Record of examination for Eliza Stockton, April 23, 1833.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Hill, Ansel, Esquire (Silver Lake, Pennsylvania), -1866.

Contributor:

Karp, Abraham J., former owner.

Abraham J. and Deborah Karp Collection of Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stockton, Eliza, active 1833.

Taylor, Jacob, active 1833.

Mother and child.

Father and child.

Parent and child.

Susquehanna County (Pa.)--History--Sources.

Susquehanna County (Pa.).

Silver Lake (Pa. : Township)--History--Sources.

Silver Lake (Pa. : Township).

Local Subjects:

Stockton, Eliza, active 1833.

Taylor, Jacob, active 1833.

Genre:

testimonies

civil court records

Penn Provenance:

Formerly in the collection of Rabbi Dr. Abraham J. Karp.

Physical Description:

1 item (1 leaf) : paper ; 315 x 397 (122 x 180) mm

Place of Publication:

April 23, 1833.

Language Note:

In English.

Biography/History:

Judge and election officer in Silver Lake Township (general elections were held in his home; Laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, volume 7 (Philadelphia: 1822), p. 482); commissioner in Susquehanna County (Blackman, Emily, History of Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1873), p. 43); died May 1866, buried Quaker Lake Cemetery, Brackney, PA.

Summary:

This is a manuscript written by Ansel Hill, Esquire, one of the Justices of the Peace for the Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, documenting the voluntary examination and testimony of Eliza Stockton of Silver Lake Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania; she stated that she is a "single woman... on or about the last day of August last past a certain Jacob Taylor of Union Township Broom County N. York laborer had carnal knowledge of her Body whereby this is now big with child...". Signature of Stockton and Hill below testimony; item originally a bifolium, now pressed flat. Written in a cursive script; testimony in thirteen lines.

Cited as:

UPenn Karp OS BII.14.

OCLC:

1293222576