Wheras Elizabeth Rolph of the Township of Warren in Somerset Co., a widow and single woman, who hath by her voluntary examination taken in writing upon oath before Frederick Vermeule one of the Justices of the Peace in and for Somerset Co., on the 28th day of April 1815, declared herself with child, and that said child is likely to be born a bastard and to be chargeable to the Township of Warren in sd County of Somerset, and that James Stanberry, otherwise James M. Stanberry of the Township of Westfield in the County of Essex, late merchant of Scotch Plains is the father of the sd child, and that wheras Charles Toms, Parkhurst Cory, and Edward Campbell, Overseers of the Poor for the Township of Warren, in order to indemnify the sd Township in the premise hath applied to the Justices to issue a warrant to apprehend the sd James M. Stanberry, and wheras the sd James M. Stanberry is in a poor state of health, and not likely to continue long in this present life, and that Recompence Stanberry, of the County of Essex, father of the sd James M. Stanberry, above charged, is inclined to compremise the sd business on behalf of his son. The Overseers of the Poor have compremised the sd business with the sd Recompence Stanberry in behalf of his son James above charged and do hereby acknowledge that to them is in hand paid or secured to be paid to the sd Overseers of the Poor for the time being with approbation of the Justices of the Peace for Warren Township the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars current money of the U.S. in trust for the benefit of the inhabitants of the Twsp. and discharge the sd James M. Stanberry from any further future demands, charges, expenses, lying in of sd Elizabeth Rolph, for the sustenance and support of sd child when born and any other expenses that may be charged the sd James M. Stanberry, the reputed father respecting sd child, the overseers bind themselves in the sum above mentioned. Signed: 13th day of May, 1815.

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