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

Contributor:

Karp, Abraham J. (former owner)

Name:

Hill, Ansel, Esquire (Silver Lake, Pennsylvania), -1866; Abraham J. and Deborah Karp Collection of Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)

Date:

1833

Description:

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.

Language:

English

Provenance:

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

Subject:

Stockton, Eliza, active 1833; Taylor, Jacob, active 1833; Mother and child; Father and child; Parent and child

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Testimonies; Civil court records

Physical Description:

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

Geographic Subject:

Susquehanna County (Pa.) -- History -- Sources; Silver Lake (Pa. : Township) -- History -- Sources

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

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.; In English.

Physical Location:

Library at the Katz Center, Archives Room Manuscript, Karp OS BII.14