprentice meat drink washing Lodging and Cloathing sufficient for Such an apprentice to have and wear and at the Expiration of his Servitude Give him a new Suit of Cloaths &c then the above Recognizance to be void and of none Effect otherwise &c
whereof are decayed and the wittnesses to prove them Ancient and Infirm Your petitioner therefore Humbly prays Your Worships will be pleased to Issue a Commission to Such persons as you Shall think proper to Examine Wittnesses according to the form of the act of assembly in that Case made and provided to perpetuate the boundarys thereof and your petitioner as in duty bound Shall ever pray Joy Hobbs The petition aforesaid being Read and heard and fully understood and mature deliberation thereupon had Wherefore it is Considered by the Court here that a Commission Issue to the afd Joy Hobbs as by the petion afd is praid and that George Dashiell Merrick Ellis, Thomas Walker and Henry Ballard all of Somerset County Gent be Commissioners and Execute the Same Commission according to act of assembly in Such Case made and provided &c Whereas there was an order made in August Court Last to David Willson, William Turpin Sen.r John Waters, and Jeffry Long all of Somerset County Gent.m for the Laying Out a road down the Middle of ^the neck^ between Back Creek and Annamessex for for as much as they Could not agree about the Said Road in Laying of in out &.c Thereupon it is now ordered by the Court that Robert King, Thomas Williams and Thomas Dixon of the County aforesaid Gent or any two of them mete at a Certain time by them the Said Robert King, Thomas Williams & Thomas Dixon or any two of them to be appointed in the Said neck and Inspect as well the Old Roads in the Said Neck as that part of the new Road Laid out by same |
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