1683.] HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY. 143 



The name of no Swede' remains in the list of Justices, and hut 

 two are found in the list of Jurors, and the Mr. that had always 

 been apj)en(h'd to the names of the Justices, and to that of the 

 Clerk and Sheriff, is now uniformly omitted. 



The form of attestation for Jurors, adopted by Penn, is not 

 given in the Records of the Chester Court. The following is re- 

 corded at New Castle, under the date of Feb. 22, 1682-3 : 



" The forme to bee used in y" Roome of y'' oath for y" Jury as 

 the same was delivered in Cor' by y" Hono''' William Penn vizt." 



" You Solemnly promis in y" presence of God k this Cor* 

 that you will Justly try & deliver in yo"" verdict in all cases de- 

 pending, that shall be brought before you during this session of 

 Court according to evidence, and y*" laws of this government to 

 y* best of yo"" understanding."^ 



The Justices who held this Court — the first for Chester County, 

 as it had recently been established, were John Simcock, Pre- 

 sident, Thomas Brasey, William Clayton, Robert Wade, and 

 John Boyer ; the Sheriff was Thomas Usher f the Clerk, Thomas 

 Revel. The Jurors summoned were William Rawson, James 

 Browne, Jeremiah Collet, William Hewes, Walter Martin, 

 Natli' Evans, Joshua Hastings, William Woodmanson, Thomas 

 Cobourne, Albert Hendrickson, Joseph Richards, Edward Car- 

 ter, and Thomas Vernon. 



George Thompson appeared before this Court to answer the 

 charge of bemg married to one Merriam Short, " contrary to 

 the laws of the province ;" but no one appearing against him, he 

 was discharged. The officiating priest, Lawrence Carolus, did 

 not fare so well. He was bound over to appear at the next 

 Court for performing the marriage service for Thompson. 



At the next Court, " held at Chester for the County of Chester, 

 on the 2Tth of the 4th month, called Jime,^ 1863, " William 

 Penn, Esq'' Proprietory and Governor," presided. The names 

 of Otto Ernest Cock, and Ralph Withers, appear among the 

 Justices at this Court. Among the Grand and Petit Jurors there 

 was a fair sprinkling of Swedes. 



The following singular verdict was rendered at this Court : 



1 " Strangers k foreigners," as the Swedes and others residing here are called, may 

 not yet have taken the " Solemn promise" of allegiance under the recently enacted 

 Naturalization law. 



2 New Castle Rec. Book A, " Old Records transcribed," p. 287, as taken from 

 Book C. p. 34. 



' For a list of the Sheriffs of Chester County till the division of the County and 

 subsequently those of Delaware County, See Appendix, note D. 



♦ The year hereafter is to commence on the first of March, as will appear by the 

 following section, from " The Great Law" enacted at the first Session of the Legis- 

 lature: Be it enacted, Ac. " that the days of the week, and the months of the year,, 

 shall be called as in Scripture, aud not by heathen names, (as are vulgarly «sed,j as 

 the first, second and third days of tLe week ; and first, second and third months of the 

 year, Ac, beginning with the day called Sunday, and the month called March." 



