Person:Jennett Herron (1)

Notes The petition of Mary Pollock and James Pollock, which said Mary is the eldest daughter of David Herron late of the said county dec (deceased), was read setting forth that the said David Herron dec. intestate leaving issue seven daughters to wit- Mary, intermarried with James Pollock. Sarah intermarried with William Montgomery (since deceased leaving issue nine shildren- David, Humphrey, Martha, Wm. Andrew, Elizabeth, Richard and Jennet), Margaret intermarried with John Thomson, Hannah intermarried with Hugh Cockran, Elizabeth intermarried with John Woods, Rebecca intermarried with Robert Knox, & Jennet intermarried with Jacob Porter.......That the said dec., signed in his demesne as of a fee a certain mesuage and tract of land in Lugan tsp. (township) in said county of Franklin adjoining the lands of the heirs of John McClay esq. on the Conodoguinet Creek, containing two hundred and seventy-five acres be the same more or less with appurtanences and prayed on the court to award an inquest to divide the said premises to said among the children and their representatives of the said in-testate or so many of them will conveniently accommodate or the whole un?????? be. Whereupon the court did order & direct that the sheriff in his proper person with twelve good & lawful men of his bailiwick in the presence of all the parties who choose to attend the guardians of the minor children if any their be having their due previous notice thereof, do hold an inquest on the said premises and divide the said apputanances among the said children & representatives of the said intestate among or many of them as the same premises will conveniently accommodate as by law is decided, but if said partition & division cannot be so made without prejudice to and sporting the whole then that they value the whole undivided and make them thereof as well under the hand and seal of the said sheriff or also under the hand and seal of the said jurors by whose oaths & affirmations such inquisition shall be made.

1.   Orphans Court dockets, 1785-1903, in Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994
   Orphans' Court docket, v.A, Jan. 1785-Mar. 1812 Orphans' Court docket, v.B, Apr. 1805-Mar. 1824, 17 May 1808.

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