Justices of the Provincial/Supreme Court (1684-1799); Chester County, PA Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Sandra Ferguson . *********************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: Printing this file within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** from THE HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY PENNSYVANIA by Futhey and Cope (1881); Prior to 1790, the trial of higher crimes and appeals was held by the justices of the Provincial or Supreme Court, who made a circuit of the counties at stated times. The following were judges of that court. 1684 Nicholas More, William Welsh, Wm Wood, Robert Turner, John Eckles 1685 James Harrison, James Claypoole, Arthur Cook 1686 Arthur Cook, William Clark, John Cann 1687 same 1690 (April) Arthur Cook, Wm. Clark, Joseph Gorwdon 1690 (Growdon) " John Simcock, " , Peter Alrichs, Thomas Wynne 1691 John Simcock, Wm Clark, Arthur Cook, Griffith Jones, Edward Blake 1693 Andrew Robeson, Wm. Salway, John Cann, Edward Blake 1694 Anthony Morris (Cann, deceased) 1698 Joseph Growdon, Cornelius Empson 1699 Edward Shippen, Cornelius Empson, William Blake 1701 John Guest, Wm. Clark, Joseph Growdon (declined) Edward Shippen, Robert French, (declined), Caleb Pusey, Thomas Masters 1702 John Guest, WM Clark, Ed. Shippen, Thomas Masters, Saml. Finney 1703 Wm Clark, Edward Shippen Thomas Masters, Samuel Finney 1704 " John Guest, Jasper Yeates, Wm. Trent, " 1705 ",. Joseph Growdon, ", " 1706 Roger Mumpesson, " " " , Samuel Finney 1707 Jasper Yeates 1708 Samuel Finney 1711 Joseph Growdon, Samuel Finney, Richard Hill, Jonathan Dickinson 1715 " William Trent, George Roche, " 1717 (April) David Lloyd, Jasper Yeates, Richard Hill, Wm Trent 1717 (sept) " " " Jonathan Dickinson 1718 " " " Wm Trent 1722 " " Robert Asheton 1726 " " Jeremiah Langhorne 1731 (April) Isaac Norris , Dr. Thomas Graeme, " 1731 (sept) James Logan (in place of Isaac Norris declined) 1733 " Jeremiah Langhorne, Thomas Graeme 1739 Thomas Griffith, " " 1743 John Kinsey, Thomas Graeme, Wm. Till 1750 Wm. Allen, Lawrence Growdon, Caleb Cowpland 1758 " " William Coleman 1760 same 1761 same 1764 Alexander Stedman, in stead of Lawrence Growdon 1767 William Allen, William Coleman, John Lawrence, Thomas Willing 1774 Benj. Chew, John Lawrence, Thomas Willing, John Morton 1777 (July) Thomas McKean 1777 (aug) William Augustus Atlee, John Evans 1780 George Bryan 1784 Jacob Rush 1791 Jasper Yeates 1799 Edward Shippen