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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1733-1735
Volume 846, Page 113   View pdf image
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March Court       1733                113

his Committing of fornication with her the said Mary Maguire and do and depart the same
Court without Leave thereof &.a    Whereupon the afd John MccClester prays the Court here that the
afd Mary Maguire may be adjudged to serve him for the trouble of his hous Loss of time and Charges
that he was at at the time of the said Mary Maguires Lying in with the Bastard Child afd &.a

          Thereupon the said Mary Maguire is adjudged by the Court here to Serve her said Master
John MccClester his heirs or assignes six full months to Commence at the Expiration of the said Mary
Maguires already Servitude which said Six months Servitude is adjudged by the Court here to be full
Satisfaction for the said John MccClesters trouble Charge and Loss of time that the said John MccClester had &
was at at the time of the Lying in of the said Mary Maguire &.a


The Same
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Eliza Townsend
 Somerset County ss.t
                                      The Jurors for the right honrble the Lord Proprietary
that now is for the body of Somerset County afd upon their Oath do present that Eliz.a
                         Townsend late of Stepney parish in the County afd Spinster the tenth day of august
    in the Year of Our Lord God Seventeen hundred and thirty three at the parish afd in the County afd
    within the Jurisdiction of this Court did Committ fornication with a Certain person to the Jurors afd
    unknown and did permitt the same unknown person then and there to have Carnall knowledge of
    her body and to begett then and there a bastard Child on the body of her the same Eliz.a to the high
    displeasure of Almighty God to the Evill Example of all Others in Such Case Offending Contrary to
    the peace of the said Lord proprietary that now is his good rule and Government and against the
    Act of assembly in such Case lately made and provided &.a
Test   Mitchell Dashiell                       
                                                          On the backside of the aforegoing bill of Indictment it was
    thus Endorsed vizt   Billa Vera   Jn Purnall foreman

       Thereupon Command was given to the sheriffe of Somerset County that he should take the said Eliz.a
Townsend if &.a to answer &.a  And now hereafterwards to witt the ninteenth day of March anno Dom one
thousand seven hundred and thirty three before the Justices of his Lordship County Court of Somerset
Now held at dividing Creek in and for the County afd Came the afd Eliza Townsend in her proper
person and being by the Sheriff set to the barr is thereupon Instantly demanded how she
would acquitt herselfe of the premisses afd above upon her Imposed says that of the premisses
afd above upon her Imposed she is guilty thereof and makes Oath that a Certain Stephen Winright
is the begetter of the Child she stands Indicted for and is willing to pay her fine for the fact afd
whereupon all and singular the premisses here being seen heard and fully understood   It is Considered
by the Court here that the afd Eliza Townsend pay to his Lordship the Lord proprietary thirty
Shillings Currant money for her fine by Occasion of the premisses afd above upon her Imposed
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