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New-York, July II. Some Months ago, an Account was published in the News Papers, of a Company of Men in Providence, unlawfully associated, and disguised, who undertook to punish all Matrimonial Trespasses that came to their Knowledge, and had assaulted a Man they sus- pected of wronging his Wife by too great a Familiarity with another Woman, with an Intent to make him ride Skimmington, that is upon a Pole, carried on Men's Shoulders; but were prevented from executing their De-
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sign, by the resolute Defence of the suspected Man, who killed one of them and dangerously wounded one or two more, which dissolved the Association :
A like Affair we hear has lately happen'd at Newark, only that it has not yet been attended with any fatal Con- sequences, which however should be a Warning to all Per- sons concern'd in such unlawful Enterprises -. Such an- other Company of Disciplinarians, disguised, with black'd Faces, a few Days ago seized a Man of that Place, who was known to be jealous of his Wife; and upon a Sup- position that his Jealousy was injurious to his Wife, they gave him a severe whipping: But afterwards, finding sufficient Proof of the Guilt of both the Woman and her Gallant, they gave each of them a still more severe whip- ping, and left them both tied all Night.
NEW-JERSEY.
W HEREAS the Legislature of this Province, at their Meeting in June last, did allow one Month and twenty Days pay to the Officers and Soldiers of the New- Jersey Regiment, commanded by Col. M'Donald, in the Year 1764, for being detained on Duty longer, as pro- vided for by Law; & have appointed me the Subscriber for paying the same. These are therefore to give Notice, That I purpose to attend at Elizabeth-Town the Ist, at Bound-Brook, the 3d, and at Trent-Town the 6th Day of August next, for the Purposes aforesaid.
HENDRICK FISHER1
July the Ist, 1765.
N. B. I am not warranted to pay any Orders, unless properly attested before a Magistrate.
1 For a brief sketch of Hendrick Fisher, see N. J. Archives, XIX., 390-391, note.
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New-Jersey, Middlesex, ss. 1 P URSUANT to an order of the worshipful Thomas Gach, and James Parker, Esqrs. two of the judges of the court of common pleas for the county of Middlesex, made the 8th day of this instant, July, Peter Ten Eick, of said county, an insolvent debtor, confined in the gaol of Perth-Amboy, doth hereby give notice to all the creditors of the said Peter, to shew cause, if any they have, by the 27th day of this instant July, at Perth-Amboy, why an assignment of the estate of the said Peter should not be made to John Johnston, Cornelius Low, jun. esqrs. and Joseph Furman of New-York, nominated by the said judges, to receive and dispose of the same, for the use of all the creditors to the said Peter; and the said Peter thereupon be discharg'd from his debts and confinement, according to the direc- tions of an act of the governor, council, and general as- sembly of the province of New-Jersey, made and passed in the 5th year of his majesty's reign, entitled, An act for the relief of insolvent debtors; he the said Peter having taken the said oath, and complied with the directions in the said act mentioned.
New-Jersey, } s. P URSUANT to an order of the Middlesex, worshipful Thomas Gach, and James Parker, esqrs. two of the judges of the court of common pleas for the county of Middlesex, made the 8th of this instant, July, William Callander of said county, an insolvent debtor, confined in the gaol of Perth-Amboy, doth hereby give notice to all the creditors of the said William Callander, to shew cause, if any they have, by the 27th of this instant July, at Perth-Amboy, why an assignment of the estate of the said William Callander, should not be made to David Gosling and Charles Rhodes, appointed by said judges, to receive and dispose of the same, for the use of all the creditors of the said William
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Callander, and he the said William Callander thereupon be discharged from his debts and his confinement, accord- ing to the directions of an act of the governor, council, and general assembly of the province of New-Jersey, made and passed in the fifth year of his majesty's reign, entitled, An act for the relief of insolvent debtors; he the said Callender having taken the oath, and complied with the directions in the said act mentioned.
New-Jersey, } ss. P URSUANT to an order of the Middlesex, worshipful Thomas Gach, and James Parker, esqrs. two of the judges of the court of common pleas for the county of Middlesex, made the 8th of this instant, July, Patrick O Hanlon, of the said coun- ty, an insolvent debtor, confined in the gaol of Perth- Amboy, doth hereby give notice to all the creditors of the said Patrick, to shew cause, if any they have, by the 27th day of this instant, July, at Perth-Amboy, why an assign- ment of the estate of the said Patrick should not be made to Charles Rhodes and David Gosling, nominated by the said judges to receive and dispose of the same for the use of all the creditors of the said Patrick, and the said Pat- rick be thereupon discharged from his debts and his con- finement, according to the directions of an act of the gov- ernor, council, and general assembly, of the province of New-Jersey, made and passed in the fifth year of his maj- esty's reign, entitled, An act for the relief of insolvent debtors; he the said Patrick having taken the oath, and complied with the directions in the said act mentioned.
New-Jersey, } ss. P URSUANT to an order of the Middlesex, worshipful Thomas Gach, and James Parker, Esqrs. two of the judges of the court of common pleas for the county of Middlesex, made the 8th day of this instant, July, George Davison, of the said
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county, an insolvent debtor, confined in the gaol of Perth- Amboy, doth hereby give notice, to all the creditors of the said George Davison to shew cause, if any they have, by the 27th day of this instant, July, at Perth-Amboy, why an assignment of the estate of the said George should not be made to James Brooks, Esq; and Richard Carnes, nominated by the said judges to receive and dispose of the same for the use of all the creditors to the said George, and the said George thereupon be discharged from his debts and confinement, according to the directions of an act of the governor, council, and general assembly, of the province of New-Jersey, made and passed in the fifth year of his majesty's reign, entitled, An act for the relief of in- solvent debtors, he the said George having taken the said oath, and complied with the directions in the said act mentioned.
New-Jersey, P URSUANT to an order of the Middlesex, SS. worshipful Thomas Gach, and James Parker, Esqrs. two of the judges of the court of common pleas, for the county of Middlesex; made the 8th day of this instant, July, John Hutton, of the said county, an insolvent debtor, confined in the gaol of Perth- Amboy, doth hereby give notice, to all the creditors of the said John, to shew cause, if any they have, by the 27th day of this instant, July, at Perth-Amboy; why an as- signment of the said John's estate, should not be made to Robert King and John Waterhouse, nominated by the said judges, to receive and dispose of the same for the use of all the creditors to the said John, and the said John thereupon be discharged from his debts and imprison- ment, according to the directions of an act of the gover- nor, council, and general assembly, of the province of New-Jersey, made and passed in the fifth year of his maj- esty's reign, entitled, An Act for the relief of insolvent
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debtors; he the said John having taken the oath, and com- plied with the directions in the said act prescribed.
New-Jersey, Middlesex, SS. P URSUANT to an order of the worshipful Thomas Gach, and James Parker, Esqrs. two of the judges of the court of common pleas, for the county of Middlesex, made the 8th day of this instant, July, Cornelius Van Debeck, of the said county, an insolvent debtor, confined in the gaol of Perth-Amboy, doth hereby give notice, to all creditors of the said Cornelius, to shew cause, if any they have, by the 27th day of this instant, July, at Perth-Amboy, why an assignment of the said Cornelius's estate should not be made to Richard Carnes, nominated by the said judges, to receive and dispose of the same for the use of all the creditors to the said Cornelius, and the said Cornelius thereupon be discharged from his debts and confinement, according to the direction of an act of the governor, council, and general assembly, of the province of New- Jersey, made and passed in the fifth year of his majesty's reign, entitled, An act for the relief of insolvent debtors; he the said Cornelius having taken the oath, and complied with the directions in the said act mentioned.
New-Jersey, Middlesex, { s. P URSUANT to an order of the worshipful Thomas Gach, and James Parker, esqrs. two of the judges of the court of common pleas, for the county of Middlesex, made the 8th of this instant, July, Michael Coon, of said county, an in- solvent debtor, confined in the gaol of Perth-Amboy, doth hereby give notice, to all the creditors of the said Michael Coon, to shew cause, if any they have, by the 27th day of this instant, July, at Perth-Amboy; why an assignment of the estate of the said Michael, should not be made to Henry Desbrow, and William Shanks, nominated by the
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said judges, to receive and dispose of the same, for the use of all the creditors of the said Michael, and the said Michael thereupon discharged from his debts and his con- finement, according to the directions of an act of the gov- ernor, council, and general assembly of the province of New-Jersey, made and passed in the 5th year of his maj- esty's reign, entitled, An Act for the relief of insolvent debtors; he the said Michael, having taken the oath, and complied with the directions in the said act mentioned .- The New York Gazette or Weekly Post Boy, July II, 1765.
To be sold at Public Vendue,
At the Court-House in Sussex County, on Tuesday the 26th of November next.
A Tract of Land lying in the Township of New- Town, in the County of Sussex, and Province of New-Jersey, on the head Branch of Pawlins Kill, and di- vided into the following Lots or Farms, viz.
No. I. 168 Acres, in Possession of Mathas Snook.
2 209
3 I43
5 250
6
I73
7 I40
8 I57
9 I44
IO. 152 II. 2II
John Loder. Not tenanted
Daniel & Colin M'Kennie
Leonard Weidner.
Elisha Robins.
Benjamin Brewer. Nicholas Yost. Peter Cass.
This Tract of Land lies about Six Miles from Sussex Court House, and five from Andover Iron Works, which is a good Market for all Kinds of Country Produce; and the great Road to Goshen runs thro' it: It is exceeding
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well water'd by Springs and Brooks; well accommodated with Meadow Land, and fine Swamps, and a sufficient Quantity of Wheat Land, level and clear of Stones, and as good in Quality as any upland in Sussex County. One Sixth part of the Purchase Money to be paid on the Ist Day of May, 1766. One sixth on the first Day of No- vember, 1766. One sixth on the first Day of May, 1767, all without Interest; and the remaining Three-sixths se- cured by a Mortgage, or other satisfactory Security, may be paid as may suit the Conveniency of the purchaser. The Lands will be shewn by Elisha Robins, living on the Premises, or Robert Allen; Living at Pepack, in Somer- set County. And any Person choosing to Purchase at private Sale, may apply to said Robert Allen, who has a Power to agree for the same. The Title is indisputable, and good and sufficient Deeds will be given to the Pur- chasers, by
JAMES PARKER.
Middlesex County, ss
New-Jersey,
P URSUANT to orders from the worshipful Thomas Gach and James Parker, esqrs., two of the judges of the court of common pleas for the county of Middlesex, made on the 16th day of July instant. James Johnston, John Radley, Gilbert Barton, John Jobs, Charles Hartupes, John Collins, Briant Smith, John Kar, Joseph Kar, John Warden, and Philip Kelly, all insolvent debtors, now con- fined in the gaol of Perth-Amboy, do hereby give notice to all their creditors, that they shew cause, if any they have, on the 3d day of August next, at Perth-Amboy, why an assignment of each of the said insolvent's estate, should not be then made, to assignees nominated by the judges of the said court, or the majority in value of the
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said creditors to each, for the use and benefit of the said creditors respectively; and said insolvents be thereupon discharged from their debts and confinement, according to the directions of "An act of the governor, council, and general assembly of the province of New-Jersey, made and passed at Burlington in the fifth year of his majesty's reign, entitled, "An act for the relief of insolvent debtors; all the above mentioned insolvents having taken the oath, and complied with the directions in the said act men- tioned.
July 16, 1765.
W HEREAS Samuel Higgins, John Knight, Benjamin Bolting-House, Edward Lewis, and John Vance, insolvent debtors, now confined in the gaol of the Free Borough and Town of Elizabeth; have, pursuant to a law of the province of New-Jersey, lately made for the relief of insolvent Debtors, exhibited their petition to William P. Smith, esq; mayor of the said borough, pray- ing to be admitted to the said law, and have respectively delivered in writing upon oath, a full and true account of all their respective creditors, and of the monies respect- ively due and owing to them; and also a full and true account of their respective estates, both real and personal : Therefore, Notice is hereby given to the respective cred- itors of the abovenamed debtors, that they shew cause, if any they have, on the 9th day of August next, why an assignment of the said respective debtors' estate should not be made, and the debtors discharged agreeable to the said law.
July 15.
W HEREAS Bernardus Van Nest, Job Wood, and Frederick Barene, insolvent debtors, and now in actual gaol in the common gaol of the county of Essex,
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in the colony of New-Jersey, have presented their several petitions to us Thomas Clarke and Daniel Pierson, esqrs. two of the judges of the inferior court of common pleas for the county of Essex, praying the benefit of a late act of the governor, council, and general assembly of this col- ony of New-Jersey, entitled, An act for the relief of in- solvent debtors: Notice is hereby given to the several and respective creditors of them the said Barnardus Van Nest, Job Wood, and Frederick Barene, that they be and appear before us the said judges, or any two of the judges of the said court, at the court-house in New-Ark, on Sat- urday the 10th day of August next, at 3 of the clock in the afternoon of the same day, to shew cause, if any they have, why assignments should not be made of the several estates, rights and credits of the said Barnardus Van Nest, Job Wood and Frederick Barene, for the use of their respective creditors; and why they, and every of them, should not be discharged from their imprisonment, according to the directions of the said act. Dated this 13th day of July 1765.
THOMAS CLARKE. DANIEL PIERSON.
-The New York Gazette or Weekly Post Boy, July 18, 1765.
To be sold by the Subscriber, II0 Acres of Land, or thereabouts, situate and lying in Pilesgrove, Salem County, West New-Jersey; the Land is very good, and there is a Quantity of exceeding good Meadow, being well watered and timbered, with about 30 Acres of cleared Land, a good Dwelling-house, 'a Well of exceeding good Water and a small Orchard; it lies within Half a Mile of a good Grist mill, commodiously situate in the Heart of the Country. Any Person inclining to purchase the same,
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on paying Part of the Money down, may have a consider- able Term of Years, to pay the rest, giving Security, if required. For Terms apply to JOHN HOLTON, in Front- street, in the District of Southwark. The Title is indis- putable, and the Place may be entered on immediately.
RUN away from the Subscriber, living in Salem Coun- ty, West New-Jersey, a Servant Man, named Christopher Bench, a well set Fellow, about 18 Years of Age, has brown Hair and Complexion, went in Company with one George Dreaper, supposed to be gone towards Maryland; had on and took with him, when he went away, a new Felt Hat, an old Kersey Jacket, with the Stripes across, and an old Linsey striped Ditto, two homespun Shirts, the one new, the other old, two Pair of homespun Trowsers, the one new, the other old. Whoever secures said Ser- vant in any Goal, so that his Master may have him again, shall have Thirty Shillings Reward, and all reasonable Charges, paid by
JEREMIAH SMITH.
THE four following Persons, viz. William Mills of Cranberry, New-Jersey, John Wilson of, Sadsbury, Lan- caster ,County, Richard Sayres and Neal Herkins had Dealings in Philadelphia in the Years 1761 and 1762, since which the Persons to whom they stand indebted humbly requested, that any Person or Persons, that can give an. Account of them, or either of them, will be so kind as to send us a Line of Information to the Subscrib- ers in Philadelphia, which will be an Act of Benevolence, and esteemed as a Favour, it being supposed that either they are dead, and their Effects fallen into the Hands of those who would be satisfied to keep them, or that they have absconded from their usual Places of Abode to avoid paying their just Debts, which in either Case it is hoped
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no Lover of Honesty, that has any Knowledge of them, will be backward in giving Information.
PUSEY and GIBBONS.
N. B. There has been some uncertain Accounts, that Sayres was in Virginia, and that Herkins died in some part of North-Carolina. Wilson is supposed to be in some Part of Maryland, Sayres and Herkins were Ped- lars, Mills a Shop-keeper, and Wilson a Horse Jockey .- The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1908, July 18, 1765.
Hunterdon County, ss.
Pursuant to an Act of General Assembly of this Prov- ince of New-Jersey, lately passed, intituled "An Act for the Relief of insolvent Debtors," Notice is hereby given to the respective Creditors of Moses Easty, Thomas Car- roll, Thomas Cahill, Alexander Rogers, John Black, Henry Studred, John Oliphant, and Caleb Fairly, insol- vent Debtors, now confined in the Goal of Trenton, that the said Debtors intend to take the Benefit of the said Act, in order to their Discharge; and Friday, the 2d Day of August next, is appointed by the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, for the Creditors of the said Easty, Car- roll, Cahill and Rogers, and Saturday, the 3d Day of Au- gust next, is appointed in like Manner for the Creditors of said Black, Studred, Oliphant and Fairley, to meet at Trenton, to choose Assignees to receive the Effects of the said Debtors, or shew Cause, if any they have, why the said Judges should not give them the Benefit of the above Act.
Trenton, July 15, 1765:
NEW-JERSEY, SS.
By the Honourable CHARLES READ, Esq; one of the Justices of the Supreme Court of His Majesty's Province of New-Jersey,
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To all Sheriffs, Constables, and other Officers, to whom the Execution hereof doth or shall belong.
WHEREAS Joseph Burr hath this Day made Informa- tion, on his Affirmation, that last Night, between the Hours of II and 12, his the said Burr's House, in North- ampton, in the County of Burlington, was entered by three Men, to him unknown, armed with Guns, and hav- ing their Faces painted, and lighted Candles, who, by Threats, forced from his Wife the Keys of his Drawers, and took from thence some Money, a Silver Sauceboat, 8 Silver Table Spoons, 9 Silver Tea Spoons, some of them marked IIB, a considerable Quantity of Shirts, Aprons, Caps and Handkerchiefs, with a great Parcel of the wear- ing Apparel of him the said Joseph Burr, made in the Manner usual among the People called Quakers; that one of them was a very lusty Man, another middle sized, the other shorter. One is supposed to have passed by the Name of John Johnston, who wore a Beaver Hat, Leather Breeches, with broad Knee Bands, and Buckles. Another by the Name of John Maguire, wore a Beaver Hat, Check Shirt, and had black curled Hair. The third supposed to be John Fagen, had a Hat half worn, Check Shirt, and striped Trowsers. They all had the Brogue on their Tongues; it is suposed they have stolen the following Creatures, a large sorrel Horse, 14 Hands high, a Blaze in his Face, one white Foot behind, branded on the Shoulder with the Figure of 9, a large Mane, hanging on the off Side, a natural Pacer. A dark bay Horse, a little white on his hind Foot, a natural Pacer, remarkably heavy in his Gait, 14 Hands and a Half high. A Mare nearly black, 6 Years old, a small Star in the Forehead, one white Foot, paces, trots and gallops. They are sup- posed to have with them three small Arms, one a French made Barrel, 8 square for about a Foot from the Breech,
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long Barrel, and small Bore, stock split, and drawn to- gether near the Muzzel with Brass Wire, a Silver Thumb- piece, with a Star on it, and Silver Sight; the Gun stolen from Stephen Brooks. The aforesaid three suspected Persons have for two Months past chiefly worked about Mountholly.
These are therefore to command you forthwith to raise the Power of the Towns within your several Counties, and to make diligent Search therein for the Persons above described, and to make fresh Pursuit, and Hue and Cry after them, from Town to Town, and from County to County, as well by Horsemen as Footmen, and to give due Notice hereof in Writing, describing, in such Notice, the Persons, and Offence aforesaid, unto every next Con- stable on every Side, until they shall come to the Sea Shore, or until the said Malefactors shall be apprehended; and all Persons whom you or any of you shall, as well upon such Search and Pursuit, as otherwise apprehend, or cause to be apprehended, as justly suspected for having committed the said Robbery and Felony, that you do carry forthwith before some one of His said Majesty's Justices of the Peace, in and for the County where he or they shall be so apprehended, to be by such Justice examined, and dealt withal according to Law. And hereof fail you not respectively, upon the Peril that shall ensue thereon.
Given under my Hand and Seal, at Burlington, the Nineteenth Day of July, 1765.
CHARLES READ
Trenton Ferry, July 24, 1765.
LEFT at the House of Nathaniel Parker, at Trenton Ferry, by one Mr. Levey, a sorrel Horse, the Property of Mr. John Graims, of Elizabeth-Town; and as I have re- quested both those Gentlemen to take him away, these are to assure them that he will positively be sold for his
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Charges, in ten Days from this Day, if not taken away be- fore.
NATHANIEL PARKER. -The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1909, July 25, 1765.
New-Jersey, SS. Middlesex County,
P URSUANT to orders from Thomas Gach and James Parker, esqrs. two of the judges of the court of common pleas for the county of Middlesex, made on the 18th day of July instant, John Sperling, John Lot, Daniel Britton, Robert Merton, James Patten, and Matthias Iseltine, all insolvent debtors, now confined in the gaol of Perth- Amboy, do hereby give notice to all their creditors, that they shew cause, if any they have, on the Ioth day of August next, at Perth-Amboy, why an assignment of each of the said insolvent's estates, should not be then made, to assignees nominated by the judges of the said court, or the majority in value of the said creditors to each, for the use and benefit of the said creditors respectively; and the said insolvents be thereupon discharged from their debts and confinement, according to the directions of "An act of the governor, council, and general assembly of the province of New-Jersey, made and passed at Burlington in the fifth year of his majesty's reign, entitled, "An act for the relief of insolvent debtors," all the above men- tioned insolvents having taken the oath, and complied with the directions in the said act mentioned.
List of Letters remaining in the GENERAL POST-OFFICE, New-York, July 6, 1765. Vincent-Pierce Ashfield. .- The New York Gazette or Weekly Post Boy, July 25, 1765.
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PURSUANT to an order made by Robert Smith and Thomas Rodman Esquires, two of the judges of the court of Common Pleas, for the county of Burling- ton; upon the petition of John Willson, Jacob Cook, and John Doughty, insolvent debtors: Notice is here- by given by the petitioners, to all the creditors of the said John Willson, Jacob Cook, and John Doughty, to shew cause (if any there be) before the said judges, at the court-house in Burlington, on saturday the 27th of this present July, at 3 o'Clock in the afternoon, of the same day, being the day and place by the said judges ap- pointed for that purpose why an assignment of the said John Willson, Jacob Cook and John Doughty's estates should not be made, and the said John Willson, Jacob Cook, and John Doughty, be thereupon discharged from their imprisonment, according to the directions of an act . of the governor, council, and general assembly of the province of New-Jersey, made and passed in the fifth year of his present majesty's reign, entitled an act for the relief of insolvent debtors.
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