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Niles Laersen is allowed by the Co" for the Charges and Expensis of the Keeping of the Co" this tyme one hun- dered & twenty Gilders
120
This Cort
100
The Last Cort
252
before
In all 472 : Gilders
1 Jurian Hartsfield or Hartsfelder, who by a Patent from Andros, dated 25 March, 1676, derived title to a tract of 350 acres, to which he removed, called " Hartsfield," situated on the west side of the Delaware, between "Cohocksincks Creeke" on the north, and a " small creeke called Coo-ah- que-nau-que" (Pegg's run) on the south. See volume in office of Sec. of State, Albany, N. Y., endorsed Land Papers [Delaware] p. 25.
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The Co' doe order that the Expensis by Neales Laersen disburst amounting in all to this day to 472 Gilders shall bee found and paid out of the Levy to bee Laid for the defraying of publicq Charges.
The Co' was adjorned untill the 2ª Teusday of the month of September next ;
The following orders were made by the Justices before they parted.
The Justices conciedering that before the next Co" sits to End the difference about the fly1 of those of Carkoens 2 hock and Lace dalbo; itt will bee too Late to mow the Hay; doe order that hans Peterse and the Reste of Car- koens hoeck doe mow the hay of the sd fly for the p"sent and untill their case bee heard etc.
Itt is ordered by the Co !! viz.
That all declarations must bee Entered att Least the day before the Cort as when the Clarke is to attend att upplands ;
That no p"son bee admitted to plead for any other p"son as an attorney In Cort wthout hee first have his admittance of the Co" or have a warrant of attorney for his so doeing from his Clyant ;
1 Fly-Swedish for marsh or meadow.
2 Carkoen's Hook, and still so called, and which must not be confounded with Calcoon's Hook, was the point formed by the junction of Cobb's Creek with Darby Creek, and had for its western boundary Darby, and for its northern, Cobb's Creek. The whole region, however, east of these creeks, as far as the western limits of the Tacony district, was, as will hereafter appear in this Record, designated as " Carcoen's hoek."
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UPLAND COURT.
Att a Court held att Upland in Delowarr River ye 11th of September aº 1677.
MR PETER COCK 1
MR PETER RAMBO MR ISRAEL HELM
Justices
Prsent
MR OTTO ERNEST
MR LACE ANDRIES MR OELE SWENSEN
CAPT CANTWELL High Sherrife
CLAES CRAM PIt
LACE COCK Deft
The plt demands of ye deft for bringing of a horse from after colt ye sume of twenty gilders.
Justice otto declaring how ye case stood, hee haueing been prsent; The Court ordered ye plt to Looke for his pay from Michill Jud ye carpender ;
ALBERT HENDRICX PIt
ANDRIES BERTELF Deft .
Severall of ye neighbours being Examined about ye boare in Controversy ; Itt was ordered by the Court that the deft shall pay halfe the boare to ye plt and pay Lyke- wyse halfe ye Charges, and ye Plt the other halfe ;
ANDRIES HOMMAN P !! In an action of assault & LACE DALBOO def: Battery.
The Court haueing Examined the wittnesses, did con- demne the deft for his assault In a fyne of twenty and fyve gilders ;
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ANDRIES ANDRIESSE, ANDRIES JOHNSON MATHIAS MATHIASSEN, BEN JOHNSON LACE LACESSEN, PELL ERICKSON HANS PETERSEN Inhabitants of Carkoensh LACE DALBOO Def:
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The difference between ye Plt and deft being about a certaine peece of marrish or Valley Lying neare Carkoens hoeck and the Court haueing heard ye debates on both sydes, did order that the pl's get Indifferent men they to view ye sª valley and to see whether the pl's haue not their quantity and after that (In case Pls and deft can not mu- tually agree) to send a Peticon and declare the Case to his hono". the Governo".
MORTON MORTENSE Junior Plt . MOENS STAECKET Deft
The Plt declares that the deft about twoo months sence wthout any Cause did chease this plts wyfe wth an acx and hee ye plt hearing his wyfe cry out was comming to see what was ye matter, att wch tyme ye deft had gott a gun in his hand, threatning this P!t and saying gett ye gone you Rogue and whoore or else I: will shoot you, wthall pointing att him, and yt ye deft att sundry tymes afterwards has gon about to doe ye Plt a misschief, desiers that Deft may bee bound to the good behauior; & pay all Costs ;
The def! att first denyed the plts declaration but after sayed that hee knew nothing to say uppon ye plt & his wyfe butt all honesty.
The Court haueing Examined the wittnesses, did Con-
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demne the deft in a fyne of fifty Gilders and order ye def: to bee of ye good behauior.
The deft In Court bound ouer to ye Court all his Estate for security of his good behauior for and during the space of one Jeare, The deft to pay Costs;
MORTEN MORTENSE senior Plt In an action of
MOUNS SAECKET Deftt slander.
The debates of partees being heard and ye wittnesses Examined; the Court ordered ye deft to declare yt hee knew nothing say against the plt but all honesty, wch the Deft did in open Court, and the deft to pay costs ;
The Court this day allotted to ye Clercq Eph: herman for his Last Jeares service trouble & Expensis twoo hun- dered Gild's to bee paid him out of ye Levy or tax to bee laid.
Upon The Peticon of Ephraim Herman and Pelle Rambo, desiering a grant of this worpp !! Court for to take up Each of them three hundered acres of Land aboue up the River betweene pemipkan Creeke and paeqessin Creeke, promissing to seat the same according to ye Regulacons of his hono", ye Governo"
The Court Grant the Peticon's their Request they con- forming themselves in ye manner of seating according to sª honors Regulacons ;
Christian Claesse desiering a grant of ye Court to take up one hundered acres of Land bounded on both sydes wth michill Shoemakers Land,
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The Court Granted ye Peticon" his request, hee seating according to ye Regulacons of his hono" ye Governo!
Jan Schoeten desiering a grant of ye Court to take up one hundered acres of Land att ye west syde up in ye Schuylkill,1 with some marrish,
The Court granted ye peticon" his Request hee seating ye same according to ye Regulacons of his hono" ye Go- verno!
Richard Ducket desiering a grant of ye Court to take up one hundered acres of Land, up above In ye schuyckil wth a small bitt of marrish on ye east syde of ye Schuylkill
The Court granted the peticon" his Request hee seating the same Land according to his hono" the governo"s regu- lacons.
John mattson, Swen Lom and Lace Dalboo desiering of ye Court to take upp three hundered acres of Land, att ye place Called wiessahitkonk 2 on ye westsyde up in ye Schuyl Kill;
1 The Schuylkill is supposed to have been discovered in 1616 by Cap- tain Hendrickson (Hazard's Ann., 6). The name it has been suggested, was derived from the Dutch verb Schuylen, to hide " from the retired and hidden situation of its mouth " (Ferris, orig. settlements, p. 70). Gerrit Van Sweeringen, in his " account of the settling of the Dutch and Sweedes at the Delaware " (Doc. Relating to Col. Hist. of N. Y., vol. ii. p. 342), assigns another reason for the name that " the Sweeds ship sailed up as high as Tenecum hideing themselves in a creeke, therefore is called to this day the Schuyl-Kill, in English Hideing Creeke." The stream, accord- ing to Lindstrom, is " Mittabakonck La Riviere de Menejackse" (M. S. Map in Library Amer. Phil. Soc.).
2 Wissahiccon, called by Holm in his " Map of the Province of Penn- silvania," Whitpaine Creek, probably after Richard Whitpaine, who was, according to this map, the owner of several large tracts of land at the head of this creek.
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The Court granted the Peticon's their Request, They seating & Improoveing s. Land according to his hono". the governo's orders & Regulations.
Pelle Dalboo desiering of ye Court a grant to take upp twoo hundered acres of Land Just above taokanink 1 Pattent,
The Court granted ye Peticon" his Request, hee seating & Improoveing ye same according to his hono! the Gover- nors Regulacons ;
Jan Claassen Paerde Cooper desiering a grant to take upp three hundered acres of Land In nishammenies 2 Creeke
1 Taconey. - According to the Map of the County of Philadelphia by Charles Ellet, jr., 1839, the most reliable one ever published of the County, Frankford Creek, or the main stream, is formed by the junction of the Ta- coney on the north, with the Wingohocking on the south, at a point im- mediately west of the town of Frankford, and the stream which empties into Frankford Creek from the north just below the latter town, is called " Little Taconey."
On Hill's " Map of Philadelphia and Environs," 1801-7, better known as the Circular Map, the name of Frankford Creek is given to the "Ta- coney " as so named by Ellet, as well as to the main stream, and the " Little Taconey" is called Taconey. On Holmes' Map, the general name of Frank- ford Creek is also applied to the main stream, as well as to the Taconey branch ; but the Wingohocking and Little Taconey have no names assigned to them.
The ancient Indian title of the "Taconey" branch as now called, and which it retained after its junction with the Wingohocking, was " Ques- sinawomink," and the Little Taconey was called " Tawocawomink." See Return of Survey for Peter Cock, 24 Nov. 1675, for a tract of 650 acres called " Quessmacemink." Walter Wharton's Book of Surveys, Surveyor Genl's Office, Harrisburg.
2 Neshaminy, called by Holmes in his Map of the Province, Neshame- nah, and named in the deed between Markham and the Indians (Hazard's Ann., 581), Neshammony.
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next unto ye Land of James Sanderling, twoo myll up on ye East syde of the sª Creeke,
The Court granted ye peticon" his Request hee seating ye same according to his honor the Governors regulacons.
Thomas Jacobse desiering of ye Cort a grant to take upp one hundered acres of Land next unto ye Land of Jan Claassen In Nishammenies Creeke
The Court Granted the Peticon' his request hee seating ye same according to his honor the Governors orders & Re- gulations ;
William Jeacocx desiering of ye Court a grant to take up next unto ye Land of Thomas Jacobs one hundred acres of Land,
The Cort granted the peticon" his Request hee seating the same according to his hono !. the Governo's Regulacons.
Lace Cock and James Sanderling desiering of ye Court Each a grant to take up 100 acres of Land a peece Just above paequessink Creeke,
The Court granted the Peticon's their Request they seat- ing and Improoveing sª Land according to his honor the governo's Instructions & Regulations ;
Capt". hans moens desiering of ye Court a grant to take up in pemipaks Creeke on ye syde of paequessink Creeke three hundered acres of Land,
The Court granted ye peticon" his Request hee seating & Improoveing s. Land according to his hono". ye governo's Regulations ;
The Governo's orders to ye Corts about the recording of
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UPLAND COURT.
Lands, bearing date 13th of august was openly publisht in Court ;
Anthony Nealson & Michill Yzard desiering of ye Court a grant for Each of them to take up above in ye Cromkill 1 one hundered acres of Land ;
The Court granted ye Peticon's their Request they seat- ing the sª Land according to his honor the Governo". Regu- lacons.
Benjamin Goodman desiering of ye Court a grant to take up by ye land of Richard ducket in ye Schuylkill one hundered acres of Land
The Court granted ye: Peticon". his Request hee seating ye same according to his hono", ye governo". Regulacons.
Laers Laerssen and hans Petersen desiering of ye Court a grant for Each of them to take up above ye mill in ames- land 2 Creeke, and the place Called moherhuting one hun- dered acres of Land for Each of them,
1 Cromkill- Crumkill is the Swedish for crooked creek, as Kromkill is the Dutch for the same. It is designated by Lindstrom in his MS. Map as "Paperack La Riviere Courbie (i. e., Courbe, curved or crooked), ou La Riviere de Tenakons ou Peskohockon." Lindstrom's MS. Map in the Library of American Phil. Society.
2 Amesland, or Amas-land Creek, was the present Cobb's Creek, and the present Darby Creek, from the junction of the latter with the former to the river. It was a Swedish designation, and the following curious ex- planation of its origin is given in a note to Acrelius' History, p. 234. " Amas-land, it was formerly called the country of the nurse, one having lived there formerly, where Archard's place now is, for that reason this farm and afterwards the whole region was given the name of the country of the nurses, and now Amas-land." The western boundary of Amasland was the creek called " Mokormpates " (the present Mackinipattus). Map of grant to Andres Boon, called "Boon's Forest," April 13, 1680, office of Secretary of State, Albany. The Indian title of the present Darby Creek, is stated by Acrelius, 64, as having been " Nyecks."
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The Court granted the Peticon". their Request they seat- ing s. Land according to ye Regulacons of his hono! ye governo!
The Court haue allowed to nieles Laersen for this Courts sitting one hundered and sixty gilders;
The Clercq was ordered to send to his hono, the Gover- no" a coppy of ye publicq Charges of this County viz :
To neeles Laersen for ye Courts Expensis to this day Except 200 gilders by Capt". Cantwell paid him before there being no other accommodation for ye Court
£ 639
To Lace Cock for Expensis of ye Comand" and Simico Indians Last spring ye acct being allowed 250 by ye Court 1
The woolves heads in this Cort not all brought) in Jet but Computed by ye Court to
420
To ye Clercq allotted by ye Court for his Seve- rall Extraordinary services to ye Cort etc 200
To Justice Israell helm for his severall services to ye Contry as Interpreter about ye Indians
400
To Capt". Cantwell wch hee hath pª to neels Laersen for ye Courts accomodations etc.
200
Justice Otto Ernest for sundry Expensis on ye publicq acct. of wch hee hath not yet brought In his acct of perticulars
300
Lace Cock for Expensis when his hono! ye go-) verno, was there, 112 2521
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UPLAND COURT.
Peter Rambo demands for Expensis when his) hono, the Governo, was there 800 gild" .:
Capt. Cantwell proffered in Court to pay him 400 gilders weh hee refused, soo that this is left to his hono", to Judge of
800
3321
Besides the fees due for ye Collecting the sd Levy ;
N.B. 27 Sept. 1677 a Coppy of this acct sent to his hono". by dirk Smith Hoope
Att a Court held att Upland In Delowar River Teusday the 13th of Novemb. 1677
prsent
MR PETER COCK MR PETER RAMBO MR ISRAELL HELM
Justices
MR LACE ANDRIES MR OTTO ERNEST COCH MR OELE SWENSEN
Upon the Peticon of Peter Ramboo desiering a grant of the Court to take up twoo hundered and fifty acres of Land,1 between the Land of wicaco and the Land of Jurian hertswelder ; 2
The Court Grant the Peticon". to take up soe much Land, wch is not granted taken up or Improoved, before this date,
1 The land claimed now forms a part of Philadelphia ; but Rambo's ap- plication having been resisted by the Swanson's, as will be hereafter seen, on the ground of a prior grant to them, it was not sustained. Some of the Rambos removed to the neighborhood of Norristown, and the name still exists in that vicinity.
2 Should be Hartsfelder.
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hee Improoveing and seating the same according to his hono", the governo" Regulacons.
SWEN GUNNER PIt - OELE ERICKSON Deft
partees agreed
LUKE WATTSON PIt This action is Continued by ye
JOHN GRAY Deft pl's attornes desier
WILL: DERVALL by
JOHN ADAMS
Continued as above.
JOHN GRAY Deft
JOHN TEST PIt
NEELES LAERSEN Def:
The P!t demands of the deft for sundry goods and mer- chandizes by ye deft Received of the Plt as pr acct pro- duced In Court the sume of one hundered and Eighty six gilders ; for wch sume hee humbly Craeves Judgement agst the deft, wth Costs ;
The Court haueing heard the debates, of both partees, doe order that Judgement bee Enterred agst the deft for the s. 186 gilders; and as to what the deft alledgeth that the PIt is In Contra Indebted unto the Deft sence that the plt will not haue the same deducted The defts action stands open agst the plt for the same;
WILLIAM TOM P !! JONAS NEELSEN Deft
The p" demands of the def for fees Earned In the Tyme the PIt was Clercq to this Court, In severall actions accord- ing to a Judgmt of the 13th of June 1676 ; The sume of six pound fifteen shill. and twoo pence;
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The Court haueing heard the Cause doe againe order that the deft pay unto the plt what fees hee can make ap- peare to bee due unto him (als) Execution ;
THOMAS HARWOOD PIt
HANS JURIAN Deft
The Plt demands of the deft the sume of one hundered and therty nine gilders being the ballance of an acct: by the P! produced In Court;
The deft. Remaining default and the P! haueing made oath: to the ballance of his acct: The Court ordered Judgemt to bee Enterred against the deft. for the s. 139 Gild's wth Costs of suite ;
ERICK JURIANS P !!
partees agreed
ERICK COCK Deft
WILLIAM TOM PIt JAN CORNELISSEN def:
The Plt demands for Clercqs fees in the action of Peter Jegon agst this def: 16:8 4ª and more for fees about his son 8:8 In all the sume of 24:8 & 4ª for wch hee craues Judge- ment against the deft wth Costs ;
The Court haueing heard the debates of both partees doe order that Judgement bee Entered agst the deft for sa 24 :8 4ª together wth Costs of suit;
NEELES LAERSEN PIt
JOHN TEST Deft
The P! Complains that this deft hath been Troublesome to his son about a Knyf, desiers to know the Reason of the same.
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The Court haueing heard the debates of both partees; and finding the buisnesse and difference of noe vallue, did order the partees to be frinds and forgive one the other ; to wch the partees agreed Neeles Laersen Ingaging to pay the Clercq and sherrifs fees ;
ANDRIES BOEN PIt
MOENS STAECKET Deft
The Plt complains that hee going from his house to Car- koens hoeck, was called in by the way in the Badstoe of Lace Colman where this deft alsoe was; whoe wth many scandalous words abused this Pl and being not sattisfyed wth that fell to beating of the Pl and wounded him in the face as the markes thereof did show; Pelle Erikson and Pelle Laurson being sworne doe afirme the same; The deft desiering a fauorable Censure of the Court; and wth all forgivenesse of the fact; saying that he was in drinke etc ; and declaring That hee Knowes nothing to say of the P! but all honesty-
The Court haueing Examined the whole Circumstance of the buisnesse ; doe (In Reguard of the deft: humble sub- mission) only Condemne him in a fyne of one hundered Gilders to be paid according to his hono. the Governors orders; The Court forgiving the deft. his breatch of the behavior & ordering him to pay the costs of Suite;
THOMAS HARWOOD PIt
JOHN STILLE Deft
partees agreed
THOMAS HARWOOD PIt
JOHN CLAASS Def: partees agreed
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Lace Colman Pelle Laersen and Peter Erickson desiering of the Court a grant to take up neare the faalls of the Schuylkill three hundered acres of land;
The Court Granted the Peticon's their request they seat- ing and Improoveing s! Land according to his hono". the governo".8 Regulacons ;
Neeles Laersen desiering of the Court a grant to take up neare the Land Granted by the Governo, to Justice Israell helm up the River twoo hundered acres of Land ;
The Court Granted ye same hee seating & Improoveing s. Land according to his hono". the Governors Regulations ;
Jonas Neelsen desiering of the Court Liberty to take up in the place called moherhuting above the mill on the west syde of the Run two hundered acres of Land,
The Court Granted the same hee seating & Improoveing s. Land according to his Hono'. the Governo". Regulacons ;
Hans Boen desiering Liberty of the Court to take up on the East syde of a Little Creeke wch comes out of amesland 1 Creeke called mohurmipati 2 twoo hundered acres of Land,
1 The present Darby Creek.
2 Mohurmipatti, corrupted from Mokormpates or Mokornipalas, which latter has since been changed to Mackinipa or Mackinipattus, the stream which empties into Darby Creek to the west of Big Thoroughfare Creek. Penna. Archives, i. 28. Records in office of Secretary of State, Albany.
A friend of the editor was, some time during the summer of 1857, standing near the point here indicated, when Andrew Boon, a veritable descendant of Hans, paddled towards him in his boat to hold a conversa- tion. With a very little exercise of the imagination, he was carried back to the time when the only mode of communication among the primitive Swedes, was by their favorite element the water, and when the name of Penn had probably never been heard by them. This long possession, in direct descent, and in the same name, dates from the reign of Charles II. Local histories may yet exhibit more examples of this love of "paternal acres."
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The Court grant the same, The Peticon" seating and Im- prooveing said Land according to his honor. the governo"s Regulations ;
Moens Staecket desiering Liberty of the Court to take up one hundered acres of Land next above the Land granted to hans boen;
the Court granted the Peticon": Request hee seating and Improoveing sª Land according to his hono". the governo."! Regulacons;
Jan Boelsen desiering Liberty of the Court to take up one hundered acres of Land above the mill in amesland Kill. The Court granted the Peticon's Request hee seating and Improoveing the sª Land according to his Hono !. the Governo's Regulacons.
Justice otto Ernest Coch Jan hendrix & albert hendrix desiering Liberty of the Court for Each of them to take up twoo hundered acres of Land between Calebs Creek and the Pyn tree - The Court Granted the Peticon's Request they seating and Improoveing sa Land according to his hono. the Governors Regulacons ;
Jacob hendrix desiering of the Court Liberty to take up one hundered acres of Land above on ye East syde of ye Crom kill - The Court Granted the same the Peticon. seating and Improoveing sª Land according to his hono !. the governo's Regulacons,
James Sanderling and Lace Cock desiering of the Court an addition of twoo hundered acres of Land to the former Grant of this Court; it's granted they seating & Improove-
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ing sª Land as well as the other according to his hono" the Governo™. Regulacons :
Jan Schoeten desiering of the Co" a grant to take up 200 acres of Land above in the Schuylkill
The Court granted the Peticon's Request hee seating & Improoveing sd. Land according to his hono !. ye governo". Regulacons ;
William orian acknowledged In Court a deed of sale of his Land & appurtenances Lying in marretties 1 kill unto Richard noble The articles of agreemt beare date the 10th of octob. 1677.
Jan Jansen of marretties kill desiered of the Court a grant to take up one hundered acres of Land behind In oplands kill,2
The Court Granted the Peticon' his Request hee seating and Improoveing sª Land according to his hono, the Go- verno". Regulacons.
The Court haue ordered M' Will: Tom the former Clercq was ordered to deliver the Records of this Court to the prsent Clercq Ephraim herman The sª M: Tom being sent for and apearing in Court promissed to doe the same ;
1 Marretties Kill, called by Lindstrom (MS. Map), " Memanchitonna and Marikes Kyl, La Riviere de Marikes," by Holmes (Map of Province), Marcus Creek ; it is now known as Chichester Creek, and formed the upper boundary of the Marcus Hook patent for 1000 acres jointly granted in 1676 to Jan. Hendrickson and five others.
2 Opland's Kill. By Lindstrom "uplands Kyl vel Tequirasi," now Chester Creek. The Indian name of the region bordering on the creek was Mecoponacka.
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Hans Petersen and Dom: Laurentius Corolus; declared that they had this day mutually agreed about their pro- cesse of the mare In manner following viz : That Each of them was to pay halfe of all the Charges weh had accrued by sd process, and that dom: Laurentius was to pay ouer and above the sª halfe the sume of twenty and five gilders ; and hans Petersen declared that hee would have nothing more to doe wth sd mare The Court did order that their sd. agreement should bee soe Recorded ;
Capt". Hans Inrgex1 (?) is ordered & desiered by the Court to warne his men belonging to his Company and wth them to fitt up and finish ye house of defence att upland fitt for the Court to sitt in against ye next Court.
Laurens Cock Israell helm moens Cock andries Benck- son Ephraim herman Casperes Herman, Swen Lom, John dalbo, Jasper fiske, Hans moensen, frederik Roomey, Erik mulk, gunner Rambo, Tho: Harwood Erik Cock, Jan Cock, Peter Jockum, Peter Cock Junior, Jan Stille, Jonas neel- sen, oele Swensen James Sanderling mathias mathiass debos and william orian ; prferring In Court a Peticon sheweing that they the above sd Peticon's (being all Inhabitants and for the most part borne and brought up in this River and parts, haue a great Inclination as well
1 Hans Jargin, an officer under Collier in command of the militia at Upland. The latter was, in 1676, commissioned by Gov. Andros "Com- mander in Delaware Bay and River," and was "to take care that the militia in the several places be well armed, duly exercised, and kept in good order and discipline." . .. Hazard's Ann., 425. The matter of " Military affaires " was the subject of some elaborate provisions "in the Duke's Lawes."
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