Persons by name, Ipso Facto, attainted of the offence of adhering to the enemies of the State, and their Estates forfeited to the People of this State.
Their estates forfeited.
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I. Be it therefore enacted by the People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That John Murray, earl of Dunmore, formerly governor of the colony of New York; William Tryon, Esq., late governor of the said colony; John Watts, Oliver De Lancey, Hugh Wallace, Henry White, John Harris Cruger, William Axtell, and Roger Morris, Esquires, late members of the council of the said colony; George Duncan Ludlow, and Thomas Jones, late justices of the Supreme Court of the said Colony; John Tabor Kempe, late attorney-general of the said colony; Willaim Bayard, Robert Bayard, and James De Lancey, now or late of the City of New York, Esquires; David Matthews, late Mayor of the said city; James Jauncey, George Folliot, Thomas White, William McAdam, Isaac Low, Miles Sherbrook, Alexander Wallace, and John Wetherhead, now or late of the said city, merchants; Charles Inglis, of the said city, clerk, and Margaret, his wife; Sir John Johnson, late of the county of Tryon, Knight and Baronet; Guy Johnson, Daniel Claus, and John Butler, now or late of the said county, Esquires, and John Joost Herkemer, now or late of the said county, yeoman; Frederick Philipse, and James De Lancey, now or late of the said county of Westchester, Esquires; Frederick Philipse (son of Frederick) now or late of said county, gentleman; David Colden, Daniel Kissam the Elder, and Gabriel Ludlow, now or late of Queen's county, Esquires; Philip Skeene, now or late of the county of Charlotte, Esq.; and Andrew P. Skeene, son of the said Philip Skeene, late of Charlotte County; Benjamin Seaman, and Christopher Billop, now or late of the county of Richmond, Esquires; Beverly Robinson, Beverly Robinson the younger, and Malcolm Morrison, now or late of the county of Dutchess, Esquires; John Kane, now or late of said county, gentleman; Abraham C. Cuyler, now or late of the county of Albany, Esq.; Robert Leake, Edward Jessup, and Ebenezer Jessup, now or late of the said county, gentlemen; and Peter Du Bois, and Thomas H. Barclay, now or late of the county of Ulster, Esquires; Suannah Robinson, wife of the said Beverly Robinson, and Mary Morris, wife of the said Roger Morris; John Rapalje, of Kings county, Esq.; George Muirson, Richard Floyd, and Parker Wickkam, of Suffolk county, Esquires; Henry Lloyd, the elder, late of the State of Massachusetts Bay, merchant; and Sir Henry Clinton, Knight, be, and each of them are hereby severally declared to be, Ipso Facto, convicted and attainted of the offence aforesaid; and that all and singular the estate, both real and personal, held or claimed by them the said persons severally and respectively, whether in possession, reversion or remainder, within this State, on the day of the passing of this Act, shall be and hereby is declared to be forfeited to and vested in the people of this state.
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