User:BD2412/Undrafted/Delaware/Benjamin Shurmer

Benjamin Shurmer (YEAR – YEAR) was a justice of the Delaware Supreme Court from YEAR to YEAR.

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At a meeting of the Council on July 25th he issued commissions to David French as attorney-general for the three lower counties; to John French and Samuel Lowman in New Castle County, Robert Gordon and Benjamin Shurmer in Kent, and Henry Brooke and Jonathan Baily in Sussex, as judges of the Supreme Court, and also commissioners of Oyer and Terminer and General Gaol Delivery in their respective counties. The justices appointed for New Castle County were John French, Robert Gordon, Joseph England, Charles Springer, John Richardson, James James, William Battell, David Evans, Andrew Peterson, Ebenezer Empson, Hans Hanson, James Dyre, Samuel Kirk, Richard Grafton and Simon Hadley, Those for Kent were Robert Gordon, Benjamin Shurmer, Richard Richardson, Charles Hillard, Thomas French, Mark Manlove, Timothy Hanson, John Hall, James Worrell, Joseph Booth, Jr., John Brinkloe, Thomas Berry, George Nowell, John Houseman, John Tilton, William Manlove and Hugh Durborrow.

He was, therefore, recommended for reinstatement, which was accordingly done, when the magistrates were commissioned in April. In that month the Council commissioned the following to be judges of the Supreme Court of the lower counties: David Evans, Richard Grafton, Robert Gordon, Benjamin Shurmer, Henry Brooke and Jonathan Bailey.

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