Guardianship of James PADGETT (1749); Cumberland County, New Jersey

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                              Jonathan Mills
                         Guardian of JAMES PADGETT
                      Cumberland County, NJ Wills, 1749
                                  #42 F

Know all men by these presents that we, Jonathan Mills & Joseph Denn both of the 
Township of Stowe in the County of Cumberland, yeaomans, are held firmly bound 
unto his Excellency Jonathan Belcher, Esq., Captain General & Governor in Chief 
of the Province of New Jersey __ in the sum of one thousand pounds proclamation 
money to be paid to the said Jonathan Belcher, his successors or assigns.  To 
the which payment we bind us, our heirs, executors & administrators jointly & 
severally this twelfth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand seven 
hundred & forty nine.

Whereas James Padgett  --- an infant of the age of Fourteen years & upwards, son 
of Francis Padgett -- Late of the township of Stowe in the County of Cumberland, 
deceased, hath by petition to me filed in the (Prerogative?) office at 
Burlington, prayed that the above bound Jonathan Mills -- may be appointed 
guardian of his person & estates till he attains his age of twenty one years;  
the said guardianship not having being disposed of by the will of the said 
infants father which will is enregistered in the office aforesaid and I having 
thought proper to admit the said Jonathan Mills -- (for the benefit of the said 
infant) to be his guardian till he attain his age aforesaid.  Now the condition 
of the above obligation is such that if the above bound Jonathan Mills -- do & 
shall take care of the person & education of the said infant & that according to 
his estate & degree & all writings & __________ touching lands that shall come 
to his hands or render to him at his full age or to such person or persons as by 
law may be entitled to receive the same and a just & true account of the pr_____ 
or issues & profits of the real & personal estate of the said infant & in the 
mean time improve the same for use and benefit to the best advantage & make no 
sale nor commit no waste or destruction thereof or therein then the above 
obligation shall be void, or else it shall stand in full force.

      Signed, Sealed & Delivered                   Jonathan Mills
      in the presence of ----------
         Rebekah Padgett                           Joseph Derr
            (Alias Cotting)





         To his Excellency Jonathan Belcher, Esq. Captain General & Governor in
    Chief in & over his Majesty’s Province of New Jersey & Territories there on
    depending in America -- Chancellor and vice-admiral in the same __.

The petition of James Padgett, son of Francis Padgett late of the township of 
Stowe in the County of Cumberland, yeoman, deceased,

Humbly (Serveth?)

That your petitioner’s said father did not by any deed in his lifetime or by his 
Last Will and Testament at the time of his decease dispose of the guardianship 
of your petitioner pursuant to the statute made in the twelfth year of the Reign 
of Charles the Second, late king of England __ enabling the father to dispose of 
the custody of his child or children till their age of one and twenty years, and 
your petitioner being upward of fourteen years of age and under the age of 
twenty one years and having some personal estates given to him by the testament 
and last will of his said father which stands in need of having some due care 
taken thereof and your petitioner having made c_____ of his friend Jonathan 
Mills of the township of Stowe above said to be his guardian until your 
petitioner shall attain to his full age of twenty one years.

        Your petitioners therefore humbly pray that your Excellency will be
    pleased to grant unto the said Jonathan Mills the guardianship of your
    petitioner & of your petitioner’s estate & effects until your petitioner shall
    attain his full age of twenty one years and your petitioner as in duty bound
    shall ____ pray.

                                    James Padgett