That Archibald Wilson of Ireland in the Kingdom of Great Britain on or about the ____day of ____in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety two departed this life intestate, possessed of a large real and personal estate, leaving the descendants of his six sisters, to-wit, Jane, Margarett, Rachel, Anne, Elizabeth, and Susanna his only heirs and next of kin, him surviving.

And your orators and oratrises further shew your Honors that Rachel Glasgow (who was one of the sisters of the said Archibald Wilson) in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty two, died intestate before the death of the said Archibald, leaving two children, James Glasgow, who was the husband of Mary Glasgow, one of the oratrises, and the father of the rest of your orators and oratrises, and a daughter, Ann, who intermarried with Hugh Shannon of Ireland.

And your orators, and oratrises further shew your Honors that James Glasgow and his sister Ann dies intestate before the death of the said Archibald, leaving each several children. The said James Glasgow died in America in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy five, leaving a widow Mary Glasgow and the following children to-wit, Robert Glasgow, John Glasgow, Margarett, who intermarried with John Kinard, Archibald Glasgow, Willson Glasgow, and Rachel, who intermarried with Robert McCrackin.

And your orators and oratrises further shew your Honors that Mary Glasgow the widow of James Glasgow is the daughter of another one of the sisters of Archibald Wilson, deceased.

And your orators and oratrises further shew your Honors that immediately upon the dealth of Archibald Wilson his estate was divided into six equal parts to be distributed among the lineal descendants of his six sisters one of which six equal parts your orators and oratrises conceived was of right distributable between and among your orators and oratrises and Robert Glasgow the defendant to this bill.

And your orators and oratrises further shew your Honors that the said Robert Glasgow on or about the ___day of ___in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixteen by means of an agent a certain John Rogers received the sum of one hundred and fifty pounds Sterling equal to six hundred and sixty six dollars and two thirds as the part of the personal estate of Archibald Wilson (dec'd) to which his father the said James Glasgow had he been alive would have been intitled and the further sum of five hundred and fifty pounds Sterling equal to Two Thousand four hundred and forty four dollars and one third as the rent and profits of that part of the real estate of Archibald Wilson (dec'd.) to which his father the said James Glasgow had he been alive would have been entitled.

And your orators and oratrises further shew your Honors that they have frequently and in a friendly manner applied to the said Robert Glasgow and requested him to account for and pay over to your orators and oratrises their distributive shares of the said sums of money together with interest. But now so it may please your Honors that the said Robert combining and confederating with divers persons at present unknown to your orators and oratrises whose names when discovered they pray may be herein inserted with apt and proper words and matter to charge them as parties hereto and contriving hard to injure and oppress your orators and oratrises in the premises has hitherto refused and still does refuse to comply with such your orators and oratrises reasonable conscience and tends to the manifest injury of your orators and oratrises. In tender consideration whereof and forasmuch as your orators and oratrises are remediless by the strict rules of law and connot have adequate relief except in the court of equity where matters of this kind are cognizable and relivable. To the end therefore that the said Robert (and his confederates when discovered) may upon his or their oaths a full, true and perfect answer make to all and sigular the matters and things herein contained and above set forth and that as fully and particularly as if they were here again repeated and he or they particularly interrogated thereto.

And that the said Robert may be required to account for and pay over to your orators and oratrises their distributive parts of the said sums of money together with interest and such other and further relief as the nature of the case may require and to your Honors shall seem meet.

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