Court: Proclamation listing Chester County Inhabitants Accused of High Treason 
(1778): Chester County, PA

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This is a list of "traitors" /British sympathizers/collaborators
.....the criteria for "appearing" on  the list is unknown.  These are those
from Chester County, and it was published immediately after the winter the
British had occupied Philadelphia .

June 17, 1778.

A PROCLAMATION.  By the SUPREME EXECUTIVE COUNCIL of the Common Wealth of PENNSYLVANIA.
WHEREAS the following named persons, late and heretofore inhabitants of Chester Co.;
John Briggs, husbandman, now or late of the township of Willistown;
George Davis, husbandman, now or late of the township of Springfield;
John Taylor, tavern keeper;
John Moulder, waterman;
John Talbot, wheelwright; and
Thomas Bartow, sawyer; all now or late of the township of Chichester: And
Jesse Bean, joiner;
Jacob Tregoe, blacksmith;
Caleb Haines, weaver; and
Joshua Thomson, taylor; all now or late of the township of Goshen: And
Jacob Buffington, carpenter; and
William Stroud, saddler; both now or late of the township of West Bradford;
Joseph Malin, wheelwright, and
Elisha Malin, joiner, both now or late of the township of East Whiteland;
Edward Griffel, labourer, and
John Willson, taylor, both now or late of the township of Thornbury;
William Millson, taylor;
Isaac Bullock, labourer;
Benjamin James, cooper; and
John Burnet, junior, labourer; all now or late of the township of Concord: And
Samuel Hart, labourer, and
Abiah Park, mason; both now or late of the township of East Bradford;
Jacob Cypher, miller, now or late of the township of Tredyffrin;
Samuel Bell, carpenter, now or late of the township of Easton; [Aston?]
William Maddock, tavern keeper;
William Dunn, labourer;
Joseph Edwards, mason;
George Dunn, taylor;
Malin Dunn, taylor;
James Malin, labourer; and
Gideon Vernon, husbandman; all now or late of the township of Providence: And
Christopher Wilson, husbandman, and
John Taylor, glasier, both now or late of the township of Ridley;
Benjamin Miller, saddler, now or late of the township of East Caln;
Joshua Proctor, labourer, now or late of the township of Newtown;
Aaron Ashbridge, waterman;
Joseph Gill, maltster;
Elias Vernon, taylor; all now late of the township of Chester: And
Daniel Register, carpenter, now or late of the township of Edgemont: And
John Suplee,
William Caldwell, and
James Hartner, husbandman;
John Musgrove, trader, and
William Andrews, fuller; all now or late of the township of Darby: And
William Smith, of Tinicum Island, and
William Anderson, labourer; both now or late of the township of Ridley;
Henry Essinger, junior,
Hugh O'Cain,
William Kennedy,
Darby O'Cain, and
James McClarin, labourers; and
Isaiah Worrell, miller; all now or late of the township of Springfield: And
Isaac Burk,
Abraham Falkenton,
Thomas Burns,
William Clark, and
George Good, labourers; and
William Henry, taylor; all now or late of the township of Providence: And
George Dunn, and
David Maris, taylors; and
William Bell, labourer; all now or late of the township of Newtown: And
Robert Kissack, weaver;
James Brown, wheelwright;
James Gorman, and
Enoch Gorman, cordwainers; and
Michael Crickley, labourer; all now or late of the township of Haverford;
all now or late of the county of Chester: ...,
not rendering himself as aforesaid, and abiding the trial aforesaid,
shall, from and after the said first day of August next, stand and be
attainted of High Treason to all intents and purposes, and shall suffer such
pains and penalties, and undergo all such forfeitures as persons attainted
of High Treason ought to do. And all the faithful subjects of this state
are to take notice of this Proclamation, and govern themselves accordingly.
GIVEN, by order of the Council, under the hand of The
Honourable GEORGE BRYAN, Esquire, Vice President, and the Seal of the
State, at Lancaster, this fifteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord
One Thousand seven hundred and seventy eight.
By order of the Council,
GEORGE BRYAN, Vice President.
GOD SAVE THE COMMON WEALTH. Attested by order of the Council,
T. MATLACK, Secretary.