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The Court upon Examination of ye Case did thinke fitt names of ye Jury (both partees acquiesin thereunto) to James Walliam John Darby James Sanderlins Casperes herman John Williams hend : Williams Phil : Pocock Referr ye Case to a Jury, whoe Lyke- wyse haueing heard ye debates of both partees and ye papers & Evidences Ex- amined & Receiving their Charge, went out and Returning brought in their verdict as followeth vizt Wee find for ye defts agst ye Plt wth Costs of suite. The Court doe passe Judgemt according to verdict.
John Call Tho : Spry
Sam : Bercquer John Taylor John Ogle
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THOMAS SPRY plt The defts 3rd default.
ROBB : HUTCHINSON Deft
7 March 1628 Exe- The Plt demands of deft by ballance of
cut: Issued out. acct ye sume of one hundered & ninety eight gilders 15 styvers for wch hee Craues Judgemt wth Costs and that his attachmt for soe mutch of ye defts Effects in ye hands of John Darby may be allowed.
The deft haueing ben absent this three following Court dayes, and ye Plt haueing in Court made cath to his acct in Court, The Court ordered Judgemt to bee Enterred against ye deft for ye sª 198 gilders 15 styvers wth ye Costs, and doe allowe of ye attachmt on ye defts Effects in ye hands of John Darby.
Upon ye Request of Mistrs Maria Blocq, The Court doe grant that shee ye sª mary Blocq may Cause hur Land att Swanwyke to bee Resurveiged shee not Exceeding ye bounds of hur pattent & when ye Resurveig is made that hur neigbours of each syde may bee prsent or that itt bee wth their Cognisance that soe noe p'son may bee Injured & that all future stryfes & Contentions may bee avoyded.
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SAMUEL BERCQR PIt
ABRAM MAN Deft
The deft not haueing some material papers wth him in red- dinesse the Case is referred til next Cort.
Upon the desire of Dom : Petrus Teschermarker The Cort doe grant him an order for his salary agst the Estates of Ralph hutchinson and Lucass Ebell And now and for ye future, Its ye opinion of ye Court that ye domeni Teschermarker for his salary is to bee & haue Execution and prefference agst ye Es- tates of all those that haue signed or promissed him towards his maintaynance.
Its ordered that Thomas Snowden and Elizabeth his wyfe doe both appeare here att ye next Court or soe soon shee ye sd Elizabeth shall bee able after delivery of hur Chyld for to Cleare themselves of ye words spocken touching ye murthering of their Chyld etc : Justice Otto to see yt they appeare as pr this order.
JUSTA ANDRIES & his wyfe AELTIE PIts 1 in an action of JAN ANDRIESS STAALCOP Deft f Defamation. The Case is by the Cort refferred till next Court day, as when all ye wittnesses are personally to appeare, and also Justa Andries.
Upon Complaint made by Justice Abram Man as overseer of ye highway on ye other syde of Christina against Jan Ger- ritsen for not workeing att ye highway & disobeying of ye sd Justice his warrant, The Court haueing heard ye deffence made by him ye sd Jan Gerritze doe see Cause to Condemne hini ye sd Jan Gerritzen to pay a fyne of fower hundered Ib of tobbo according to former order to ye use of the overseer and ye rest of those that workt att ye highway, and the Costs.
James Sanderlins in behalfe of Marmaduke Randall pre- ffered in Cort a peticon sheweing that hee ye sd marmaduke some yeares past did purchaze a peece of Land of John Test Contayning 300 acres Lying & being in St Georges Creeke, for w-ch sd Land hee ye sª Peticon' had paid ye quitrent Laest
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Jeare & was willing to pay itt this yeare, wch sd Land as hec ye Peticon" is Informed is by the Court Excheated for want of settlement. The Peticon" therefore humbly Desiered ye Cort to take itt in Consideration that hee ye sd Marmaduke had ben a prizoner in Turkey, and to order that hee might haue the Land againe etc.
The Cort anew Examining the Case doe find that the abovesd Land was three tymes sould from one to another before itt was bought by marmaduke and notwithstanding never as yett any Improovement or settlemt made thereon wch is altogether Con- trary to Lawe & Regulacons, and therefore Excheated, and sence ye Court can not Lawfully Recall their former grant & order therein unto Roelof andries & Jacob Aertsen They doe therefore Referr ye Peticon" to his Excell ye Governor att New Yorke for his Excells order and determination therein.
The Executors of DIRK ALBERT- Plt
SEN deceased
EVERT HENDRICKS FIN Deft
The Plt demands of ye deft by acct ye sume of one hundered & Eighty one gilders & nineteen styvers for wch they Craue Judgemt wth Costs. The deft still remayning absent & not bringing in his Contra acct as heretofore hee had promissed to doe : The Court did grant Judgemt agst ye deft for 181 gilders & nineteene styvers, provyded that ye Plt shall deduct and allowe all & whatsoever the deft shall Justly make appeare to haue paid in part of ye sª deft as abovesd.
Upon the Peticon of Samuell Pietersen, The Court doe grant him Liberty to take up wth in ye precincts of this Corts Juris- diction three hundered acres of Land wch heretofore has not ben granted taken up or Improoved by others, hee Peticon" seating & Improoveing ye same according to Lawe order and Regulations.
Upon the Peticon of Hans Petersen Patascus, The Cort doe permit him to take up wth in the Corts Jurisdiction Twoo hun- dered acres of Land wch heretofore has not been granted taken
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up or Improoved by others, Provyded ye Peticon" seats & Im- prooves ye same according to Lawe Regulacons and orders.
Upon the Peticon of Peter hendricx of Shilpatskill ; The Court doe grant & permit him to take up Twoo hundred acres of Land wth in their Jurisdiction, Provyded hee seats and Im- prooves ye same, according to Lawe Regulacons and orders and yt the sd Land whereon the Peticon" shall pitch bee not granted taken up or Improoved before by others.
Upon the Peticon of Peter hendriks, The Cort doe grant that hee may Cause his Land att Schilpats Kill to bee Resur- veiged, Provyded hee doth not Exceed ye bounds of his Pattent ; and that ye adjoining neigbours haue notice thereof ; that soe noe p'son may thereby bee Injured & that all future Contention may bee avoided.
Upon the desire of hans Petersen, Justice Abram Man de- clared in open Court that hee did not know or had not sayed that hans Petersen had taken a false oath or that hee was a Rogue ; but that all what hee had sayed was this that hee had heard that hans Petersen had formerly gon about to hire a man to sweare for him & further nott.
EDMUND CANTWELL Plt
HENRY BOAMAN Deft
Upon ye Request of Henrdrik Vanden Burgh ye Bayle of ye deft desiering that this action might bee Continued promissing to pay the debt in case of ye defts non appearance att the next Court; The Cort did grant ye sd hendriks Request & ye action to bee continued.
GEO: OLDFIELD & PIETERNELLA his wyfe Exec- - ut* of CAPTN JOHN CARR deceased Plts
MARY widdow of HANS BLOCQ deceased Deft
The Plt not appearing nor any attorney for him & noe de- claration Enterred, upon ye defts Request a nonsuit is ordered agst ye l'lt wth Costs.
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MATHIAS BERTELSEN PIt An attachmt upon a grapplin JUSTA ANDRIES Deft S in ye hands of Jan Boeyer. pit and deft both absent & noe declaration Enterred a non- suit was ordered wth Costs.
Upon the Peticon of Will : Philips The Court doe grant & permit him to take up wthin this Courts Limits Twoo hun- dered acres of Land, wch heretofor hath not ben granted taken up or Improoved by others, Provyded the Peticon" Seates & Improoves ye same according to Lawe Regulacons & orders.
EDMUND CANTWELL PIt An attachmt for 350 1b of JOHN BERCQUER Deft tobb.
The deft absent ye action for ye first tyme is Continued.
Upon the Peticon of John Taylor of duke Creeke The Court doe grant & permit him to take up wthin the Jurisdiction of this Court Twoo hundered acres of Land wch heretofor is not granted taken up or Improoved by others, the Peticon" Seating & Improoveing ye same according to Lawe Regulacons and orders.
Upon the Peticon of John Taylor of Appoquenemen : The Cort doe grant that hce ye Peticon" may Cause his Land being 250 acres bougt of Walter Wharton deceased the Land by him ye sd Taylor taken up by a grant of this Cort to bee Resur- veiged, hee not Intruding upon other mens Land, and keep- ing the Court harmlessc of future troubles & Contentions.
JOHANNES D'HAES Plt Deft S An attachmt upon ye defts tobb. JOHN BERCQUER
The deft Absent this action is for ye first time Continued.
Upon the Peticon of Thom : Spry The Cort doe grant & per- mit him to take up within ye precincts of this Court twoo hun- dered acres of Land, wch heretofore is not granted taken up or Improoved by others hee Seating & Improoveing the same according to Lawe Regulacons and orders.
Mary the widdow of Doctor John desjardins being this day againe sent for in Court and demanded what shee could pro-
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duce or showe to hinder & disannul the former sales of ye Lotts of doctor Jordins wthin this Towne of New Castle, sould by publicq outcry by ye Courts order for ye payment of ye Creditors of hur sd deceased husband, here etc : shee the sd Mary produced a paper writt in french ; wch being Read & Interpreted the substance thereof was ; that doctor Jordins did declare to bee Espoused to ye sd Mary and that all what shee should bring wth hur to him if hee dyed wth out Children, should Return to hur etc and shee the sd mary suposed the same to bee a Joynture and by verture thereof shee Claymed all the Estate weh doctor Jordins had wth hur & sence from Isacq Tayne hur father deceased. The Cort Rightly & Ma- turely deliberating ye case; doe give their opinion of ye sd Paper & Judge itt to bce noe Joyntur nor of sufficient force to debarr ye Creditors from their Rights for ye following Reasons, vizt first because the sª paper is not of ye nature of a Joyntur-2d by Reason itt was not writt or Recorded by any Clarke or publicq person, and never knowne of til of Late- 3dly By Reason Itt is Conditionally that if shee gott noe Chil- deren by him weh if shee did (as shee has) that then the Estate should bee soe & soe parted, now Children cannot wel Inher- rit before ye debts are paid. 41y Itt is sayed in ye sd paper that shee should haue what shee then brougt wth hur to him ; this was before marriadge, and ye Lotts & Land wch the Credi- tors haue attached and are sould; the same were by Isacq Tayne & Jan Biscq made ouer to doctor John Desjardins his heirs & assignes, ye 7th of November 1677 as by ye records wil apeare : Att wch tyme & Long after til now of Late this pretence of ye sd Mary was not knowne. The Cort therefore for a fynall End and determinacon doe Referr the sd mary to his Excell : the Governor att new Yorke for his Result & order in ye buisnesse.
John foster was this day Sworne undersherrife of this Cort of part of ye Lower End of ye County & at appoquenemen in ye roome of Lucas Ebell deceased.
Upon the Peticon of huybert francis The Court doe grant
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& permit him to take up wth in this Courts Jurisdiction twoo hundered acres of Land wch hath not ben heretofore granted taken up or Improoved by others, hee seating & Improoveing ye same Land according to Lawe Regulacons & orders.
Upon the motion of John Darby Itt is by ye Court ordered, that all what Mr Darby shall Lawfully pay upon ye Execution of Robberd hutchinson of ye Tobb : that was formerly Ralph hutchinsons, that hee ye sª Darby shall haue discharges from ye Executors of Ralph's Estate or Receipts Indorsed on ye bake of ye bill from sd Darby to Ralph hutchinson.
Apeared in Court Caspares herman whoe then & there ak- nowledged ye makeing ouer of - acres of land in Arenties Creeke unto Jan Biscq marten gerritzen and Mathias Mathiass de vos ; wch sd transport & ye pattent are both att Large Re- corded in ye records of Lands.
Appeared in Court Peter Alrichs & Thomas Woollaston whoe produced the Laest will and Testament of Ralph hutch- inson deceased desiering that according to ye Tennor of ye sd will there might bee granted orders of administration unto them together with James Walliam etc : whereupon the sd will being publicqly Read in Cort Capt" Edmund Cantwell Philip Pocock and Will : Still the witnesses to ye same were sworne in Cort whoe declared that the same will produced in Court was Ralph hutchinsons Laest will and Testament : The Cort thereupon did grant unto them ye sd Pieter Alrichs, James Walliam and Thomas Woollaston an order to administr ac- cordingly that ye sd wil be Recorded and yt ye sd administra- tors Cause an Inventory and appraizemt to bee made of ye Estate of ye sd Ralph hutchinson deceased ; and that they make Returne thereof and give in security according to Lawe att ye next Courtday.
Hendrik Vanden Burgh & John Kan were by ye Cort ap- pointed to bee ye appraizers to appraize ye Estate of Ralph hutchinson of this Towne of New Castle deceased : followeth the Laest will & Testament of Ralph hutchinson deceased.
In the name of God Amen I: Ralph hutchinson being
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weake of boddy but blessed be God in perfect sence and mem- ory doe make Constitute and appoint this to be my Laest Will & Testament, Revokeing all other wil or wills whatsomever and this only to bee my Laest Will & Testament. In the name of ye father and of ye son and of ye holy gost Amen, Committing my soule into ye hands of Almighty God and my boddy to the Earth and all my worldly goods to bee disposed in manner and forme following. Item I : will and bequeath unto Capt" Nicolls his wyfe one bill due from Daniel Sileuant of fairfield. Item I : will and bequeath unto Mr Pieter Alrichs my Plush Saddle and I give unto Wessel Alrichs the mare att John Cokses. Item I give and bequeath the twoo Colts of that mare, to John Ogles Twoo sons, and fower pounds due from Locker and Jones arskin. Item I : will and bequeatlı unto James Walliams five pounds in ye best pay of ye River due to mee. Item I : wil & bequeath unto Thomas Woollaston fyve pounds in ye best pay of ye River due to me. Item, I : give ye Cross Cut Sawe and axes and things att John Garretsens to ye said Woollaston, Item, I : give unto his wyfe some napkins and Table Linnen thats in the Chest, Item : I give unto Mary Woollaston The sowes att John Smiths, Item I: give unto Jolin Darby the mare Running upon ye Island Item, I give unto ye daughter of Mr Sempil the monnys due from John Anderson of Christina to buy a Coate, Item I : give unto Ann Woollaston the monnys due to mee from Swart Jacob to buy hur Clothes, Item I : give & bequeath unto my Brother Robert hutchinson my gray suite and my sarge suite and ye Land at Poppler neck, or if hee bee not capable of using itt to bee put in ye hands of some one for ye maintaynance of him and twoo shirts, Item I : give unto amond bedford six oyled skins that are in my Chest, and also I: give and bequeath unto my unkle John bedford fower thousand pounds of Tobbacco ; and my Planta- tion att Christeen Creeke if not sould to my sisters use if the debts bee sattisfyed wth ye other Consernes, and if that my said brother Robbart doth Continue in ye disabled Condition wee understand hee is in I : alsoe will and bequeath the pat-
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tents thats assigned ouer to mee from Benjamin Nettelship perchazed ougt to mayor fenwikes Collony but In case of his mortality I : bequeath itt to my brother & sister in ould Eng- land or their use, and ye Rest of the overplus of my Estate when my debts bee sattisfyed, to ye discretion of my father & mother I : will & bequeath itt and all feunerall Charges sattis- fied : alsoe I further appoint Peter Alrichs and James Walliam and Thomas Woollaston of New Castle in ye province of New Yorke to bee my administrators & Executors upon my Estate according to usuall Custome, Given under my hand & seale this 16th day of february A. D. 1633.
signed sealed and (was signed)
delivered in ye prsence of us
RALPH HUTCHINSON L S.
WILL : STILL TYMEN STIDDEM.
PH : POCOCK ED : CANTWELL.
Jan Pietersen was this day chosen appointed and sworne Constable of Appoquenemen in ye Roome of John foster for ye space one yeare or til Another bee sworne in his place.
JOHN DARBY Plt This action was by - the Pit with -
ROB : HUTCHINSON
Deft - drawne
HENDRIK WILLIAMS
Pit
ROBBERT TALLENT
Deft
Withd : by ye Plt
JOHN Cocx of Maryland Plt This is ye 4th Court day the act: is Continued for The Estate of Jº SHACKERLY deceased - Deft - ye Reasons first given.
EDMUND CANTWELL
The Estate of Jo SHIACKERLY
Deft
Plt Continued as above
THOM : SPRY
Pit
Ditto Estate of Jº SHACK : Deft Continued as above
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GABRIEL MINVIELLE by EDM : Plt
CANTWELL his attorn:
-
Continued as above
Ditto Estate of Jº SHACKERLY Deft
JOHN OGLE
Plt
Continued as above
Ditto Estate of Jº SHACK :
Deft
EPH : HERMAN
Pl - Continued as above
Ditto Estate of Jº SHACK :
Deft
HANS JURIAN
Plt withd partees
LASSE ANDRIES
Deft
agreed
JOHN RYCRAFT Plt
HENRY DULL Deft partees agreed.
The Cort adjourned till 1st Teusday in April next.
Copia.
Wee underwritten the Justices of This Towne of New Castle Doe hereby Certifie That upon the Request of Justa Andries wee haue made Examinacon and doe fiend that there was heretofore in ye yeare 1675 sould and made ouer by Rob : Scot Josyn ye widow of John Marshall deceased John Cosins and John Boeyer unto him ye said Justa Andries a seartaine Pattent for fouer hundered acres of Land Lying and being in Cristina Creeke aforesaid betweene the Land of Jan Staalcop & ye mill Creeke as by ye said Pattent baring date ye first of october 1669 may more att Large appeare but by ye neglect of the former Clercq Mr William Tom (as is supposed) nothing Can bee found upon Record thereof however Living wittnesses To witt John Boeyer and Josyn marshall and others doe attest yt there was such a Transport Past In ye Court of newCastle In witnesse Whereof wee haue herunto sett of hands att New- Castle this 15 day of March 1628.
(was signed) JOHN MOLL PIETER ALRICHS J : D'HAES WILL : SEMPILL
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Att a Speciall Court held upon ye Request of Mr Humphry Guyn : in the Towne of New Castle in Delowar this 24th day of march 163g.
Prsent
MT John Moll Mr Pieter Alrichs Mr Joh : D'haes Mr William Sempill
Justices.
HUMPHRY GUYN as the At- Plt In an action torney of JOHN DELAWOOD
CASPARES HERMAN Deft
upon ye Case.
The Plt sheweth that ye sd John Delawood hath a servant absented himselfe out of his servis named John Kallet a Lad of about 16 years of adge, and taken up in Maryland by Mr Caspares herman of this River & wrongfully detayned from ye sd John Delawood ; and therefore humbly Prayeth that ye sd Caspares herman may bee ordered to appeare before yor worpps to shew Cause why he detayneth the sd servant. The deft Caspares herman denyes the Pits declaration & Replyes that hee being Ernestly solicited & Intreated by James Parker as t' cheef & ye others that came in pursuit of ye Runaway ser- vants from middlesecx County in Virginia did after Long per- suasion make an absoluth agreement wth them that In case hee ye sª Caspares Herman should goe in pursuit and appre- hend ye servants, hee then to haue the choice of one of them for his paynes ; and that pursuant to ye sd agreement hee went after ye sd servants and wth a great deal of paynes Trouble & Charge, apprehending them, did first of all pitch upon Thomas Ballard servant to Bartholomew Austin but afterward being Long solicited & Intreated by James Parker somerseth dauids Thom : hasselt & ye others to take the boy by name John Callet in the Roome of ye servant Thom : Ballard, hee att Laest agreed thereunto: and thereupon wth ye Consent & approbation of all the partees above named the sd Boy servant John Callet was delivered to him & was by summerset dauids himselfe Conveiged to his house in Delowar, from whence hee
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then also tooke & Received ye sd Thom : Ballard ; and further hee ye sª Caspares herman produced in Court an absolute bill of seale & assignmt for ye sd servant John Callet : from under ye hand of him the sd James Parker bearing ye 14 day of february 1638 and sayes that hee out of Compassion (seeing that they had nothing wth them) did pay Gratis ouer & above his agreement ye sume of one hundered & twenty gilders to persons in Delowar for charges about ye takeing up of ye sª servants, all hee ye sª Caspares herman Proffers to Proove more amply & to ye full sattisfaction of all ye world by above a double number of sufficient wittnesses if itt bee requiered & yt tyme bee given for ye summoning of them.
The Court Examining ye Case & being partly sensible of itt themselves doe Judge the deft Caspares hermans allegations True : and sence M' James Parker by hue & Cry from ye Lord Baltimore was only & Cheefly Conserned, and that Caspares herman (noe prson in these parts questioning the sd Parkers pouwer) has honestly Earned a servant & paid ouer and above his agreement 120 gilders Gratis and has an absoluth deed of sale & assignment from ye sd James Parker for ye sd servant John Cellet. The Court doe therefore Judge that In Equity ye sd servant John Cellet doth belong to him ye sª Caspares herman : but notwithstanding M' James Parker if hee had noe power to dispose of ye sd servant Is Lyable to make reasonable sattisfaction to this Plts Imployer Jolin Delawood.
Followeth ye Coppy of ye assignment by Caspares herman produced in Court.
Know all men by these prsents that I: James Parker of middlesex County in Virginia haue bargained sould and de- livered and doe by these prsents bargaine & deliver unto Cas- par herman of delowar bay, on boy servant by name John Callet haueing Six yeares & three months to serve after the date hereof Lykewyse for the tyme hee absented himselfe from his servis wich was ye 22 of January Laest past : Lykewyse I : James Parker doe warrant the sale of the abovesd servant from any pīson or prsons whatsoever Laying Clayme to the servant,
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To Caspares herman his heirs or assignes as wittnesses my hand 14th of february 1623 in Bohemia. Lykewyse I : James Parker doe aknowledge to have Received full sattisfaction Recd in hand ; as witnesse my hand. (was signed) (In margine Testor) JAMES PARKER.
witnesses THO : HASSOLD
ANNA MARGRET HERMAN.
followeth the Coppy of ye Letter of attorney from John Del- awood unto humphry Gwyn.
To all to whome these prsents shal Come I : John Delawood of Gloucester County in Virginia send Greeting. Whereas John Kellet a Ladd about 17 years old servant to mee the sd John Delawood aforesd hath absented himselfe and Runaway from my servis about 6 weekes or thereabouts and whereas ye sd servant was taken up in maryland, and from hence Carryed to delowar Bay and delivered to Caspares herman wthout any power or authority from mee his master to those whoe deliv- ered him, Know yee therefore that I : the sd John Delawood doe by these prsents authorize and Impower Mr humphry Gwyn of Gloucester Countie in Virginia aforesd for mee and in my name to use all meanes possible for ye apprehending and securing of ye sd Runaway servant and bringing him home to his master; and if ye aforesd Caspares Herman to whome ye sª servant man was delivered Shall refuse to deliver him then ye sd m" Gwyn to take what course he best thinkes fitt for the recovery of him and whatsoever ye sd m' humphry Gwyn shall act or doe in or about ye premisses I : doe hereby Ratify Confirme and allowe the same. In Testimony whereof I : hereunto sett my hand and seale this 2. day of March 1679. Signed sealed & delivered (was signed) JOHN DELAWOOD L. S.
in ye prsence of us :
WALTR WHITAKER
ISACQ FOXCROFT
CLAUDE VALLOTT JAMES PARKER
ROBERT BEVERLY Pubª not : Virgna.
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Att a Cort held by his mayties Authority in ye Towne of New Castle Aprile ye 6th 1680.
Prsent
Mr John Moll Mr Peter Alrichs Mª Joh : D'haes Justices. Mr Abram Man Mr Will : Sempill Capt" Edmund Cantwell High Sherrife.
Jan Ericksen & hendrik Andriessen pferring in Cort a peti- con sheweing that they were Left as overseers of Hendrik Junsen an orphant & Eldest son of Jurian Junsen deceased & that the Land & farme belonging to ye sª orphant att swan- wyke & now in ye Tennure or occupation of hendrik Jansen Sybrants whoe had married tlie widdow of him ye sd Jurian Junsen ; is by the sd Tennant quyte spoylcd all ye houses pulled downe & burned soe that ye sª orphant when he comes to adge will haue Little good of itt. The Peticon" therefore desicring the Court to make Inspection in ye buisnesse & to order that ye sd Land & farme bee sould & that ye monny Remaine for ye orpliant etc.
Whercupon the neigbours to witt Peter de witt Cornelis Jansen Jan hulck & others being in Cort asked did declare that hendrik Jansen Sybrants doth dayly spoyle burne & pull downe ye houses & fences Insomuch that all is as good as spoyled etc.
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