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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1730-1733
Volume 842, Page 54   View pdf image
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March Court        1730         54

a point of Land opposite to a Beaver dam which said Point of Land is about one hundred yards below a high turning point
of Land on Richardsons side and further ye s.d Bishop says that that might ye Jury was he lay at Charles Richardson and
he asked ye s.d Richardson why he did not come over to see the Jury he answered that he did not care ot goe over
because he knew there would be Jangling about it for says he to tell ye truth ye s.d Line begin at S Slash whose
ye Said W.m Richardson shewed M.r Perry and further saith not    Also ye same day Came Dunnock Dennis Senr
an Evidence aged about sixty two years and being sworn on the holy Evangelist of almighty god Saith that he to ye
Best of his knowledge about sixty twenty four years past he was Sherriff and sumoned ye aboves.d Jury
to the best of his knowledge ye af.d Jury did Mark a Line tree at ye s.d point of Land yt ye abovesaid Bishop
declared to and further saith not   The same day also Richard Tull Def.t and for Evidences came Rob.t
Richardson son of Charles Richardson deceased aged about twenty five years and being sworn on ye holy
Evangelist of Almighty god saith that his Father Charles Richardson told him that at that point ^of^ high Land
were the said Quinton Bratton and Thomas Purnall agreed and did fix up a Ceedar post that there stood a Line tree
of his Land and that Cap.t Shewell Cut it down for a Shaft to his Mill and further Saith not
Also Charles RIchardson an Evidence aged about twenty four years being son to ye af.d Charles and being
sworn on ye holy Evangelist of allmighty god saith that on ye af.d point of high Land where ye Cedar post
stands right against a Beavour dam his father Charles Richardson told him that there stood a line tree of
his Land and further saith not   The same day Jos Scofield Def.t pleaded that he had another Evidences vizt
John Teague who was very Mutch Indisposed and not able to come to give his Evidences therefore on the twenty
third day of ye s.d Month of December came John Teague An Evidence aged about seventy years and being sworn
on the holy Evangelist of Allmighty god saith that by the North side of ye Greatest beavour Dam below
the high Point of Land on Richardson side and about twenty one paces up ye dams from where John Bishop
said ye Jury Marked a tree ye Deponant saith that about twenty odd years past there was a Jury ^called by James Bratton & ye said deponant was then summoned as an evidence to the Jury and says that the Jury^ Markt
a tree there in order to run ye lines for Bratton from thence and M.r W.m Whittington was then present & run
the Line from thence ye s.d Deponant was about to buy that Land of Brattons before Bratton bought it and
found it so narrow that he did not Care to pchase it and further saith that aboute one hundred yards higher
up ye dames his Master Richardson told him that ye old line run from there with a line of Marked
trees up to the head to a Marked Hiccory and that his son W.m Richardson told him he knew ye s.d line to
be his and further saith not that his Master Richardson told him that ye North side of that great
Beaver dam on ye bank or point of Land 21 paces above where Bishop declard to there they might feed
his hogs for that was his Land ye s.d Deponent further Saith y.t at ye uper old line above mentioned being about
one hundred yards above ye Great Beaver dam he Could see ye Cedars on ye South side ye Creek and his Master
Robert Richardson and his son William both told him that their land came from those Ceeders to ye
point above ye old Beaver dam it being above one hundred yards above ye s.d Beaver dam and further saith
not   Also W.m Porter ye same day came as an Evidence aged forty two and being sworn on the Holy
Evangelist of Almighty god saith that about twenty three years agon there was Jury held as he remembrs in
order to settle a bounder between James Bratton and Smith and that at that point on ye North side of ye
dam where Bishop and Dennis Dammed to that there or thereabouts they Settled a Bound.r for their
beginning of ye Line and further saith not    Also Will.m Whittington an Evidence aged about forty
seven and being sworn on ye holy Evangelist of Allmighty god saith that where ye above said Jury settled
ye Bounds that the wife of old Robert Richardson who was ye owner of Mount Ephraim y.t she told
this deponent y.t her husband told her as he remembrs that there or there a way there line did run and that he
was desired to set his Compass where the said Jury settled and to run ye Courses of the patent from there and
according he did ye s.d Richardsons wife gave ye above words in Evidence to the said Jury and the said
Deponent also run from a tree at the head of the Land which s.d tree Robert Perry told them was the
End of the Line run from where ye Jury settled but reversing ye Courses of the Patent for ^from^ y.t tree it came
down thro' James Brattons Plantation and Houses upon which ye Jury Concluded that the Line should
begin to run from where ye s.d Richardson wife gave Evidence to and further saith not
       As Wittness our hands this seventh day of March Ann.o Dom.r 1730/1            Jam.s Rownd
                                                                                                                             Jam.s Martin


His Lordship
      agt
Rebecca Blockston
Somerset ss     The Jurors for the Right honrble the Lord proprietary of this province
that now is for the body of Somerset County upon their Oath do present Rebecca
Blockston Late of Somerset County Spinster the first day of aprill One thousand
       Seven Hundred and thirty at Somerset County within the Jurisdiction of this Court with force and
       Armes the Close of a Certain John Shehon did break and Enter and One Muslain apron of the Value of
       fifty pounds of tobacco of the Goods and Chattells of the Said John Shehon then and there being found
       then and there feloniously did take Steal and Carry away against the peace &c
                                                                                                                      Levin Gale P Dam Propry
Testes John Shehon   Susanna Joyce
                                                                   On the back side of the foregoeing Bill of Indictment it
                                                                                                                                           was



 
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