Memoirs of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Volume 7M'Carty and Davis, 1860 |
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... twoo tracts of Land as also for the Pattents and other Charges as p ' acc ! and desiers that hee may haue Judgm : Entered agst the deft for the s Sume & that the attachment by the pt Laid uppon some Cattle & other Effects of this Def ...
... twoo tracts of Land as also for the Pattents and other Charges as p ' acc ! and desiers that hee may haue Judgm : Entered agst the deft for the s Sume & that the attachment by the pt Laid uppon some Cattle & other Effects of this Def ...
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... twoo hundered and Ten gilders ; sixty thereof for the poore or Church and the Remainder one hundered and fifty gilders to the sherrife , and doe further order yt the s oele oelsen doe humbly aske forgiueness of Justice Israell helm and ...
... twoo hundered and Ten gilders ; sixty thereof for the poore or Church and the Remainder one hundered and fifty gilders to the sherrife , and doe further order yt the s oele oelsen doe humbly aske forgiueness of Justice Israell helm and ...
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... twoo months sence without any Cause did chease this pl wyfe wth an acx and hee ye p hearing his wyfe cry out was comming to see what was ye matter , att w tyme ye def ! had gott a gun in his hand , threatning this Pt and saying gett ye ...
... twoo months sence without any Cause did chease this pl wyfe wth an acx and hee ye p hearing his wyfe cry out was comming to see what was ye matter , att w tyme ye def ! had gott a gun in his hand , threatning this Pt and saying gett ye ...
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... twoo hun- dered Gild TM 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 ...
... twoo hun- dered Gild TM 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 ...
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... twoo hundered acres of Land Just above taokanink1 Pattent , The Court granted ye Peticon his Request , hee seating & Improoveing ye same according to his hono ; the Gover- nos Regulacons ; Jan Claassen Paerde Cooper desiering a grant to ...
... twoo hundered acres of Land Just above taokanink1 Pattent , The Court granted ye Peticon his Request , hee seating & Improoveing ye same according to his hono ; the Gover- nos Regulacons ; Jan Claassen Paerde Cooper desiering a grant to ...
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