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New Castle march ye 9th 167%
GENTLEMEN
William orian Smith who Resides in the p"cincts of yo! Cort was here arrested and Condemned to pay unto m' henry Ward ye sume of 130 gilders Including Court Chargis, hee upon humble Request obtayned the fauour of us that wee ordered Execution to be suspended untill S, Sm Laest past,
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so that wee made o"selves debtors or att Least Securitys for him, hee being Lately here promissed mee faithfully not to depart from hence till hee had fully sattisfyed the said debt, but sence hee verry unworthily has broake his promis, our Requst is you will bee pleased to send the said William orian secure unto us, so that hee may pay his said Debt and answer for his Bold perremtory attempt and wee shall bee verry Reddy to serve & Indemnify you in the Lyke Kinde ; wishing you all health & happinis I: Rest,
Yo' Lov: frinde :
JNº MOLL President 1
The supperscription was To the wopp! Cort of upland, These p" M" Eph. Herman,
The Cort upon the abovesaid Letter of Justice John Moll prsident, ordered that the high sherrife or his Deputys may take the sd Will: orian in Custodie Wherever they find him In this Corts Jurisdiction, and Securely Carry him downe to New Castle wherever they find him according to desire ;
Upon ye desire of Ephraim Herman Clercq to this Cort the Cort haue Granted him ye following Certificate viz :
Wee underwritten the Justices of ye Cort of upland in delowar River doe hereby Certify and declare unto all whome itt doth or may Conserne, that m' Ephraim Herman being by the Right Honorble Governo" Edmond andros Com-
1 A title now applied to the presiding Judge of our Courts of Common Pleas and District Courts, and which was perhaps suggested by this early designation given to the " eldest or presiding judge" of each of the Courts at Upland, New Castle, and Horekills.
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UPLAND COURT.
missionated Clarke to this Cort hath in his said office & Imploy Ever sence and in all other publicq Consernes be- haued himself vigilant carefull & honest, hee haueing Carefully & fully discharged his Duty therein and Lyke- wyse hath behaued himself Civilly & hath Given sattis- faction to all People This to o' knowledge wee Certify and in Testimony of ye truth hereof wee haue hereunto sett o" hands being assembled & sitting in Cort at upland this 12 day of march 167g
LACE ANDRIES LOCEINUS
PETER COCK
OELE SWENSEN
OTTO ERNEST COCK
ISRAELL HELM
Neeles Laersen brought In his acct for ye Charges of this Corts sitting to ye sume of Seventy gilders weh ye Crt allowed of;
The High Sherrife being heretofore ordered to bring In his accompt of ye Receipt of ye Levy etc the 25th day of march Instant, The Cort haue therefore appointed a meeting to bee held by them the first day of aprill att upland ;
The Co" adjorned untill ye 2ª Teusday of June next.
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Att a Meeting of the Justices of upland held att the house of Justice Peter Cock in ye Schuyl- kill, this 3ª of aprill 1678 :
MR PETER COCK MR PETER RAMBO MR ISRAELL HELM
p'sent
! Justices MR OELE SWENSEN
The acct: of ye publicq Charges being Lookt over, was found to bee as followeth till this date (viz) is debto !-
The acct: made up ye: 11th of September and then sent to his hono! ye governo", amounts besydes ye 800 gilders of :gild;
Peter Rambo to ye sume of 2521 : = 8 more due to neeles Laersen for ye Corts accomodations till this day viz?
1677
13th Nov. Corts sitting 8 200 )
12 march 167% Corts sitting 70S 1 270 :=
woolves heads more then in ye former acct:
8 120 := was computed
The Sherrifes Sallary after ye Rate of 5% in
884 := ye pound
The h: Sherrife brings in 7 tydables in ye List set downe whoe are not Lyable to pay, wherefore the publicq is here Charged there- with and ye Sherrife must haue Credit for ye same hee being Charged for ye full List of Tydables as Received
8
8
182 : =
8
3977 : ===
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UPLAND COURT.
The Publicq in Contra is Credit by the Sherrife for 136 Tydables for wch hee Charges himselfe debtor, as Received, Except ye 7 before- mentioned, att 26 gild" p" head amounts to f more by fynes of ye following p"sons weh ye Cort doe order ye high Sherrife to Collect, & Imploy towards ye paying ye publicq Charges viz!
of Lasse dalbo 25 : 8 50 :
of moens Staecket
of dtº moens Staecket 100 :
The publicqs Credit is
8
175 : = 3711 : =
8
The Justices assembled as above this day ordered the high Sherrife Capt! Edmond Cantwell to Collect & Re- ceive of ye following p"sons, the fynes Imposed on them by this Court, and to Imploy ye same towards ye payment of ye publicq Charges viz?
of Lasse Dalbo a fyne Imposed on ye 11th 8 25 : = Septemb. 1677
of moens Staecket ye 11 th of Septembra fyne
of 50 :
of ditto moens Staecket ye 13th of no-
vemb. 1677 100
f
1 175 : =
The Justices this day ordered ye high Sherrife Capt". Edm: Cantwell to pay out of ye publicq money as followeth vizt to-
3536: =
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To neeles Laersen hee is to pay
8 639
To Lasse Cock hee is to pay 66 362
To severall p'sons for woolves heads 66 540
200
To ye Clerk Eph: Herman Carried over to ye next padge 8 1741 : =
Brought ouer
§ 1741 : =
The Sherrife to pay viz?
To Justice Israell helm
400 : =
To Justice otto Ernest Cock 300 : =
To Edm: Cantwell by him heretofore paid
by neeles Laersen on'ye Corts acct.
200 : =
The Sherrife allowed for Collecting & Re-
ceiving ye publicq Levy etc The Sherrife to pay in all 3525 : =
884 : =
Capt". Edm: Cantwell h: Sherrife his acct wth ye publicq this Jear 1678.
Debto!
Credito".
To 136 Ty-
By sundry
dables by him
p"sons hee is
Received ac-
to pay ac-
cording to ye cording to ye
List at 26 gild.s
above-stand-
per head 3536.
To fynes by
8 3525 : him to Receive 175 :
3711 :
ing order to ye sume of By 7 tyda- bles by him not Received being not due 182 : 8 3707 : =
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UPLAND COURT.
The abovestanding acct: was soe made up betweene The Justices & high Sherrife att their meeting aboves.
Four pages, 71, 72, 73 and 74, of the original Record, are here wanting.
ADAM MOTT by John Shackerly Plt his attorney
JAN CLAASSEN PAERDE COOPER Deft.
The PIt demands of this defendt by bill bearing date ye 14 of May 1676 ye full & Just sume of therteen hundered Ib of tobbacco & Caske ;
The def: ownes the bill, but says that hee has paid one hhª of tobbacco towards itt unto Lasse Cock ye former at- torney of adam mott;
The debates of both partees being heard ye Court ordered Judgement to bee Entered agt the deft for 1300 I'b tobb: according to bill wth the Costs ;
JOHN SHACKERLY PIt - In an action of debt by
JAN CLAASSEN Deft ) acct. the sume of £ 325: 15
The deft ownes the acct but sayes that hee hath paid severall sumes towards ye same; This action wth ye Con- sent of both partees was Continued till next Court day.
JOHN ADDAMS in the behalfe P! of his mast", William Dervall
XTOPHER BARNES Def:
The Pit desires that this worpp !! Court would bee pleased to grant him Judgemt against the def Plantation & Crop of Corne & Tobbacco for a debt due to this P! to ye sume of 1494 gildrs 6 styvers, according to a deed & mortgage 7
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RECORD OF
bearing date ye 29 of June 1677, and that appraizars might bee appointed accordingly to appraize the same ;
The deft aknowledges ye mortgage
The Cort ordered Judgemt to bee Entered according to deed & mortgage and doe appoint for appraizers James San- derlin, albert hendriks & oele franssen, to appraize the plantation Crop of Wheat & Tobbacco;
The deft. in Court Ingaged to make a good Tytle of ye Land & plantation to ye Plt if not fully paid otherwayes ;
JOHN MOLL attorney for P! Tho: heynson of maryle
XTOPHER BARNES Def:
The plt demands of ye def by his bil bearing date ye 7th of September. 1675 twoo good fatt oxen fitting to kill as by the sd bill more att Large doth appeare
The def: Xtopher Barnes Confessing the bill, The Court ordered Judgemt to bee Entered agst ye deft: according to sª bill wth ye Costs ;
EPHRAIM HERMAN Pit
E. LAURENTIUS CAROLUS Deft
The Pt demands of ye deft for Clercqs fees Earned att New Castle Court ye sume of one hundered fourthy twoo gilders,
The deft. promisses to pay the Plt betweene this & octo- ber next Ensuing wherewith the PIt is Contented ;
JOHN TEST By Edm: Cantwell - his attorney Plaintife
Pit
NEELES LAERSEN Defend:
The Plt demands of ye deft one pound & 11 shillings
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UPLAND COURT.
being ye Costs of Court of an action commenced against the deft ye 13 of novemb. Laest past.
The debates of both partees being heard ye Court ordered Judgemt to bee Entered agst ye deft for ye sa one pound 11 shillings wth Costs.
Upon the Peticon of John Shackerly desiering for seve- rall Reasons in the sd Peticon Exprest that the Land of Thomas Jeacocx or henry Salter whoe unlegally possesses Thomas Jeacocx Intrest may be ordered to pay ye peticon! his Just debt to ye sume of 186 gilders wth ye Costs and damadges ;
The Co"t answer that sence Henry Salter had notice before Tho: Jeacocx went away & that the sd Jeacox did not put up his name or had a passe,' and that the Land and plantation of ye sd Jeacox is not Legally made ouer unto henry Salter, That therefore the Land of Tho: Jeacox or henry Salter if he will Injoy itt, must pay ye peticon". his Just debts ;
1 The Law or Order on this subject "made and confirmed " in 1672, was as follows. "Whereas frequent Complaints have been made of Ser- vants who runn away from their Masters in other Governments, for want of due Care and Examinacon of them by the Magistrates or Officers of the Townes through which they pass, It is ordered, that if hereafter any Stranger or person unknown shall come to, or travill through any Towne or place within this Government without a Pass port or Certificate from whence hee came and whither he is bound, shall bee lyable to be Seized upon by any Officer of the Towne or Place unto which hee comes, or through which he shall travill there to be Secured untill hee can Cleare himselfe to bee a free Man, and shall defray the Charges of his Detention there, by his worke or Labour (if not otherwise able to give Satisfaction) in the best way and Manner he shall bee found capable" (" Duke's Laws," Collect. N. Y. Hist. Soc., i., 421).
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Peter Dalbo desiering Liberty to take twenty fyve acres of marrish, the Cort granted ye Peticon". Liberty to take up on the west syde of this River 25 acres of marrish w"? heretofore is not granted or Claymed by any other p"sons ;
Justice oele Swensen desiering Liberty of ye Cort to take up 25 acres of marrish, The Cort granted to him to take up on ye west syde of this River wthin this Jurisdiction 25 acres of marrish wch heretofore is not granted or taken up by others ;
Upon the Peticon of Lasse Andries, Oele Stille, Andreas Benckson, and Joan Mattson, Inhabitants of Moymen- sinck, desiering a grant Each to take up twenty five acres of marrish or meddow betweene the hollanders1 Kill & Rosemonds kill on the west syde of this River of delowar,
1 Hollander's Kill took its name from the Dutch, who in 1646, purchased of the Indians, the land in its immediate vicinity. Lindstrom (MS. Map), calls it " Hollendare Kylen, La Riviere des Hollandois."
In a survey made by Richard Noble, June 30, 1680, for the same par- ties who are named in the text, of " two tracts, containing together 64 acres of Marsh Land, called Moymensic Marsh, lying on the west side of Dela- ware river-one between Hollander's Creek and the Hay Creek-and the other between the Hay Creek and Roseman's Creek." Hay Creek is re- presented at the distance of 93 perches south of Hollander's Creek, and Roseman's as 158 perches south of Hay Creek (Records Sec. States Office, Albany). On a MS. Map in the Department of Surveys (Phil.), entitled a "Plan of the District of Southwark and Townships of Moyamensing and Passyunk, surveyed under authority of Commissioners appointed under an act of Commonwealth of Penna., of 29th Sept., 1787," Hay Creek is laid down as 3020 feet north of the tavern at Gloucester Point, and Little Hollander's Creek as 1900 feet to the north of Hay Creek. Roseman's Creek is not represented. This map is 5 feet 3 in., by 6 feet 2 in., and is beautifully executed on a scale of 400 feet to the inch, and apparently with much accuracy. Ellet's Map of Philadelphia County, 1839, although perhaps as accurate, varies from the Plan of 1787, and Hill's Map varies
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UPLAND COURT.
The Cort haueing Examined into ye Peticon's Request doe grant ye same.
EDMOND CANTWELL PIt 1
1 In an action of defama- NEELES LAERSEN Deft S tion to yep1.8 damadge 100€
before this action was tryed Neeles Laersen asked for- givenesse in Court of Capt". Cantwell of what hath past wherewith Capt" Cantwell was sattisfyed ;
Capt". Edmond Cantwell this day in the p"sence of ye Court made up his acct of the publicq wt! neeles Laersen and the sd neeles Laersen Remained debtor to Capt" Cant- well nineteen Gilders & Six Styvers.
Albert Hendriksen & Jan Jansen being heretofore ap- pointed appraizers to appraize ye Cowe of Will: Orian upon ye Execution of Johannes De haes, this day made Returne that they vallued ye sª Cowe att one hundered & seventy gilders ;
EDMOND CANTWELL Pit
NEELES LAERSEN Deft
The P! Complaynes against the deft for that hee ye deft Contrary to Lawe & practize wtout any order from this PIt did goe into the Jurisdiction of New Castle Cort and there did demand and Receive of severall people for Levy
from both, showing the great changes in the topography of the region, and in the course and size of the streams, made by the erection of dams and the banking of meadows, in the lapse of half a century. There are, per- haps, sufficient data to justify the belief that "Little Hollander's Creek " as laid down in the MS. " Plan," is the same stream as that called Hol- lander's Creek in Noble's Survey, and that Roseman's or Rosemond's Kill, although no inconsiderable stream in 1680, no longer existed in 1787.
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or head monny in all 130 gilders, The plt therefore in his quality of high Sherrife desires to order ye def: to Repay ye sª 130 gilders wth ye Costs & that for his Contempt hee may bee fyned to ye discretion of ye Court-
The defendt neeles Laersen ownes ye Receipt, but sayes that itt was throug mistake ; The Cort haueing heard ye debates of both partees did order ye Deft to Repay ye sª 130 gilde wth ye Costs ;
Benjamin Goodman servant to oele Swensen desiering to bee freed from his mastr. alledging that his tyme is out Ordered that Oele Swensen bring att the next Court ye In- denture or his witnesses that can Testify about ye buis- nesse ; 1
Jan Cornelissen of Amesland Complayning to ye Court that his son Erik is bereft of his naturall Sences & is turned quyt madd and yt hee being a poore man is not able to maintaine him ;
ordered : that three or 4 p'sons bee hired to build a Little Blockhouse at amesland for to put in the sd madman, and att the next Court, order will bee taken yt a small Levy bee Laid for to pay for the building of ye house and the
1 The Law on the subject of "Bond slavery," was in the following words. "No Christian shall be kept in Bondslavery villenage or Captivity, Except Such who shall be Judged thereunto by Authority, or such as wil- lingly have sould, or shall sell themselves, In which Case a Record of such Servitude shall be entered in the Court of Sessions held for that Jurisdic- tion where such Matters (Masters) shall Inhabit, provided that nothing in the Law Contained shall be to the prejudice of Master or Dame who have or shall by any Indenture or Covenant take Apprentices for Terme of years or other Servants for Term of yeares or Life " (Duke's Lawes, Col. N. Y. Hist. Soc., i., 322).
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UPLAND COURT.
maintayning of ye sª mad man according to Lawes of ye government : 1
· Carell Junsen of marreties hoeck in delowar River this day apeared in Court and there did aknowledge a deed and absolute Conveigance for a Certayne parcell & sheare of ye - Intrest of ye Land formerly belonging unto hans hofman, unto morgan druit Late of London marriner, the se Land being scituate & Lying att marreties hoeck aforest, Con- tayning one hundered and fifty Jards In breath and In Length Equall wth ye other Lands, The aforesd parcell so made ouer Lyeth next unto ye Land of Jan hendriksen, hee the sª Charles Junsen did alsoe aknowledge to haue Received full sattisfaction of ye sª morgen Druit, The afores! deed bears date ye 18th day of June 1678; was signed, sealed & delivered by ye sd: Charles Junsen in the p"sence of Christopher Billop & Eph: Herman ;
Jan Hendriksen of Delowar River husbandman, apeared in Court, and then and there did aknowledge a Certayne deed or Transport, unto Rodger Peddrik of all his the said Jan hendriksens Right Tytle and Intrest of all the Land & appurtenances Lying & being on the westsyde of delowar River Called & knowne by the name of marreties hoeck, The whole tract of marreties hoeck Land being granted and Confirmed by Pattent from the Right honoble governo" andros bearing date the 28th of march 1676 unto the six possessors thereof viz Charles Jansen Oele Raessen hans
1 There was a provision in the "Duke's Lawes " as to "the Conditions of distracted Persons," which directed the mode in which the " charge" for their support was to be levied (Col. N. Y. ITist. Soc., i., 408).
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RECORD OF
oelsen oele neelsen hans hofman and him the sd Jan hen- drick, and Contayning In the whole one thousand acres of Land; wch sd deed was signed, sealed and delivered by the gd Jan hendriks in the p"sence of Johannes De haes and Carell Junsen and beares date ye 18th day of June a. 1678
Thomas Nossitur desiering of the Court a grant to take up Twoo hundered acres of Land, The Court granted ye same hee seating and Improoveing sª Land according to his hono". ye governo".8 Regulacons,
William Warner desiering of the Court a grant to take up one hundered acres of Land, The Court granted ye same hee seating & Improoveing ye same according to the Regu- lacons of his honor the governo;
JAMES SANDERLING PIt - withdrawne by the P !!
FRANCIS STEEVENS Deft
FRANCIS STEEVENS PIt -
withª by ye plt
JAMES SANDERLING Deft
ANTHONY WOODHOUSE PIt
HENRY BOAMAN Def:
agreed
Andries Homman was this day appointed and sworne Constable in the Roome of Will: orian the Laete Constable,
The Court this day Resolved to Impose a Levy or small Tacx of fyve gilders p" head on every Tydable p"son for the defraying of the Courts sitting Charges, as heretofore the sd Levy to bee paid by Every p'son upon Trimeconck Island betweene this & the 6th of october next Ensuing;
The Co" adjorned till the 2ª Teusday of Septemb !. next;
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UPLAND COURT.
Att a Court held att Upland in Delowar River By his Maytis authority November ye 12th 1678.
MR PETER COCK
MR PETER RAMBO
p"sent
MR OTTO ERNEST COCH Justices
MR LASSE ANDRIES
MR OELE SWENSEN
The following order from his hono", the governo! con- serning Lands and the quit Rents thereof was this day proclaymed in open Court etc ;
Copie
BY THE GOVERNOR
WHEREAS I: did in the Jeare 1675 among other Regu- lacons then made for Incouradgment, Remitt the quit Rents for the first three Jears of all new Lands to bee taken up & seated in delowar prcincts wch haueing prooved inconvenient by many takeing up Land and not seating at all, I: doe therefore Repeall and Recall ye same, Except for such as haue seated and Improoved upon said order to bee accordingly Indemnifyed,-But all such as haue taken up Land and not seated and Improoved and made due Re- turnes thereof as by Law and orders sent and publisht Laest Jeare to bee Recorded, To forfeit the same, and the Land not seated and Improoved to be disposed of as vacant Lands, and all such as haue Improoved and seated, but not made such Returnes, are hereby againe Required for Rec- tifying of former and preventing of future disorders, wthin ye space of six months next Ensuing the date hereof to make a due Returne as above of such their Land quantity
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& scituation according to the Pattents Surveigs or Cards thereof to the Clarke of the Court in whoese Jurisdiction the said Land Lyeth, to bee there Recorded, and by the Courts Certifyed to the secretarys office here, and such as haue not taken Care to pay their quit Rents due for the same, that they Come wthin the space of six months as above and accompt & pay the arrear to the now Receiver from my first comming into the Country, in 1674, and for the future all such as haue or shall take up Land are to pay their quit Rents from their takeing up such Land & yearly att the townes of upland New Castle and whoore- kills for the seuerall precincts att their perrills, and such as shall take up Land and not Improove to forfeit accord- ing to Lawe, this order to bee forthwith publisht and set up att ye Courthouses of upland New Castle and whoore- kills In Delowar Given under my hand in New Yorke this 25th of october 1678.
(Signed) E. ANDROSS.
Upon the Peticon of Dunk williams desiering of this Court a grant to take up 100 acres of Land on the Lower syde of Nieshambenies Creeke, 50 acres thereof at the River syde & the other 50 acres up in the woods,
The Cort doe grant the Peticon" Liberty to take up 100 acres of Land wch heretofore is not granted taken up or Improoved by others, hee seating & Improoveing the same according to his hono", the governo"s Regulacons & orders ;
Upon the Peticon of Edmund draufton, The Cort granted the Peticon' for himselfe & son Liberty to take up 100 acres
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UPLAND COURT.
of Land hee seating & Improoveing the same according to his hono !. ye governo". orders & Regulacons ;
WILLIAM ORIAN PIt
JOH: D'HAES Def:
The names of the Jury hans moens
dunk williams
Xtopher Barnes Edm: draufton
Peter Jockum
Isacq Sauoy
Jan hendriks Jonas kien moens Cock John Browne Jan Boelsen henry hastings
The P! demands of this deft by acct: the sume of 167 gilders for wh hee Craues Judgemt wth Costs; The deft. ·produces his acct: wch was by him produced in his ac- tion ye Laest march Court agst this P! whereby hee prooves that for part of the acct: wch now this Pt doth bring in is alreddy then given Credit for and denys the Re- mainder of the Pls acct: The P! Craueing a Jury, the Jury was Impanneled who brought in their verdict that they al- lowed ye PIts acct: to ye sume of 159 gilders ;
The Court thought fitt to suspend the verdict of ye Jury and the determinacon of this Case till next Court day, att weh tyme both P! and deft: are to bring their bookes In Court.
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RECORD OF
JOHN SHACKERLY P !!
JAN CLAASSEN Def: both partees default
This action is by the Co" Continued till next Court day.
OELE NEELSEN Pit NEELES LAERSEN Def:
The partees before Judgemt past did declare to agree & withd: their action
OELE DIRKSEN PIt
EVERT ALDRETS & Eliza- - beth his wyfe the late widdow 1 Def:
of hans walter deceased
The Plt declares that this def. predecessor hans walter deceased stands Justly indebted him by ballance the sume of seventy & one gilder for Land sould him Lying att La- moco, for weh hee has attached so mutch of ye monys due unto the said deceased in the hands of hans oelsen, and humbly Craues Judgemt w! Costs ;
The Court being sattisfyed as to the Justnesse of the debt did order Judgemt accordingly & doe allow of the attachm! wth Costs ;
Upon the Peticon of anthony nealson desiering of this Court a grant for to take up 100 (one hundered) acres of Land betweene ye heads of Cromkill & oele Stillens1 kill as alsoe a small parcell of marrish adjoyning thereunto; The Court doe grant the Peticon !. his sa Request hee seating &
1 Oele Stillen's Kill. The present Ridley Creek, called, on Holmes Map, Preest's Creek, probably after the owner of a large tract of land at its mouth. The land between Ridley and Crum Crecks, is designated by Lindstrom as " Stillen's Land le pays de Stillen's." Lindstrom's MS. Map.
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UPLAND COURT.
Nov. 12h 1678.
Improoveing ye same Land according to his hono". the go- verno'. Regulacons & orders.
Christopher Barnes appeared In Court and then & there did aknowledge the hereafter Recorded deed unto John moll etc;
Copia.
Know all men by these p'sents yt I: Christopher Barnes of delowar River, haue assigned and made ouer unto m' John moll of ye Towne of New Castle for the use & Proper acct: of m' Thom: hinson of Talbott County in maryland, all whatsoever shall bee due unto mee ouer and above the debt weh I: doe owe unto Capt" Tho: Delauall of New Yorke, merchant, wherefor an order of Court is obtayned against mee by John addams his Employer that is to say my plan- tation where I: now Live upon, all my Corne Tobbacco Cattle, as twoo Cowes ye one haueing had foure and ye other one Calfe as alsoe one oxe of three years old & one Joung Calfe, and yt for ye paymt of one thousand pounds of good merchandable Tobbacco & Cascque, as alsoe the Incidentall Charges allowed by ye Lawe, wch has & shall acruwe about twoo fatt oxen wich I: am indebted unto m. Thomas hinson aforesaid, wherefore an order of Court was also past agt mee, In Testimony whereof I: haue hereunto sett my hand & seale att upland this 12th day of novemb" a. 1678.
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