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1766 .- John Webater, Michael Cypher, Jas. Gibbona, Caleb Parry, Joshua Evana. 1767 .- John Webster, Michael Cypher, Jamea Gibbona, John Fleming, Jesse Bonsall.
1768 .- Jeahua Evana, Michael Cypher, Thomas Taylor, John Fleming, Jesse Bonsall, Levis Pennock.
1769 .- Anthony Wayne, Michael Cypher, Thomas Taylor, John Fleming, Jeaae Bonsall, Samuel Miller.
1770 .- Anthony Wayne, Michael Cypher, Thomaa Taylor, John Fleming, Thomua Levie, Samuel Miller.
1771 .- Anthony Wayno, Jonathan Coatea, Jehn Crawford, Jolin Fleming, Thomas Levis, Sumnel Miller.
1772 .- John Crawford, Thomas Levis, William Evana, Jacob Beery, Thomas Tuckor, Joshua Pueey.
1773 .- John Crawford, William Montgomery, William Evans, Jacob Beery, Thomaa Tucker, Caleb Davis.
1774 .- William Evana, William Montgomery, Caleb Davle, John Jonea, Richd Thomas, David Cloyd.
1775-76 .- Nicholas Fairlamb, William Montgomery, Caleb Davia, John Jonoa, Richd Thomas, David Cloyd.
1777 .- Mark Wilcox, Andrew Boyd, Sr., John Ralston, Andrew Boyd, Jr., Ben- jamin Brannan, David Cloyd.
1778 .- Samuel Denny, Andrew Boyd, Sr., John Ralaton, Andrew Boyd, Jr., Harvey Lewla, John Bartholomew.
1779 .- Gideon Irwin, William Henry, Jamca llannum, Thomas Haslip, Harvey Lewis, John Bartholomew.
I780 .- Gideon Irwin, Joseph Strawbridge, John Lindaey, Joseph McCall, Samuel Denny, John Bartholomew.
1781 .- Gideon Irwin, Joseph Strawbridge, John Lindsey, Joseph McCall, James Dannum.
COUNTY TREASURERS.
Dec. 14, 1697, the accounts of Walter Marten, county treasurer, being made up in open court, showed that he had received £82 la., and disbursod £77 178. 5d., leaving a halance of £4 3a. 7d. In Sep- tember, 1698, his accounts stood thua: Received £106 138. 5d .; dis- burned £104 38 .; balance, £2 10a. 5d.
Dec. 13, 1698 .- "The Grand Jury Presents the necessity of & book for the Treasurer to keep the Countyes accounta in, that they may be seen from time to time."
The first petition for this office which has been observed was from John Taylor, of Thornbury, formerly sheriff for several years, and it is aa followa :
"TO THE COMMISS'S AND ASSESSORS OF THE COUNTY OF CHESTER. " GENTLEMEN :
" Whereas I am informed that the @sent Treasurer of thia County (accord- ing to his own proposal or agreement with your Predecessors) is to relinquish hie office of Treseurer, and you are to appoint some other person to act io bis stead for the Evening Year.
" Therefore, in consideration of the former Regards that the ffreemen of this County have sliewen unto me, I am willing to do the Business of the Conaty in that Offico for the small allowance of two and a half # cent.
"I nm, Gent"., your Assured ffrd,
"CHESTER, 9br 29th, 1737."
"JNO. TAYLOR.
John Taylor presented another petition, Feb. 28, 1737-8, inti- mating that some have doubted his honesty in making the former offer, and
" that unless the money was put into my hands without security being taken for the same (let my design be ever ao bod), I could not enhance my estate there- with on the terms proposed,"
which security he is ready to give. Another petition from him is dated 9br 29th, 1738. Again, Jan. 4, 1739-40, he says,-
"It is obvious that the terme on which I sundry times proposed to serve as Treasurer of this County, must be erore to oblige some of my ffriends than from any private motive or consideration whatsoever."
Not discouraged with his want of success, he came forward a year later with another petition, with these arguments :
" It beiog notorious some years ago that most of those who had any Concorn in Publick Business in this County wore forming of schemes and accounta, which if conceded to would have sunk the Industrione and Laborious part of the good People of this County ia a debt which, Considering that their Land is upon the declining hand not yielding any thing near ao plentiful harvests as it has heretofore done, in a debt which many of them could not have well die- charged. Therefore, in regard to the repeated favora which the freemen of thie County have alewn to me, I Considered myself obliged to auch an acknowledg- ment to them as to be always ready to serve them, and thereupon I proposed expediente, which, being carried into Execution, diverted some of these projected schemes, and ie obvione to have aaved the Publick several Hundred Pounds," etc.
He now offered to perform the duties of treasurer without bringing any charge against the county.
Joseph Brinton und Joshua Thomson also offered to serve gratis in this year (1741). The commissionere appointed Joshua Thomson, but Joseph Brinton, the late treasurer, complaining that he still had un- settled business in the office, Thomson relinquished the office in his favor.
The petition of Humphry Marshall to the commissioners and as- sessors, 1, 9, 1761, sheweth
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HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.
"That the Priviledge of any office held in this Government which is Profit- able and advantageous to Particulare your Petitioner conceives, ought, in Jus- tice, to Circulate and be of General advantage to Divers persons io the same, supposing them to be Capable and Equally Qualified for such offices of profit; and as your petitioner conceives that the Profit arising to the Treasurer of the King's Tax in this County is Something Considerable, and that profit baving been Enjoyed for a considerable time by one individual, That your petitioner being willing to serve the County in that Station," etc.
Jobn Griffith, with an envious cye, refers to llumphry Marshall's petition
"for being Provincial Treasurer, and in asmuch that he hath no great Charge of Children, &c., and may Ilor'd up all he Can gather to be a great Mountain of Riches, That office may also Contribute something towards the sd Great End,"
and hopes they will consider his own case.
Owing to the unfortunate want of care in the preservation of many of the commissioners' minutes and papers, it scems impossible to make out a complete list of the county treasurers. From some data it would seem that about the time of the Revolution there were two treasurers in the same year. About 1790 the custom arose of appoint- ing the retiring commissioner to the office, and this was continued until the constitution of 1838, after which the office was elective.
TREASURERS.
1695, Jeremiah Collett; 1697-1702, Walter Marten ; 1704, Caleb Pusey ; 1706-9, Walter Marten; 1720-23, Henry Pierce; 1724-26, Philip Taylor; 1740-46, Joseph Brinton; 1756-GO, Robert Miller; 1761-64, Humphry Marshall; 1765, Jesse Maris, Jr .; 1766-60, Lewis Davis; 1770-76, James Gibbons ; 1770- 72 (?), Richard Thomas ; 1775, Philip Taylor; 1775-77, John Brinton; 1778, Thomas Levis; 1779, William Evane; 1780, Persifor Frazer (March 22d); 1781, David Cloyd: 1782-84, no record; 1785, Andrew Boyd and David Cloyd ; 1786-87, William Evans; 1788, Andrew Boyd; 1786-90, William IIaslett; 1791-92, John Hannum (August 29th); 1793, Elijalı McClenachan ; 1794, John Mechem ; 1795, William Trimble; 1790, Samuel Cochran ; 1797, George Davis; 1798, Robert Miller; 1709-1800, James Kelton ; 1801, Evan Evans; 1802, John Menough ; 1803, Titus Taylor ; 1804-5, William Worth- fogton; 1806, John Rinehart; 1807, James Lockart; 1808, John G. Parke; 1809, Joshua Gibbene; 1810, David Denny ; 1811, Jesse Good ; 1812, Williemn Evaus; 1813, David Wilson ; 1814, James Ramsey ; 1815, Eber Worthing- ton ; 181G, David Towneend; 1817, Alexander Chandler; 1818, Jesse Mercer; 1819, Samuel Baldwin; 1820, Maris Taylor; 1821, Joshma Weaver; 1822, Benjamin Thomas; 1823, Jesse Pugh ; 1824, Robert Miller; 1826 (terni now began in Jannary), James Davis; 1827, Abisha Clark ; 1828, Ezra Cope; 1820, Joseph Hughes; 1830, Benjamin Parker; 1831, Isaac Thomas; 1832, Melchi Happersett; 1833, James Alexander; 1834, Abraham Darlington, Jr .; 1835, Joseph B. Jacobs ; 1837, William Embree; 1840, Samuel M. Painter; 1842, S. C. Jefferie; 1843, Samnel M. Painter (appointed vice Jefferis, deceased); 1844, Morgan Reese; 1846, Jantes M. Hughes; 1848, Samuel Davis; 1850, George W. Pearce; 1852, Henry Beidler; 1854, Samuel Wickersham; 1856, Townsend Walter ; 1858, Charles Fairlamb ; 1860, Joseph I. Tustin; 1802, Reuben Bernard; 1804, C. H. Kinnard; 1860, John T. Potts; 1868, Philip Price; 1870, Edwin Baker; 1872, Frank Shellady; 1874, Jesse E. Phillips; 1875, Jolin G. Moses ; 1878, John HI. Buck walter.
MEMBERS OF ASSEMBLY.
The frame of government prepared by Penn before leaving England provided for the election of an Assembly of not less than 200 nor more than 500 persons, who were to meet yearly on the 20th of the second month (April).
Soon ufter the arrival of William Peun in the province he issued writs of election to the sheriff's of the several counties for the election of members of Assembly. The first Assembly convened at Chester, Dec. 4, 1682. There is no list of the members extant, so far as is known, and the names of all the members from this county cannot therefore be given. The names of four of them appear incidentally in the minutes. This is the only meeting of the Assembly ever held within the limits of Chester County.
The next Assembly convened at Philadelphia, March 12, 1683, and consisted of nine members from each county.
In the writ calling for this Assembly, Pena directed the election of 12 as members of Council, " and that thou there declare to the said freemen that they may all personally appear at an assembly at the place aforesaid, according to the contents of my charter of liberties."
Each county, however, sent 12 persons, and requested that they might answer,-three for Council and nine for Assembly. A new frame of government was prepared, according to which the Assembly should consist of not less than 36 persons, 6 from each county, nor more than 200, and to meet on the 10th of the 3d month (May) annu- ally. The time of meeting was changed in after-years.
From 1683 to 1703 the number of members from this county varied from 3 to 6; from 1703 until the adoption of the constitution of 1776 the number was generally 8. That constitution provided that for the years 1776, 1777, and 1778 the number of members from each county should he 6, and thereafter, as directed by the Assembly, according to population. In 1779 the number, in accordance with this provision, was increased to 8, and so remained until 1786, when it was again re- duced to 6. In 1789, on the erection of Delaware County, Chester County was given 4 members, and Delaware 2 members.
The constitution of 1790 provided for an enumeration of the taxa- ble inhabitants within three years after the first meeting of the Gen- eral Assembly, and an apportionment of the members of the two houses created by that constitution among the counties according to the number of taxables, and a similar enumeration and apportion- ment was directed to be made every seven years thereafter. It further provided that until such apportionment could be made, each county should be entitled to the number of members it then had by existing laws.
The number of members from this county accordingly continued to he 4 until the year 1795, when, at the first apportionment under the new constitution, the number was increased to 5. It so continued until 1822, when it was again reduced to 4.'In 1843 the number was reduced to 3, and at the apportionment in 1871 to 2. In 1874 the number was increased to 4.
The qualification of a member of Assembly in early times is bore given :
"Wee whose names are hereunto Subscribed, Elected Representatives by ye freemen of ye Respective Counties in this Province of Pennsylvania & ye City of Philadelphia in pursuance of ye Proprietaries Charter to serve in Aseemilly Doe Each of us for himself solemnly promise & Declare that we will be true & fuitlifull to Queen Anne of England &c. And we doe solemnly Promise & De- clare that we doe from our hearts abhorr Detest & Renounce as Impious & he- ritical that Damnable Doctrine & Position that Princes Excommunicated or Deprived hy ye Pope or any other Authority of ye sce of Rome May be Deposed or Murthered by their subjects or any other whatsoever And we Doe Declare that no fforreign Prince, Person, Prelate, State or Potentate hath or ought to have any Power Jurisdiction Superiority Pre-eminence or Authority Ecclesiasti- cal or Spiritual within ye Realm of England and Dominions therennto belong- ing.
" Aud we and Each of us doe Solemnly & Sincerely profess Testifie & Declare that we doe believe that in ye Sacrament of ye Lo ds eupper there is not any Transubstantiation of ye Elements of Bread & Wine into ye Body & Blood of Christ at or after ye Consecration thereof by any Person whatsoever & that the Invocation or adoration of ye Virgin Mary or any other saiut & ye sacrifice of ye Mass as they are now used in ye Church of Rome are Superstitious & Idola- trous.
"And we and Each of us for himself Doe solemnly Profess, Testifie & Declare that we doe make this Declaration and Every Part thereof in ye Plain & Ordi- nary Sense of ye Words Read unto Us as they are Commonly understood by English Protestants without any Evasion, Equivocation or mental Reservation whatsoever and without any Diepensation already granted for this Purpose by ye Pope or any other authority or Person whatsoever or without any hope of any eucli Dispensation from any person or authority whatsoever or without thinking that we are or can be acquitted before God or Man or absolved of this Declara- tion or any part thereof Altho' ye Pope or any other Person or Persons or Power Whatsoever should Dispense with or anuul ye same or Declare that it was Null & Void from ye begiuing.
" And we the said Subscribing Representatives & Each of us for himself Doe Solemnly & Sincerely profess Faith in God ye ffather and in Jesus Christ bis Eternal Son the true God & in ye holy Spirit one God Blessed forevermore And we doo ucknowledge ye holy Scriptures to be Given by Divine Inspiration.
" Nicholos Pyle Joho Bennett Jos: Growdon
Wm Biles
Nicholas Welln Sam1 Richardson
Andrew Job Tobias Dymocko Isaac Norris
David Lewis Richard Ilough
Dad Lloyd
Nathaniel Newllin William Paxson
Antho: Morris
Joseph Baker Jer: Langhorne
Samuel Cart
Robert Carter Joshua Hoopee Tho : Stevensou
Jos : Wood
Joseph Willcox Cha: Itcad
"Subscribed after the Rasure of the three last Lines at the Council Board the 15th of the 8th moth 1703
" JAMES LOGAN, Secy
Jer Langhorne 16th Jos. Growdon \ 18
Griffith Jones
Rowld Ellis
Dec. 4, 1682 .- John Simcock, Thomas Brassey, Ralph Withers, Thomas Usher. March 12, 1682-3 .- Jolin Hastings, Robert Wade, George Wood, Jobu Blunston,
Rowland Ellie
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CIVIL AND JUDICIAL LISTS.
Dennis Rochford, Thomas Brassey, Jolin Bezer, John IInrding, Joseph Phipps,
May 10, 1684 .- Joehua Hastings, Robert Wade, John Blunston, George Marle, Thomas Usher, Henry Maddock,
May 11, 1685 .- John Bluneton, George Maris, John Harding, Thomas Usher, Francie Stanfield, Joeinh Fearn.
May 10, 1686 .- Robert Wade, John Blunston, George Maris, Bartholomew Cop- pock, Sumuel Lewis, Culeh Pusey.
May 10, 1687 .- John Blunston, Goorge Maris, Bartholomew Coppock, Caleb Pusoy, Edward Bezer, Randall Vernon.
May 10, 1688 .- John Biuneton, James Sundelands, George Marie, Robert Pyle, Edward Cartor, Thomas Coeburn.
May 10, 1689 .- James Sandelande, Samuel Levis, John Burtram, Robert Pyle, Michnel Blunston, Jonathan Hayes.
May 10, 1690 .- John Bristow, William Jonkin, Robert Pyle, Joshua Fearne, George Maris, Caleb Pueey.
Record for 1691 wanting.
May 10, 1692 -Philip Roman, George Maris, Bartholomew Coppock, Robert Pyle, Caleb Pusey, Thomas Withers.
May 16, 1693 .- John Simcock, George Maris, David Lloyd.
April 10, 1694 .- David Lloyd, Caleb Pusey, Sumnel Levis.
Sept. 9, 1695 .- John Blunston, Bartholomew Coppock, William Jenkin, Robert Pyle, Walter Forest (Faucet ?), Philip Roman.
Oct. 26, 1696 .- John Simcock (Speaker), Joha Blunston, Caleb Puesy.
May 10, 1697 .- John Blunston (Speaker), Bartholomew Coppock, Thomas Worth, Jonathan Hayes,
May 10, 1698 .- Caleb Pusey, Samnel Levis, Nathaniel Newlin, Robert Carter. May 10, 1699 .- Jobn Blunston (Speaker), Robert Pyle, Jolin Worrllow, Robert Carter.
May 10, 1700 .- John Blunston (Spenker), Robert Pyle, Richard Ormes, John Hood, Samnel Lovis, Henry Lewis.
Oct. 14, 1700 .- Joeepb Bakor, Sanmel Levis, Nathaniel Newlin, Nicholas Pile. Sept. 15, 1701 .- John Bluneton, Robert Pyle, Nathaniel Newlin, Andrew Job. 1702 .- Record wanting.
Oct. 15, 1703 .- Nicholas Pyle, John Bennett, Andrew Job, David Lewis, Na- thaniel Newlin, Joseph Baker, Robert Carter, Joseph Wood.
Oct. 14, 1704 .- Nicholas Pyle, John Bennett, Nicholas Fuirlamb, Joseph Coe- bourn, John Hood, Richard Hayes, Joseph Wood, Isaac Taylor.
Oct. 15, 1705 .- Robert Pyle, Richard Webb, Caleb Pusey, Nicholas Fuirlamb, John Bennett, Isaac Taylor, Nathaniel Newlin, Joseph Coebnrn.
Oct. 14, 1706 .- Sanmel Levis, Richard Hayes, Francis Chadds, Joseph Buker, Evan Lewis, John Hood, George Pearce, William Garrett.
Oct. 14, 1707 .- Francis Cbuds, William Smith, Samnel Levis, Richard Hayes, Jobu Hood, William Garrett, John Bethell, Evan Lewis.
Oct. 14, 1708 .- Daniel Williamson, Samuel Levis, Honry Lewis, Richard Hayes, Jobn Hood, Thomas Peareon, William Bartran, Daniel Hoopes.
Oct. 14, 1709 .- Samuel Levis, Jobn Maris, John Hood, Henry Lewie, Daniel Williamson, Daniel Hoopes, Richard Hayes, William Smith.
Oct. 14, 1710 .- Nicholas Pyle, Joseph Baker, William Lewis, John Wood, Na- thaniel Newlin, Ephraim Jackson, Caleb Pusey, Isaac Taylor.
Oct. 15, 1711 .- Francis Yarnall, John Bezer, Caleb Pusey, Nicholas Pyle, NR- thaniel Newlin, Joseph Baker, Nicholas Fairlanib, David Llewelin.
Oct. 14, 1712 .- Caleb Pusey, David Lloyd, William Davis, Nicholas Fairlumb, John Wood, George Harlan, Isaac Taylor, John Maris.
Oct. 14, 1713 .- David Lloyd, William Davis, Joseph Baker, Nathaniel Newlin, Nicholas Fairlamıb, Bichard Ilayes, William Brinton, John Blunston, Jr. Oct. 14, 1714 .- David Lloyd (Speaker), Nathaniel Newlin, Nicholas Pyle, Evan Lewis, John Miller,* Benjamin Mendenhall, Samuel Garrett, Richard Maris.
Oct. 14, 1715 .- David Lloyd, Samuel Garrett, Henry Lewis, Heury Hayes, Wil- liam Pyle, Edward Bezer, Philip Taylor, David Lewis.
Oct. 15, 1716 .- David Lloyd, John BluDeton, Jr., f Henry Hayes, Joecph Pen- nock, David Harry, John Maris, John Worrall, Henry Oborn.
Oct. 14, 1717 .- David Lloyd, Nathaniel Newlin, Richard Hayes, Samuel Garrett, James Gibbone, Jolin Wood, George Maris, Henry Miller.
Oct. 14, 1718 .- David Lloyd, Richard llayee, Nathaniel Newlin, Joho Wright, James Gibbons, Henry Lewis, William Lewis, Henry Oboru.
Oct. 14, 1719 .- Isaac Taylor, Joseph Pennock, Moses Key, John Bezer, Nathaniel Newlin, John Maris, James Gibbons, Evan Lewis.
Oct. 14, 1720 .- Joseph Pennock, Samuel Levis, Jr., Isaac Taylor, Israel Taylor, John Marie, Ralph Pyle, Daniel Williamson, David Lewis.
Oct. 14, 1721 .- Samuel Levis, Jr., William Pyle, Daniel Williamson, Isaac Tay- lor, David Lewis, Henry Oborn, Nathanlel Newlin, Israel Taylor.
Oct. 15, 1722 .- Samuel Levis, Jr., Joseph Pennock, David Lewis, William Pyle, Daniel Williamson, Israel Taylor, Nathaniel Newlin, Isaac Taylor.
Oct. 14, 1723 .- Thomas Chandler, Samuel Levis, Jr., Samuel Nutt, Jobn Crosby, Dosee Key, William Webb, Joseph Pennock, David Lloyd (Speaker).
Oct. 14, 1724 .- Mosee Key, Joseph Pennock, William Webb, William Pyle, Thomas Chandler, Elisha Gatchell, John Parry, Jobn Croeby.
Oct. 14, 1725 .- Thomas Chandler, David Lloyd (Speaker), William Webb, John
* John Miller died before the Assenibly met, and Gayen Miller, olected in hie room, took his seat 11, 11, 1714-15.
t John Blonston, Jr., died 8, 3, 1716, and a writ for electing one in hie roon was issued 8, 16, 1716, but no return made np to 11, 1, 1716-17. William Pyle ecrved thirteen duys, doubtless as his enccessor.
Wright, Samuel Hollingsworth, William Pusey, George Ashton, William Paschall.
Oct. 14, 1726 .- David Lloyd (Speaker), Samuel Nutt, Samnel Hollingsworth, John Wright, Richard Hayes, Joseph Pennock, Thomas Chandler, William I'nsey. Oct. 14, 1727 .- John Parry, Sanmel Hollingsworth, David Lloyd (Speaker), Thomas Chandler, John Carter, Daniel Williamson,# Simon Meredith, Wil- liam Webb.
Oct. 14, 1728 .- Thomas Chandler, David Lloyd (Speaker), Samnel Hollingsworth, John Parry, William Webb, Philip Taylor, John Cartor, Henry Hayes.
Oct. 14, 1729,-Caleb Cowpland, Richard Hayes, Joseph Brioton, Themas Chand- lor, William Webb, Samuel Gilpin, Jantes Jumee, Joseph PenDock.
Oct. 14, 1730 .- Henry Pierce, John Taylor, Samuel Lewis, John Parry, Thomas Chandler, Samnel Gilpin, William Webb, Henry Hayes.
Oct. 14, 1731 .- Jeseph llarvey, John Parry, Samuel Lewis, Caleb Cowpland, John Taylor, Joseph Brinton, Heury Pierce, Evan Lewis.
Oct. 14, 1732 .- Caleb Cowpland, Joseph Harvey, Joseph Brinton, Thomas Thomas, William Webb, Joseph Penneck, John Davis, William Hewes.
Oct. 15, 1733,-Caleb Cowpland, Joseph llarvey, Joseph Brinton, John Davis, Thomas Thomas, Joseph Pennock, Jolin Owen, William Moore.
Oct. 14, 1734 .- Joseph Harvey, Joseph Brinton, Culeb Cowpland, John Evans, William Webb, William Moore, Jolin Owen, Joseph Pennock.
Oct. 14, 1735,-Joseph Harvey, William Moore, Joseph Pennock, Caleb Cowp- land, John Evans, John Parry, Joseph Brinton, Thomas Cummings. Oct. 14, 1736 -Joseph Harvey. Thomas Cummings, John Evans, Caleb Cowp- land, William Webb, William Moore, Thomas Chandler, Jobn Parry. Oct. 14, 1737 .- Themas Chandler, Joseph Harvey, John Evans, Thomas Cum- mings, William Moore, James Gibhone, William Hughes, Richard Hayes. Oct. 14, 1738 .- William Moore, Janics Gibbons, Thomas Chandler, Joseph Har- vey, John Owen, Thomas Tatnall, William Hughes, Jeremiah Starr. Oct. 15, 1739 .- James Gibbons, Thomas Chandler, Joseph Harvey, William IIughes, Jeremiah Starr, William Moore, Samnel Levis, Jolin Owen. Oct. 14, 1740 .- Thomas Chandler, Joseph Harvey, James Gibbons, William Hughes, Samuel Levis, John Owen, Jeremiah Starr, Thomas Tatnall. Oct. 14, 1741 .- Joseph Harvey, Thomas Chandler, Jaiocs Gibbons, John Owen, Thomas Tatnall, Samuel Levis, William Hughes, Jeremiah Starr.
Oct. 14, 1742 .- James Gibbons, John Owen, Samuel Levis, Jeremiah Starr, Thomas Chandler, Joseph Harvey, William Hughes, Thomas Tatnall. Oct. 14, 1743 .- Jeremiah Starr, James Giblions, Thoums Chandler, Joseplı Har- vey, Samuel Levis, Joseph Peunock, George Ashbridge, Jr., Francis Yarnall. Oct. 15, 1744 .- George Aslibridge, Francis Yarnall, Joseph Pennock, Samuel Levis, James Gibbons, Joseph Harvey, Thomas Cummings, Thomas Chand- ler.
Oct. 14, 1745,-Joseph Penoock, Thomas Cummings, George Ashbridge, Francie Yarnall, Joseph Harvey, Samuel Levis, Robert Lewie, Thomas Chandler. Oct. 14, 1746 .- Francis Yarnall, George Asbbridge, Robert Lewis, Thomas Worth, Samuel Levis, Peter Dicks, Thomas Chandler, Jobn Owen.
Oct. 14, 1747 .- Samuel Levis, Francis Yarnall, George Ashbridge, Thomae Worth, Peter Dicks, John Owen, John Davis, Thomas Chandler.
Oct. 14, 1748 .- Thomas Worth, George Ashbridge, Francis Yarnall, John Davie, John Owen, Joseph James, Thomas Chandler, Joseph Gibbons.
Oct. 14, 1749,-Joseph Gibbone, George Achbridge, Henry Hockley, Thomas Chandler, Nathaniel Grubb, Nathaniel Pennock, Roger Hunt, Thomas Cummings.
Oct. 15, 1750 .- Joseph Gibbons, George Ashbridge, Thomas Cummings, Henry Hockley, Thomas Chandler, Nathaniel Grubb, Nathaniel Pennock, Peter Dicke.
Oct. 14, 1751 .- Joseph Gibbons, Thomas Cummings, George Ashbridge, Nathaniel Grubb, Peter Dicks, Nathaniel Peunock, Henry Hockley, Thomas Chandler. Oct. 14, 1752 .- Josephi Gibbons, Thomas Cummings, Nathaniel Pennock, Peter Dicks, George Asbbridge, Nathaniel Grubb, William l'oters, Jacob llowell. Oct. 15, 1753 .- Thomas Cummings, Nathaniel Peunock, George Ashbridge, Joseph Gibbone, Nathaniel Grubb, Peter Dicks, William Peters, Joseph Jamee.
Oct. 14, 1754 .- George Aslibridge, Joseph Gibbons, Peter Dicke, Thomas Cum- mings, Nathaniel Pennock, Nathaniel Grubb, Joseph James, William Peters. Oct. 14, 1755 .- Thomas Cumminge, George Ashibridge, Nathaniel Pennock, Jo- seph James, Joseph Gibbone, Nathaniel Grubb, William Peters,¿ Peter Dicks.
Oct. 14, 1756 .- Joseph Gibbons, Peter Dicke, | John Morton, Roger IJunt, George Ashbridge, Hugh Trimble, Nathaniel Pennock, | Nathaniel Grubb.
Oct. 14, 1757 .- Joseph Gibbons, George Ashbridge, John Morton, Roger Hunt, Isaac Wayne, Nathaniel Grubb, liugh Trimble, Joshua Ash.
Oct. 14, 1758 .- Joseph Gibbons, John Morton, George Ashbridge, Roger Hunt, Hugh Trimble, Joshun Ash, Nathaniel Grubb, Isaac Wayne.
Oct. 15, 1759 .- John Morton, George Ashbridge, Joshua Ash, Joseph Gibbons, IIugh Trimble, Roger Hunt, Peter Dicks, Isaac Wayne.
Oct. 14, 1760 .- George Achbridge, John Morton, Roger Hunt, Joshun Ach, Jo- seph Gibbons, Nathaniel Pennock, Isanc Wayne, William Boyd.
Daniel Williamson died prior to March 8, 1727-28, and Philip Taylor, as suc- cessor, took his seat May 14, 1728.
¿ William Peters resigned June 4, 1756, and John Morton, clected as lie Buc- cessor, took his seat Juoe 29th.
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