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Smith W. De Voe was born and brought up at High Bridge, on a large farm. Charles De Voe, when a young man, married Mary Weeks. They lived on the farm. He was a gentleman of the old school. His family owned most of the place around High Bridge. It extended to MacComb's dam bridge, and was called De Voe's Point. He lived in a pleasant cottage known as Woodbine Bower, and had quite a large family. His son, Smith W., the youngest boy, when a young man was engaged in mercantile pursuits. His first marriage was with Miss A. Ter- ry, Colonel Terry's daughter, of Long Island. His first child was a daughter Hannah; the second a son, Charles S. His first wife died when quite young. His second marriage was with Margaret King, and with this union he had the following chil- dren : Smith A., Andrew, Mary W., Frederick R., Edwin, Emma A., Hannah A. Hannah A. married Washington Gray Delancy, of New York. Smith A. married Jennie A. Thompson of West Farms. Emma A. married David A. McLeod, of High Bridge.
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Mary W. married John B. Burton, of Lansingburgh, Troy. Frederick R. married Ida Lindmark, of Brooklyn. Their moth- er lived to see them all grow up.
Smith W. was an elder of the Dutch Reformed Church. He attended well to the charge reposed in him, brought up his family in the nurture and admonition of the Lord, attended to his church duties as long as he could in the absence of his pastor, and would lead the weekly prayer meetings. On his third mar- riage he resided at West Farms. Smith W. De Voe and Carrie Simonson were united in marriage by Rev. Willard Scott, at the Manse, March 1, 1881. She was the youngest daughter of the late James B. and Sarah W. Simonson, of the Presbyterian church of West Farms.
James B. Simonson purchased a piece of land at West Farms, three hundred and sixty-five feet deep, on the Bronx river, and running one hundred feet to the old Bronx road, a rural dell known as Rose Valley. He built a pretty cottage in the center of the place, with honeysuckle and creeping vines and roses trained over a cross when in bloom. It was greatly ad- mired, and because of the flowering locust it was called Locust Grove. Boating was the chief business of the place. James B. Simonson had an extensive cooperage business. The first steam- boats that came up to West Farms were docked at his place. William Fox, president of the gas house of New York, came down and brought the Tiffany boys to see the first steamboat that had come to West Farms. Mr. Simonson kept a small boat for pleasure; previous to this he had a sloop, rigged for pleasure. His work was large, and he did business with all the leading merchants of New York. It was all shipped to Cuba, and he superintended it. His work was to load the boats with timber.
James B. Simonson's mother's health became very poor, and she died, December 23, 1825, in the fifty-sixth year of her
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age. She was buried by her son Richard, in the pretty old Eastchester churchyard, which she admired so much. Anna Maria Simonson was their oldest child, a great pet. Anna M. attended the private school of Miss Ann Elizabeth MacGragor, who had been a governess in one of the well known Morris fam- ilies of Morrisania. and was one of the founders of the quaint little Presbyterian church at West Farms. Miss MacGragor's father was a Scotch gentleman, and her mother was an Amer- ican lady. Her father was very talented and kept a high school in Broadway, New York, and had a class to study astronomy on top of the house on clear nights.
Daniel Pelton was a leather merchant of New York. He owned the old Pelton House at Greenwich and Franklin streets. It will soon disappear, an interesting landmark. It has stood for one hundred and fifty years, and has been in the possession of the Pelton family for almost a century. Daniel Pelton was something of a poet. He bought the house when he was a young man. His children were born there-Daniel, Cordelia, Angeline and Mary A. Mr. Pelton moved to Staten Island. His son Dan- iel, called the "Poet of Staten Island," died some time ago. Cordelia Pelton, the oldest living member of the family, was re- ported to be dying at the Pelton homestead at Staten Island, but is living with her sisters, Miss Angeline Pelton and Mrs. Mary A. Duffie, a widow. The Pelton house is occupied by a sta- tioner. He has been there for thirty years, and has a feeling of the utmost loyalty to the Pelton family.
In regard to the New Harlem patents: All lands on Man- hattan Island, east and north of the line between New York and Harlem, and certain other lands on side of said Island, were given, granted and conveyed by said patent to the twenty-three grantees named above, and to their heirs, successors and as-
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signs forever. Mrs. Sarah W. Simonson's children are the heirs to the New York Harlem lands.
James B. Simonson, after quite a long life of usefulness, died April 5, 1866, and the Rev. George Nixon, of the Presby- terian Church of West Farms, officiated at the funeral. Mrs. Sarah W. Simonson lived two years after her husband. Her health became very poor, and she died, October 9, 1868.
When Mrs. Sarah Simonson was a young lady she spent some of the winter months in Brooklyn, with her friends. She visited the prison with Judge Osborn, and attended parties at the house of Lawyer Barnard, in Brooklyn. Her friends were related to the Bells of Bayside, Long Island, also the Watsons of West Chester county, and the Richardsons, who lived in the south part of West Farms, known as Rocklands; James Ruther- ford of the Customs House of New York; Andrew Jackson Todd, a friend of hers in Brooklyn, whom she traveled with; Dr. George H. Rowlinson and his son Thomas; a cousin, Mr. Lock- wood, who resided at One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street, Harlem ; and a cousin, Mrs. James Hamilton. Her father was a clergyman. They resided at Jersey. Also James Simonson, a cousin of her father's who lived retired, at One Hundred and Twenty-fourth street, New York City, and the firm of Waydell and Company, shipping merchants of New York. Anna M. Si- monson was rather unfortunate and met with several accidents, and was confined to the house at one time for one year. She bore it with Christian fortitude and resignation, her Bible was her chart. In later years she was troubled with rheumatism. She could not attend the church, yet she was cheerful, and through it all religion was a great comfort to her at the close of her life.
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CHARLES H. SIMONSON.
Charles H. Simonson, of West Farms, Borough of Bronx, New York, traces his paternal ancestry to natives of Holland, who upon their emigration to the new world located on Staten Island and were among the early settlers of what is now Rich- mond county, New York. Isaac Simonson, grandfather of Charles H. Simonson, was a native of Staten Island, married Deborah Pelton, and among their children was a son, James B. Simonson, father of Charles H. Simonson.
James B. Simonson was born on Staten Island, February 22, 1796. He was a cooper by trade and occupation. August 16, 1825, he came to West Farms and purchased lands of Thomas Hedger, who was a member of an old English family, and in 1835 he erected the buildings and cooperage which are still standing on the premises where the old Simonson home stands, along the banks of the Bronx river. Here Mr. Simonson successfully carried on the manufacture of casks and barrels for the Cuban export trade for many years, during this period becoming well and favorably known to many of the leading merchants and commercial men of New York City, and gaining an enviable reputation as a man of large business capability and efficiency. He married Sarah Weeks Mac Voy, daughter of Martin and Margaret (De Voe) Mac Voy, the former an officer in the British army during the Revolution, and the latter a daughter of John De Voe. Mr. De Voe and his family were bit- terly opposed to the attention shown by the British officer to their daughter, but the young couple were finally united in marriage and received the blessings of the parents. Mr. Simonson and wife were the parents of six children, as follows: Anna Maria, born 1831, died August 11, 1901, aged seventy years; she was unmarried. Sarah Matilda, died in infancy. William Henry, died in infancy. Sarah Jane, born 1835, died in 1849. Charles
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Henry, whose name heads this sketch. Caroline Matilda, born December 23, 1837, married Smith W. De Voe, of Highbridge, New York City, March 1, 1881, no issue; Mr. De Voe died January 22, 1901. Mr. Simonson died April 5, 1866. His wife survived him about three years, passing away October 9, 1868, in the seventy-third year of her age.
Charles Henry Simonson, second son of James B. and Sarah W. (Mac Voy) Simonson, was born in East Broadway, New York, April 16, 1834. He was educated in the school of West Farms, and after attaining to man's estate engaged with his father in the cooperage business established by him, and under his capable tuition and supervision learned the trade and all its various details, and continued thus employed until the demise of his father. His labors and responsibilities were dis- charged with the greatest efficiency, testifying to his splendid capabilities as a man of affairs. The Simonson homestead is still occupied by his two children : Caroline Matilda (Mrs. Smith W. De Voe) and Charles H. Simonson.
GILBERT LAFAYETTE CROWELL.
The name borne by the subject of this sketch figures among the oldest of the founders not only of Essex and Middlesex counties, New Jersey, but also throughout the state of New Jer- sey, with which the members have been identified for several generations past, a number of whom took an active part in the revolutionary struggle for Independence.
The first ancestor of this family who settled in New Jersey was Edward Crowell or Cromwell, born in 1680, and his son, Samuel Crowell, settled upon land that he purchased about 1728 in South Orange, Essex county, a part of which is still held by one branch of the family.
Joseph Crowell was the first of this branch of the family
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that settled in New York City. He was born at Woodbridge, Middlesex county, New Jersey, and was the son of Edward Crowell. Joseph Crowell learned the saddle and harness mak- ing trade, but did not pursue his calling for any length of time. About 1825 he came to New York City, and here engaged in the grocery trade on Whitehall street, later becoming a licensed weigher of the city, with office on Duane street, and for this privilege and franchise in those days a licensee paid the fee of three thousand dollars for the privilege. During his career as public weigher Mr. Crowell had among his patrons many of the farmers of Staten Island and nearby places, and it may also be added that among his patrons was Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt. who was at that time one of the successful farmers of Staten Island. He became well and favorably known as a man of business integrity and worth, and was regarded as a useful citizen in the community where he resided. Mr. Crowell married Ursula Fitz-Randolph in September, 1807, and in April, 1857, celebrated his golden wedding anniversary. The follow- ing children were the issue of this marriage: Asenath, married John Gore, and they lived together for over sixty-five years; she died in the eighty-sixth year of her age. Edward, married Sarah Van Sicklen; he died at the age of fifty-six or fifty-seven years. Asher F. R., married Catharine Stuyvesant. Theodore, died in early life. Martin Luther, married Eliza Wildey. Theo- dore (2). Catharine R., unmarried. Gilbert Lafayette, men- tioned as the subject of this sketch. Euphemia B., married Cal- vin G. Lippincott. Sarah M., married James B. Mills. Mary A., married John B. Mckenzie. Joseph Crowell, the father of these children, died November 8th, 1859, and the mother, Ursula (Fitz-Randolph) Crowell, died April 28, 1870.
Theodore Crowell, sixth child of Joseph and Ursula (Fitz- Randolph) Crowell, was born in New York City, and received
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his education in the old Dominick street school and under pri- vate tuition. Upon attaining to man's estate he engaged in the mercantile trade in New York City, and for some time there- after was employed in the auction house of Wilmerding & Mount. During the years 1851-52-53 he was engaged in the book business. Later he became identified with the trucking, hauling and storage warehouse business, becoming a member of the firm of Rich & Crowell, No. 48 South street, New York City, and continued in that line of pursuit under the same style up to 1868-69. During that year Mr. Rich retired from the firm, and Mr. Crowell continued the business alone up to 1885, in which year his son Joseph succeeded him and has continued the business up to the present time (1906). During the many years of his connection with this line of business Theodore Crowell built up a large and profitable trade, and established warehouses at Nos. 48, 54-55, 21 and 185 South street, New York City. Theodore Crowell married Abigail S. Whitney, of Bos- ton, Massachusetts, a daughter of Daniel Whitney, and of this marriage were born the following children: Joseph, mentioned hereinafter, September 15, 1846. Fanny, married George E. Hobson. Lucy, died in childhood. Whitney, married Etta Powles. Lulu, died in childhood. Fitz-Randolph, married An- nie Henry. Theodore, married Annie Irvine. Alice, married Frederick Van Holland. George.
Joseph Crowell, eldest son of Theodore Crowell, born Sep- tember 15, 1846, married, October 12, 1869, Ellen Fletcher, daughter of William and Catharine (Pagan) Fletcher and their children were: Theodore, born October 13, 1872, died in child- hood. Fletcher, died in infancy. Joseph, Jr., born March 25, 1875. Abby Whitney, born August 2, 1880. Florence, died in infancy. Dwight H. and Doris, twins, born April 25, 1885. Jo- seph Crowell is a member of Copestone Lodge, No. 641, Free
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and Accepted Masons in New York City, New York Council, No. 348, Royal Arcanum, and of the Metropolis Royal Edition.
Gilbert Lafayette Crowell, eighth child of Joseph and Ur- sula (Fitz-Randolph) Crowell, was born at the old homestead in Franklin street, New York City, April 23, 1827. He was ed- ucated in the private school situated on Dominick street, near Varick street. At the age of fifteen he entered into the mercantile trade and for a short period of time was en- gaged with his father in a clerical position. Later he held the position of cashier in the old People's Bank, New York City, becoming connected therewith in 1885, and subsequently he be- came identified with his brother's storage warehouse business and has continued along this line of enterprise up to the present time (1906). He was married October 21, 1851, to Matilda Durie Allaire, born October 21, 1832, daughter of Anthony M. and Margaret C. Allaire, and the following children were the issue of this union: Mima D., married Joseph Parker, Jr. Joseph Franklin, married Ida MeArthur. Marguirite M., mar- ried Frederick A. Nichols. Caroline M., married Sidney F. Beech. Anthony Allaire, married Ethel Worden. Gilbert L., Jr., married Anna Woodruff. Gilbert L. and Matilda D. (Al- laire) Crowell celebrated their golden wedding anniversary Oc- tober 21, 1901. The mother of these children, who was a most estimable woman of the old school type, possessed of many excellencies of character, and esteemed by all who knew her, died March 5, 1903.
HORTON FAMILY.
The controversy as to whether Southampton or Southold, Long Island, is the older town, is one that has long been a source of keen dispute between local historians. The difference is at most only a few weeks, and is hardly worth a lengthy dis-
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cussion. But among the thirteen Puritan families that founded Sonthold in December, 1640, none was more prominent or has a more interesting history than the family of Horton.
The name goes back to a remote antiquity. In English his- tory we find that Ralph De Horton was Lord of the Manor of Horton as early as 1313. The name is supposed to be derived from the Latin "Hortus," a garden, and the prefix "De" is good ground for believing that the ancestor was one of the followers of William the Conqueror in the great Conquest of 1066.
From Ralph De Horton was descended William Horton of Frith House, Barksland, Halifax, who married Elizabeth, daugh- ter of Thomas Hanson, Esq., of Tothill (and here we may find the origin of Tuthill, another honored name among the set- tlers of Southold), who died about 1640. He had a son Joseph, born about 1578, and he is said to have been the father of Barnabas Horton, the founder of the Long Island family. Jere- miah, Thomas and Barnabas Horton were probably brothers. The two first settled in Massachusetts, while the last came to Southold with the first settlers.
Southold was known by the Indians under the name of Yeanacock, and included not only the ancient town, but also the present town of Riverhead.
The coat-of-arms of the Horton family is thus described: "Sable, a stag's head cabossed, argent, attired or, and for dis- tinction a canton ermine." "Crest, on a wreath the waves of the sea proper, and arising from them a tilting spear erect, or, enfiled with a dolphin, argent, finned or, and charged with a shell."
Barnabas Horton came to America in the ship "Swallow," Captain Jeremiah Horton being master and owner. He landed at Hampton, Massachusetts, and from thence went to New
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Haven in 1640. Wherever he went he held an honored posi- tion. Tradition speaks of him as a man of large stature, ruddy complexion and of fine social qualities, and all of these have been characteristic of his descendants. He was deputy to the
QUOD VULT. VALDE VULT
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High Court of New Haven from 1654 to 1656; constable, then a high position, in 1656; was made freeman of Connecticut in 1662 and deputy to Hartford 1663-4, and was magistrate from 1664 till the time of his death. In 1676 he was one of the paten- tees of Southold under the patent granted by Sir Edmund An-
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dross. His will, dated May 10, 1680, gives his estates at £305, a large sum for those days, and that his family was prolific is shown by the fact that in 1698 there were thirty-three persons of the name in Southold.
The house of Barnabas Horton, built in 1659, of which a view is here given, stood till recent years; it was the only house that remained of the dwellings of the first settlers. The ancient Bible printed in 1597 is yet in existence, and bears the fol- lowing :
"Barnabas Horton to his son Jonathan, this Bible did be- queath in the year of our Lord 1680."
The honored ancestor rests in the churchyard of the town he founded and his tombstone bears the following :
"Here lieth buried the body of Mr. Barnabas Horton who was born at Mously, Leicestershire, Old England, and died at Southhold on the 13th day of July 1680 aged 80 years."
Barnabas Horton and his wife Mary were the parents of the following family: 1. Joseph, born about 1632, married Jane, daughter of John Budd, an early settler. (See commis- sion of Joseph Horton et al. following this narrative.) 2. Ben- jamin, born 1634, married Ann Budd. 3. Caleb, born 1640, mar- ried Abigail Hallock. 4. Joshua, born 1643, married Mary Tuthill. 5. Jonathan, born 1648, married Bethia Wells. 6. Sarah, who married Joseph Conklin. 7. Mercy, who married Christopher Young. 8. Abigail, wife of Charles Booth.
Of this family the two eldest sons were born in England, and all the rest were born in Southold. Joseph Horton re- moved to Rye, Westchester county, with his father-in-law, John Budd, about 1664, and was the ancestor of a long line of descend- ants.
The following is the will of Barnabas Horton, late of
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Southold, deceased. (Liber 2, page 416, Record of Wills, New York County.)
May the tenth, One thousand six hundred and eighty. I, Barnabas Horton of Southold, in the East Rydeing of York- shire upon Long Island, calleing to Remembrance the uncer- tainty of this temporal life, and finding sundry Distemper Dayly Growing upon me, Doe now make this my Last Will and Tes- tament, and thereby Dispose of my Earthly Estate in manner Following: And first of all I Give unto my Eldest sonne Jo- seph Horton tenn sheepe Kinde To what he Formerly had for his full porcon. Alsoe I Give unto Benjamin Horton my Sec- ond Sonne tenn sheepe K'inde to what he had formerly for his full porcon. Alsoe I Give to my Eldest Daughter Hannah Trevale tenn sheepe Kinde as her full porcon alsoe I Give to my Daughter Sarah Concklings Sonne Vizt. five sheepe kinde for her full porcon. Alsoe I Give to my third Daughter Mary Budd five Sheepe as her full porcon. Alsoe I Give and Be- queath to Caleb Horton my third sonne one Horse Kirade and one halfe of all my Right in Occabanck after my wives Decease to what he hath in possession all Canchang for his full porcon. Alsoe I Give to Joshua Horton my fourth sonne all the House Lands, meadows and Orchard and Common of pasture, which was mine and is now in his possession, and the one Halfe of all my meadow and upland within the Bounds of Occabancke and all my meadow att Oyster ponds, and One House Kinde for his porcon. Alsoe I Give and Bequeath to my youngest sonne Jonathan Horton all my Dwelling House Barn, out Houses, Home lotts Earable Lands, meadows and Allotments and Whatsoever Else of Right Belong to my possession, which is neither Before nor after in this my Last Will and Testament Bequeathed or Disposed off, with this proviso and Exception that the New House Remaine Solly to my Wife and for her use during her life. Alsoe that she have the use of the Barne and Out House as need shall Require. Alsoe that she have the third Bushell of all that Graine which arriseth and Groweth yearely upon my Lands paid hereby my Sonne Jonothan, and alsoe that he winter and Summer her fouer Cowes Constantly Butt the Encrease shall be his, and further I Give to my Sonne Jonathan two Bullocks alsoe I Give and Bequeath unto my Youngest Daughter Mercy Youngs three Cowes and one Heafer, Butt if there be not soe many Left Undisposed off that then she have the worth of those that shall be found Wanting paid
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to her in some other Good pay that shall be Equivalent to them, alsoe a ffeather bed with Boulster and pillows, one Coverlett, two Blanketts and fouer pair of sheets.
And Alsoe, one Greate Brasse Kettle, one Iron pott and Fouer pewter Dishes, ffinally I Give unto my Well Beloved wife, Mary Horton, all the Restt of my Estate Undisposed of and Doe make and Ordaine her sole Executrix of this my Last Will and Testament For the full Confirmacon.
Whereof 1 the above said Barnabas Horton Doe Hereunto Sett my Hand and Seale the Day and yeare First above written. BARNABAS HORTON (Seale)
Signed and sealed in presence of us
JONAS HOULDSWORTH
his RICHARD R. B. BENJAMIN mark
Liber A. p. 43 of Deeds, Register's Office, White Plains.
James The Second by the Grace of God King of England Scotland Frances & Ireland Defender of the Faith &c. Su- preme Lord and proprietor of the Colony and pounice of New Yorke &c.
To our Well-beloved John Pell John Palmer William Rich- ardson Joseph Horton Senior Joseph Theale Esqrs (Greeting) Know yee that wee have assigned you and every one of you Dureinge o" Will and pleasure Joyntely and senorally our Jus- tices to keepe our peace in the County of Westchester, and to keepe and cause to be kept all Lawes and Ordenances made for the good of the peace and for Conservation of the same, and for the quiett Rule and Gouvenmont of our people in all and every the Articles thereof, in our said County according to the force forme and Efect of the same, and to Chastize & punnish all persons offending against the forms of those Lawes and Ordenanees, or any of them in the County aforesaid, accord- ing to the forme of those Lawes and Ordenances shall be fitt to be done, and to cause to come before you or any of you. all those persons who shall threaton any of our people in their persons or in burnding their houses to find suffitient securety for the peace, or for the good behaviour towards us and our people, and if they shall refuse to find such securety, then to cause them to be kept in safe prison, untill they find such se- curety, wee have alsoe assigned you and any three of you whereof any of you the said John Pell John Palmer William
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Richardson shall be one our Justices to enquire by the oate of good and Lawfull men of the County aforesaid, by whom the trute may be the better knowne, of all and all mannor of petty Larcenys Trespasses and extortions, and of all and sin- gular other misdeeds & offenses of which Justices of the peace, may or ought Lawfully to enquire by whosoever & howsoever don or perpetrated, which hereafter shall happen howsoever to be done or attempted in the County aforesaid, and of all those who in the County aforesaid have laine in waite or here- after shall presume to lye in waite to maime or kill our people and alsoe of Inholders. And of all and singular other persons, who have offended or attempted or hereafter shall presume to offend or attempt, in the abusses of weights or measures or in the saile of victualls against the forme of the Lawes & Or- denances or any of them in that behalfe made for the Common good of this our province and the people thereof in the County aforesaid, and also of all Sherriffs, Bayliffs, Constables, Goal- ers, and other officers whatsoever, who in the execution of their offices, about the premises or any of them, have unlaw- fully Demeaned themselves or hereafter shall presume unlaw- fully to Demeane themselves, or have been or hereafter shall be careless Remise or neglegent in the County aforesaid and of all & singular Articles & Circumstances and all other things whatsoever by whomsoever & howsoever done or perpetrated in the County aforesaid, or which hereafter shall happen how- soever to be done or attempted in any wise, & to heave & de- termin all & singular the petty larcenys Trespasses Extortions, aforesaid and all & singular other the premises according to law, and to Chastize & punnish the said persons, offending & every of them for there offenses by Coopevall Punishment fines Ransomes Amercemonts Joelsebury or otherwise as ought to be done according to the lawes, & whereas by an Acte of or Generall Assembly you are Impowered in yoe Sessions to trye as well Civill Causes as Causes Crimenall Wee have likewise assigned you and any three of your whereof any of you the said John Pell John Palmer William Richardson shall be one in yoe said Courts of Sessions to heare trye & determin all such said causes as shall be broughte before you, according as in the said Acte is prescribed & appoynted and according to the Lawes of the province provided alwayes that if a cause of Deffeculty upon the Determination of any of the premises shall happen to arrise before you or any three of you or moore of you: you nor any three or moore of you doe proceed to give
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