A cryer or the town cryer was a person paid to make an oral public proclamation. ----- Original Message ----- From: <JanAlpert@aol.com> To: <NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 9:41 AM Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] > There are several references to a George Lacy but they all are as follows > > To George Lacy for Crying the above Vendue, usually paid about 2 pounds > > This is related to inquisitions of the Loyalists in Hunterdon Co. during > the > Rev. War. The records appear to be in 1779. He was providing some kind > of > service for which he was paid. I don't see an explanation in the book > about > what this means. p. 230, 251, 254, 255 & 259 > > There is no other information about him in the book. > > Maybe someone else knows what this means. > > > ==== NJHUNTER Mailing List ==== > This mail list is archived at: > http://newsarch.rootsweb.com/th/index/NJHUNTER > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > >