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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1733-1735
Volume 846, Page 84b   View pdf image
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       November Court                     1733            84

Mary Burke
   petn agt
Thomas Lambden
 Somerset ss    To the Worshipfull the Justices of Somerset County afd the petition of Mary Burke sheweth
that your petitioner hath a Child named Mary bound by your petitioners Husband to a Certain
Thomas Lambden that the said Child is very ill ^used^ and by his said master and your petitioners husband
    being now out of the Country is incapable to apply to your worships on behalfe of his said Child   Your petitioner
    therefore prays that your worships will take her said Child Care into your consideration and give her such releife as
    your worships shall think proper and your petitioner as in duty bound shall Ever pray &a

                Thereupon Command was given to the sher of Somerset County that he should Somons Sarah Lambden wife of the afd
    Thomas Lambden so that she be and appear Immediately here in Court (with the Child of the afd Mary Burke) to answer the
    premisses afd and afterwards the said Sarah Lambden wife of the afd Thomas Lambden being somoned appears here
    in Court as also ^the^ petitioner being present at the same time and the petition afd being Read & heard and fully understood
    and mature deliberation thereupon had and Likewise having heard the severall allegations as well on
    the part of the said Thomas Lambden as on the part of the petition and what the several evidences declared
    upon Oath and forasmuch as it doth appear to the Court here that John Burke the father of the Child
    was a Servant unto the said Thomas Lambden at the time of Executing of the Indenture by which the same Child  
    is held as a Servant so that that act of the father in binding of the Child is void in Law &a

             Wherefore it is Considered by the Court here that the afd Mary Burke so as afd bound go free from
    the said Thomas Lambden and of the same Indenture be quitt and go thereof without day for that the same
    Indenture is by the Same Court here adjudged Not good &a


Marcy Burke
    petn against
Thomas Lambden
     To the Worshipfull Justices of Somerset County now in Court Sitting the petition of Marcy
Burk most humbly sheweth     That your petition has a Child that was bound to
M.r Thomas Lambden which Child has been very much abused therefore your
                   petitioner Humbly prays your worships will be pleased to set the said Child at Liberty and
she as in duty bound will pray
                                                                                    Thereupon Command was given to the sher of
Somerset County that he should sumons Sarah Lambden wife of the afd Thomas Lambden so that she be and
appear Immediately here in Court to answer the premisses afd and afterwards the said Sarah Lambden
wife of the afd Thomas Lambden being Sumoned appears here in Court as also the petitioner being present
at the same time         The petition afd being Read and heard and fully understood and mature
deliberation thereupon had and Likewise having heard the severall allegations as well on the part of
the said Thomas Lambden as on the part of the petitioner afd  And what the Severall Evidences declared
upon Oath and forasmuch as it doth appear to the Court here that John Burke the father of the ^afd^ Child
was a Servant unto the said Thomas Lambden at the time of Executing of the Indenture by which the said Child is
held as a servant so that that act of the father is binding of the ^said^ Child (of the afd Mary Burke) the petitioner so
as afd bound go free from the said Thomas Lambden and of the Same Indenture be quitt and goe thereof
without day for that the Same Indenture is by the Court here adjudged not good &a


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