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Attention: the catalog is under construction. Records are currently being revised and descriptions may change.
 
Control #: CMICP002
Series: Middlesex County
Court of Common Pleas
Court of General Quarter Sessions
Case Files, 1741 - 1888
Arrangement:Alphabetical and Chronological
Format:118 boxes (59 cubic feet)
4 reels (35-mm)
Notes:Majority date before 1840. Boxes 1-31 are arranged alphabetically by Plaintiff/Defendant Name, and cover the period 1741-1767; a draft inventory of case names of this material is available. Boxes 32-36 are miscellaneous, and there is an OV-1 box of miscellaneous items; boxes C-37 to C-118 are arranged chronologically, 1767-1888. Some rough or draft Court Minutes are included in the case papers. Case papers dating from the Revolutionary War period include a limited number of indictments heard by Middlesex Oyer and Terminer. See also Middlesex Common Pleas Minutes (CMICP006).
Microfilm copies cover the years 1741-1764.

Content Lists: Manuscript List   Microfilm List
 
DESCRIPTORS:
 
County: Middlesex
Court: Court of Common Pleas
         Justice of the Peace Courts and General Quarter Sessions
Office: Clerk's Office
Subject: Courts, Trials, Legal Proceedings
         Litigation, Law Suits, Damages
Records Type: Case Files
         Court Records, Legal Documents (General)
Era: 18th Century
         19th Century
         Colonial (before 1776)
Additional Subject: Criminal Justice, Proceedings, Prosecutions
         Revolutionary War, 1775 - 1783 (also American Revolution)
Additional Records Type: Minutes (Minute Books, Proceedings, Meetings Records)
Additional Court: Oyer and Terminer (Court of)
Main Collection: County Records
         Judiciary


MANUSCRIPTS:
 
Box 1: 1741 - 1746
[Alphabetical by Plaintiff
within the year]
Box 2: 1747 - 1749
[Alphabetical by Plaintiff
within the year]
Box 3: 1750 - 1752 [Jo]
[Alphabetical by Plaintiff
within the year]
Box 4: 1752 [Ke] - 1756
[Alphabetical by Plaintiff
within the year]
Box 5: 1757 - 1760 [Ki]
[Alphabetical by Plaintiff
within the year]
Box 6: 1760 [La] - 1761 [Ki]
[Alphabetical by Plaintiff
within the year]
Box 7: 1761 [Ki] - 1762 [Ca]
[Alphabetical by Plaintiff
within the year]
Box 8: 1762 [Co] - 1762 [Le]
[Alphabetical by Plaintiff
within the year]
Box 9: 1762 [Lo] - 1763 [Ba]
[Alphabetical by Plaintiff
within the year]
Box 10: 1763 [Be] - 1763 [Fu]
[Alphabetical by Plaintiff
within the year]
Box 11: 1763 [Go] - 1763 [Lo]
[Alphabetical by Plaintiff
within the year]
Box 12: 1763 [Ma] - 1763 [Te]
[Alphabetical by Plaintiff
within the year]
Box 13: 1763 [Th] - 1764 [Bi]
[Alphabetical by Plaintiff
within the year]
Box 14: 1764 [Bl] - 1764 [Ch]
[Alphabetical by Plaintiff
within the year]
Box 15: 1764 [Cl] - 1764 [Fe]
[Alphabetical by Plaintiff
within the year]
Box 16: 1764 [Fo] - 1764 [Ho]
[Alphabetical by Plaintiff
within the year]
Box 17: 1764 [Ho] - 1764 [Lo]
[Alphabetical by Plaintiff
within the year]
Box 18: 1764 [Lu] - 1764 [Ro]
[Alphabetical by Plaintiff
within the year]
Box 19: 1764 [Ru] - 1764 [Te]
[Alphabetical by Plaintiff
within the year]
Box 20: 1764 [Te] - 1765 [Ay]
[Alphabetical by Plaintiff
within the year]
Box 21: 1765 [Ba] - 1765 [Du]
[Alphabetical by Plaintiff
within the year]
Box 22: 1765 [El] - 1765 [Ki]
[Alphabetical by Plaintiff
within the year]
Box 23: 1765 [Ki] - 1765 [Pi]
[Alphabetical by Plaintiff
within the year]
Box 24: 1765 [Ra] - 1765 [Tu]
[Alphabetical by Plaintiff
within the year]
Box 25: 1765 [Va] - 1766 [Cl]
[Alphabetical by Plaintiff
within the year]
Box 26: 1766 [Co] - 1766 [Mo]
[Alphabetical by Plaintiff
within the year]
Box 27: 1766 [Mu] - 1767 [Do]
[Alphabetical by Plaintiff
within the year]
Box 28: 1767 [Du] - 1767 [Wo]; 1774
[Alphabetical by Plaintiff
within the year]
Box Misc - 001: Sorted Case Files
[Need to be interfiled]
1741-1767
Box Misc - 002: Miscellaneous non-case file papers
ca. 1742-1769, 1863
[Arranged roughly chronologically]
Box Misc - 003: Minutes of the Court of Common Pleas &
Justice of the Peace, 1749-1784
[Arranged chronologically]
Box Misc - 004: Miscellaneous non-Middlesex County
Common Pleas Case Papers, ca. 1764-1809
[Alphabetical - Plaintiff/Defendant]
Box 29: 1767
[Unsorted Case Papers]
Box 30: 1767
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 31: 1767-1768
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 32: 1768
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 33: 1768-1769
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 34: 1769
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 35: 1769-1770
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 36: 1770-1771
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 37: 1771-1772
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 38: 1772-1773
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 39: 1774-1775
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 40: 1775-1779
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 41: 1779 - 1781
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 42: 1781 - 1782
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 43: 1782 - 1783
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 44: 1783
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 45: 1783 - 1784
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 46: 1784
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 47: 1784 - 1785
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 48: 1785 - 1786
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 49: 1786
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 50: 1786 - 1787
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 51: 1787 - 1788
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 52: 1788 - 1789
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 53: 1789 - 1790
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 54: 1790 - 1791
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 55: 1791 - 1792
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 56: 1792
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 57: 1793
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 58: 1793 - 1794
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 59: 1794
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 60: 1794 - 1795
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 61: 1795 - 1796
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 62: 1796
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 63: 1796 - 1797
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 64: 1797
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 65: 1797 - 1798
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 66: 1798
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 67: 1798 - 1799
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 68: 1799
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 69: 1800
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 70: 1800 - 1801
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 71: 1801 - 1802
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 72: 1802
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 73: 1803
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 74: 1803 - 1804
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 75: 1804
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 76: 1805
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 77: 1805 - 1806
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 78: 1806
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 79: 1806 - 1807
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 80: 1807 - 1808
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 81: 1808
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 82: 1808 - 1809
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 83: 1809
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 84: 1809 - 1810
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 85: 1810
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 86: 1810 - 1811
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 87: 1811
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 88: 1811 - 1812
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 89: 1812 - 1813
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 90: 1813 - 1814
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 91: 1814
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 92: 1815
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 93: 1815 - 1816
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 94: 1816 - 1817
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 95: 1817
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 96: 1818
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 97: 1818-1819
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 98: 1819
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 99: 1819
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 100: 1819 - 1820
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 101: 1820
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 102: 1820 - 1821
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 103: 1821
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 104: 1821 - 1822
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 105: 1822
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 106: 1823
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 107: 1824
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 108: 1825 - 1826
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 109: 1826
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 110: 1826
[Arranged chronologically]
Box 111: 1826-1888 & miscellaneous
[Arranged chronologically]
OV Box 1: Miscellaneous Oversized
[Part of Alphabetically
Sorted Materials]
ca. 1747 - 1765

MICROFILM:
 
Reel 1-237 MIDDLESEX COUNTY
Court of Common Pleas, Loose Papers
(1741-1751)
Also includes Court of General Quarter
Sessions of the Peace
GSU Reel #1903112
Reel 1-238 MIDDLESEX COUNTY
Court of Common Pleas, Loose Papers
(1751-1762)
Also includes Court of General Quarter
Sessions of the Peace
GSU Reel #1903113
Reel 1-239 MIDDLESEX COUNTY
Court of Common Pleas, Loose Records
(1762-1764)
Also includes Court of General Quarter
Sessions of the Peace
GSU Reel #1903255
Reel 1-240 MIDDLESEX COUNTY
Court of Common Pleas, Loose Papers
(1764)
Also includes Court of General Quarter
Sessions of the Peace
GSU Reel #1903256

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