John Bartlet	To the Worshipfull the Justices of Somerset County in Court now Judicially Sitting    The Petition of
Petn	John Bartlet most humbly Sheweth that Whereas Your Petitioner is Possessed of a tract of Land

Called Hartford Lying and being in the County af^d. the Bounds of Which are precarious and uncertain and the
Witnesses to prove the Same Ancient and Infirm Your Petitioner therefore humbly prays your Worships to
Grant a Commission and Appoint Commissioners to perpetuate the bounds of the Said Land Called Hartford
or of Any other whereon the Bounds of the af^d. Land may or do depend And Your Petitioner as in duty
bound Shall Ever Pray                                                              John Bartlet
Whereupon Came here into Court the af^d. Petitioner in his Proper Person and thereupon the
Petition af^d. being Read and heard and fully understood it is Considered by the Court here that
a Commission Issue to the af^d. John Bartlet as by the Petition af^d. is praid and that George Gale, Isaac
Handy Joseph Dashiell and Jessey Dashiell of Somerset County Gen^t be Commissioners and Execute
the Same Commission According to Act of Assembly in Such Case Provided &^c

Wm. Willis	To the Worshipfull Justices of Somerset County now in Court Sitting the Petition of William
Petn	Willis Humbly Sheweth that Your Petitioner is Possessed of a tract of Land Called Barnabis

Lott the Bounds of Which are Precarious and the Evidences to Prove the Same Ancient and Infirm he
therefore Prays Your Worships to Grant him a Commission and Appoint Commissioners in order to perpetuate
the Bounds of the af^d. tract of Land or the Bounds of any Other Lands on which the Same may depend
And Your Petitioner as in duty Shall Pray                                               William Willis
   Thereupon Came here into Court the af^d. Petitioner in his Proper Person and thereupon the Petition
af^d. being Read and heard and fully understood it is Considered by the Court here that a Commission
Issue to the af^d. William Willis as by the Petition af^d. is praid and that Samuel Wilson, Levin Wilson
W^m. Waters and W^m. Fountain of Somerset County Gen^t be Commissioners and Execute the Same Commission
According to Act of Assembly in Such Case Provided &^c

Wm. Hobbs	William Hobbs an Orphan of his Own free Consent is bound out by the Court here an Apprentice
Bound to	According to Act of Assembly in Such Case provided unto Joseph Dashiell of Somerset County
Joseph Dashiell	untill he the Said William Hobbs Should Arrive at the Age of Twenty One Years the Said

William Hobbs to Serve his Said Master the full term af^d. during which term the Said Apprentice
his Said Master well and faithfully he Shall Serve his Secrets keep his Commandments Lawfully and
honestly Everywhere willingly he Shall doe and in all things as a good and faithfull Apprentice he
shall demean himself towards his Said Master and all his during the term af^d.
        In Consideration of Which Service the Said Joseph Dashiell present here in Court in his
Proper Person Covenanteth with the Justice of the Same Court in Court Judicially Sitting in
Manner and form following that is to Say that he the Said Joseph Dashiell Shall and will during
the term af^d. Learn his Said Apprentice the trade of a Cordwainer and to Read Write and Cypher as far
as the Rule of three Inclusive and at the Expiration of his Servitude give him a New Suit of Cloaths
                                                and a Set of Cordwainers Tools
Over and above his Common wearing Cloaths ^ and Likewise find and Provide for his Said Apprentice
Meat drink washing Lodging and Cloathing Sufficient for Such an Apprentice to have and wear during the
term af^d.    Whereupon the Said Joseph Dashiell is Ordered to Give Security to Comply with the Covenants
af^d. Thereupon the Said Joseph Dashiell with John Adams and Thomas Collins of Somerset County Gen^t
his Securitys all present here in Court in their Proper persons Acknowledged themselves Indebted unto
the af^d. William Hobbs in thirty Pounds Cur^t Money of Maryland on their bodys Goods or Chattles Lands &
tenements Joyntly and Severally to the use of the Said William Hobbs his heirs and Assigns to be made
And Levied if it happen that the Said Joseph Dashiell do not during the term af^d. Learn his Said

Apprentice