Tom, Many thanks for sharing these Court reports. Great fun! Simon's "partying" is interesting because of the date - Sep 1652. According to Weygant, Simon married Sarah Bloomfield in that year at Springfield. Maybe the party at Hartford was a "going-away" celebration. It could hardly have been a stag-party before Simon's nuptials. Not with those other women there! I wonder what Simon's bride-to-be made of these shenanigans. I bet she gave him an earful. Does the William Bloomfield case in Hartford in 1658 help or hinder your attempts to keep track of his whereabouts? I recall you had him founding Middletown in 1654. I think it likely William had some fast horses! Best.. Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Smith [mailto:tsmith26@comcast.net] > Sent: 18 November 2003 02:39 > To: SACKETT-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [SACKETT-L] Records of the Particular Court of Connecticut, > 1639-1663 > > Under the category of "some things never change," found in the > above mentioned court records; > Published by the Ct Historical Society and the Society of > Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut, Hartford 1928, > A particuler Courte in Hartford the 7th of Sept: 1652, pg 36 > > "Symon Sackutt John Masters Abigaill Marven Sarah Spenser for > theire missdeamenors in keeping Company, drinking excessiuely and > vnseasonably are fyned 40s a peece > And they are to pay or secure theire fynes within a fortnight, or > such as faile are to suffer Imprisonment: > William Waller vndertakes to pay his Sisters fyne > Thomas Spenser vndertakes the payment of Sarah Spensers fyne. > Symon Sackutt Byndeth his heifer for the securing of his fyne. > Edward Stebbing vndertakes for John Masters his fyne. > Thomas Seamer is to pay the penalty of the order for drinking > excessiuely and vnseasonably: wch is for excessiue drinking 3s > 4p, and for drinking vuseasonably 5s 0. > Thus far the fynes are dd in to the Marshall" > > Also found in the same record on pg 116: > > " A perticuler Court June 3rd: 58 > > William Blumfield is released from his recognisanc to ye Countrey > for his son Daniels peaceable behaviour" > > Note: The Particular Court was a tribunal for the settlement of > differences and the establishment of just rights between > particular persons, and operated in Hartford between 1638 and > 1664. It was distinct from the General Court. > > Tom Smith