| Appeals to the Privy Council |
| Report No. 07_1716_00 |
|
New Jersey (East) |
| Case Name Short |
Sonmans v Ormstone |
Not a ‘true’ appeal. |
| Case Name Long |
Peter Sonmans v Joseph and Rachel Ormstone and Joseph and Johanna Wright |
Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series |
| APC Citation | v.2 [1256] p.709–710 – 6 July 1716 – entry 1 |
| PC Register Citation | George I v.1 (1 August 1714 – 2 March 1717) p.425: PC 2/85/425 |
| APC Citation | v.2 [1256] p.710 – 25 October 1717 – entry 2 |
| PC Register Citation | George I v.2 (2 March 1717 – 25 August 1720) p.53: PC 2/86/53 |
| APC Citation | v.2 [1256] p.710 – 16 November 1717 – entry 3 |
| PC Register Citation | George I v.2 (2 March 1717 – 25 August 1720) p.69: PC 2/86/69 |
| APC Citation | v.2 [1256] p.710 – 14 January 1718 – entry 4 |
| PC Register Citation | George I v.2 (2 March 1717 – 25 August 1720) p.81–82: PC 2/86/81–82 |
| APC Citation | v.2 [1256] p.711 – 2 February 1718 – entry 5 |
| PC Register Citation | George I v.2 (2 March 1717 – 25 August 1720) p.90: PC 2/86/90 |
| APC Citation | v.2 [1256] p.711 – 12 July 1720 – entry 6 |
| PC Register Citation | George I v.2 (2 March 1717 – 25 August 1720) p.442: PC 2/86/442 |
Colonial Courts |
|
Proceedings in the colony are mentioned but unclear if they resulted in a judgment in a court of law |
Participants |
|
Forster, Miles (husband of Rebecca Lawry Forster) Forster, Rebecca Lawry (wife of Miles Forster and daughter of Gawen Lawry) Haig, Mary Lawry (daughter of Gawen Lawry) Lawry, Gawen (deceased father of Mary Haig and Rebecca Forster) Ormstone, Joseph, merchant, of London (husband of Rachel Ormstone) Ormstone, Rachel Sonmans (wife of Joseph Ormstone, sister of Peter Sonmans, and daughter of Arent Sonmans) Sonmans, Arent (deceased father of Peter Sonmans, Rachel Ormstone, and Johanna Wright) Sonmans, Peter, esquire (brother of Rachel Ormstone and Johanna Wright, and son of Arent Sonmans) Wright, Johanna Sonmans (wife of Joseph Wright, sister of Peter Sonmans, and daughter of Arent Sonmans) Wright, Joseph (husband of Johanna Wright) |
Description |
Land |
Disposition |
Final allocation of land amongst the parties is specified. |
Additional Sources |
See, at the British Library in Additional Manuscripts 38861 f.100–101, Peter Sonman’s memorial, dated by the British Library as 1718. |
|
|
DOCUMENTATION |
Printed Cases |
Not found |
Privy Council Documents in PC 1 at The National Archives at Kew |
Not found |