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HENDRICK WILLIAMS PIt
ROBBERD TALLENT Deft
The defts wyfe appearing in Court but producing no Lett" of attorney from hur husband : wth both partees Consent this action is Continued.
ENGELTIE VANDIEMEN PR
JAN HERMSEN Deft
The Pit demands of this deft as ye successor of hans Banes deceased ye sume of f 200 : The deft prooveing by hans banes his booke that vandiemen was in hans banes his debt etc.
The debates of both partees being heard & ye bookes & wrytings Examined the Cort can find noe Cause of action & therefore doe order a nonsuit agst ye Plt wth Costs.
Followeth a Coppy of ye acct of Capt Edmund Cantwell Administrator of ye Estate of Walter Wharton deceased wch ye Court will peruse and Returne their sentiments on etc.
The Estate of Walter Wharton. Debtr
pr Contra Credit
To his honor ye Gov-
By ye appraiznent
ernor f201 : as appears upon
To ye administration ye records . . . f 4232 : of Capt" Nicolls . 80 due to ballance. 838 : 11
To M' Eph : herman . 526: 15
To fees to M' herman. 21 :
f 3393 : 9
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RECORDS OF THE COURT OF NEW CASTLE.
To M' ward ye execu-
tion 1333 1b tobb 533 : 4 at 8 styv: pr Ib . To Mr mans Execu- tion . 506 :
To Edm : Cantwell . 998 :
To ye fees in ye ac- l tion of Mr Ward . S
36 :
To my sallary as ad- ministrator . 423 :
To ye appraizers 68:10
f3393 : 9 Dated att new Castle ye 6th of Jannuar. 1679. (Was signed) Pr ED CANTWELL Administrator.
EDMUND CANTWELL Plt The deft 3rd default
ROBB : HUTCHINSON Deft
The Pit demands of this deft by ballance of acct ye sume of fyve hundered & fifteen gilders & 13 styvers for weh hee hath attached soe mutch of ye defts Effects in his owne hands & humbly Craues Judgemt accordingly.
This being ye 3rd Court day and the PIt haueing made oath in Court to ye Justnesse of his acct, The Court doe grant Judgemt agst ye deft for 515 gilders & 13 styvers & doe allow of ye attachmt & ye goods to bee taken by ye Plt att ye rate as they were appraized on in the ye action of Robberd hutchinson agst Ralph hutchinson ; together wth Costs.
ABRAM MAN Plt RALPH HUTCHINSON Deft
The Pit demands by acct ye sume of six pound & seventeen shillings: The deft brings in a Contra acct. The Court makeing up the acct and both partees makeing oath to their accts in
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Court ; Judgemt was ordered agst ye deft for 61 gilders & ten styvers wth Costs; and further ordered that Mr Ralph hutch- inson makes good to M' Man what tobb : is short in Maryld deducting his sallary for Receiving ye Tobbacco in Maryland aforesd.
Itt being Represented to ye Court that Lucas Ebell of Appo- quenemen of Late is deceased, intestate and that it was neces- sary that some p'son was appointed to administer on the Estate of the sd deceased to ye End that, that Small Estate Left by him might not bee Embazeled.
The Court haue therefore thought good to appoint and au- thorize, and doe hereby appoint and Authorize Roelof Andries of Appoquenemen aforesd administrator of ye Estate good and Chattles of ye sd Lucas Ebell deceased, and doe hereby order yt hee make a Just Inventory of all ye Estate Left by ye sª Lucas : and to get appraizemt made and also to make a List of all debts due & oweing by ye sd Lucas : of all wch hee is to make returne to ye Court at ye next Court day. Adam Peters and John Taylor were by the Court appointed appraizers: Justice gerret otto to give them their oath according to Lawe.
Complaint being made in Court agst doctor Tho : Spry, that hee keeps a dangerous hurtful dogh ; for man & beasts Itts ordered & doctor Spry was by ye Cort forwarned, not to keepe ye sd dogh any Longer, otherwayes whatsoever mischiefe ye sd dogh shall happen to doe hee to make good & the dogh to bee Immediately Kild.
Cornelis Jansen of swanwike desiering that a Certaine Chest Left at his house by Richard highinbottom, might bee opened & that some shirts and other things belonging to ye boy servt to ye sª Richard higinbottom also Left at his house might bee taken out : The Court ordered that the Chest be opened by ye Constable in ye prsence of two of the neigbours, and that an Exat Inventory bee taken of what shall bee found in ye sª Chest, That ye shirts & Close belonging to ye boy bee taken out, and ye rest to bee Left in ye same Chest in Custodie of ye sd Cornelis Jansen.
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RECORDS OF THE COURT OF NEW CASTLE.
JOHN MOLL PIt JOHN SMILH Deft 18 march 1628 Execution was taken out
The Pit demands of this deft by bal- lance of ye Rent of his house and farme according to Contract ye quan- tity of sixty twoo schipples of sommer barly and twenty eight schipples of wheat ; The deft ownes the debt but sayes that hee hath paid some small matter more towards itt ; wch if soe Mr Moll prom- issed to allow him what hee could make appeare more to haue paid.
The Cort doe order Judgemt to bee Enterred agst ye deft ac- cordingly together wth Costs of Suite.
ABRAM MAN Plt Į In an action of ye Case for a tytle OELE POULSEN Deft to Land.
ABRAM MAN Plt An attachmt Laid by ye Plt in his owne hands for to haue a Tytle OELE POULSEN Deft to ye Land abovesd.
Botlı partees agreed in Court as followeth vizt-That oele should acquit Mr Man of the remaining £6 : 68 yet due to oele from MY Man for ye Land wch Mr Man has bought of him, and that oele also shall pay the Costs of these actions & ye former actions whereon nonsuits were granted ; and Mr Man there- upon acquits & discharges oele of ye Clayme of makeing any Tytle to ye 140 acres of Land in Whyte Clayes Creeke, and of all other pretences on ye acct of ye Land Aforesd.
Jan Nummersen was this day by ye Court appointed & sworne Constable of ye northsyde of Cristina Creeke up to ye end of ye County in ye Roome of Jacob Jansen whoe was dis- mist.
The Cort adjorned till tomorrow morning at 9 a Clocq.
february 4th Cort sate all ye Justices prsent.
Upon ye request of Morris Liston the Cort doe renew his former grant, he haucing Liberty to take up 400 acres of Land wth in the Jurisdiction of this Court, Provyded & wth this Ex- presse Condition, that hee ye sd morris Liston seats & Improoves the same Land according to Lawe & Regulacons.
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RECORDS OF THE COURT OF NEW CASTLE.
SAMUEL BERCQUER PIt
ABRAM MAN Deft
This Case was by ye Court Referred til next Court day.
Upon the Peticon of Daniell Makerty The Court doe grant him Liberty to take up wthin the Jurisdiction of this Cort twoo hundered acres of Land Provyded & wth this Expresse Condi- tion that hee ye sd daniell makerty seates & Improoves ye same Land out of hand according to his Excell ye Governors regula- cons & ye Lawes of ye Governmt.
Jan Biscus was by the Cort appointed and sworne Constable of this Towne of new Castle and dependences for one yeare or til another bee sworne in his Roome; and John Can was dismist.
Upon the Peticon of Poul Moens The Cort doe grant him Liberty to take up wthin the Jurisdiction of this Court, one hundered acres of Land and a sinal parcel of marrish propor- tionable, Provyded hee seates & Improoves ye same accord- ing to Lawe & Regulacons.
Upon the Peticon of Abram Man The Cort doe Renew their former grant of 400 acres of Land to take up, Provyded it prooves not prejuditiall to ye neigbourhoods ; & yt Mr Abram Man seats & Improoves the same, according to Lawe Regula- tions & orders.
Upon the Peticon prferred in Court in ye belialfe of Peter Bayard : The Cort doe Grant Liberty to make a Resurveigh of his Land att bompies hooke; and if more found then in first surveigh, hee to have prefference to take it up.
Upon the Peticon of Thomas harris The Court doe grant him Liberty to take up wth in the Jurisdiction of this Court 200 acres of Land, Provyded that it bee seated & Improoved according to Lawe Regulacons & orders.
Jonas Schaegin desiering by Peticon Restitution of a Cer- taine peece of Land Lying & being att Swanwyke next unto ye Land of Jan Barentsen and by the sd Jonas sould unto Jan Niewslagh & sence by Jan Niewslagh sould & Exchanged to & wth hendrik fransen etc. Jonas Schaegin & hendrik fransen
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after a Long debate did mutually in Court and Conclude as followeth vizt-That a Certaine bil of 167 gilders due from harmen Jansen unto Jan Niewslagh should be Received by Jonas : and that for ye remaining sume yett due upon ye sale of ye sd Land Jonas should Loose it-That hendrik fransen should discharge & keepe Jonas Schaegin harmlesse of ye former quitrents ; weh sd quitrents the Court did thinke Just ; that the seuerall possessors of ye sª Land should Cleare Each for ye tyme hee had ye Land-hendrik franssen to Cleare Jonas his tyme thereof as abovesd. After all wch Jonas Schaegin did declare in Court to desist & make ouer unto hen- drik franssen aforesd all his right tytle & Intrest to ye samo Land abovesd.
Upon the Request of George Oldfield the successor who hath marryed ye widdow of Capt" John Car deceased The acct in part was stated of the sd Capt" Car's Estate here in delowar ye Coppy whereof doth here follow vizt
The Estate of Capt" John Carr in delowar.
Cred"
Debt!
1675 Ap1 6th gilders
To Capt" math nicolls p" ordre of Cort 45 bevers. f1125 :
yº h: sherrifs fees. .. 16 :
ye h: sher: fees for ye Exec: 69 : 10
Clarkes fees. 37 : 10
Marsh: & Cryers fees 12 :
- f1260 :
To M' Corn -
Steenwyk
Judgem' for. f 602 : 4
h: Sherrifs fees. 16 :
667: 14 CIF fees. . ... 37 : 10
Marsh & Cryer. 12 :
To Gab: Min-
viellee yo
Judgem' for. f 571 :
h: sh: fees. . .. . 16 :
f 636 : 10
1675 Juno gilders By ye house Called the Stats- herberg sould in vendue to M' Moll. f1900 :
CIF fees. 37 : 10 Marsh fees etc. 12 :
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RECORDS OF THE COURT OF NEW CASTLE.
To doct" henry Taylor Judge-
ment for. .... f 1200 :
high sherr: fees. 16 :
Clr fees. .. 37 : 10
Marsh & Cryer. 12 :
/1265:10
By ye great house & Lotts sould in vendue to Jo Edmunds & sence by Jo Edmunds made ouer to M' Moll for .. ... f3300 :
ToWalter Web- ly Judgemt
for ......... f1369 :
h: Sherr fees . . 16 :
Cl' fees. .. . . . . 37 : 10
Marsh & Cryer. 12 :
-
Judgemt for f1978 : 6
h: Sherr: fees . . 16 :
Cl' fees. . 37 :
Marsh & cryer . 12 :
To Dirk Albert- sen Judgemt for. ...... f 175 :
h: Sherr: fees. . 16 :
CIF fees. . . . . . . 37 :
Marsh & Cryer. 12 :
By & parts of ye Land on y® south syde of the Town next to Anthonys as far as Namans Creeke sould by ye Corts order pursuant to his honor the Governors ordre in his Lett" dated yº 26 of Octobr 1678 upon Record & was Sould in open vendu to Mr Peter'Al- richs for f1120 :
To ye Execution of Andrew Carr .. /1962 : 10
To Anthony Bryant due 600 Ib of tobb is 240 :
By Walter Webly wch Mr Geo: oldfield sayes to have paid ditto Webly himselfe. .. f1369 :
f9539 : There remains due to ball: this acct. 211 :
gilders. f9750 :
f9750 :
By yº Land called Anthonys Land sould unto Edm: Cant- well & Joh d'haes in vendue
f1434 : 10
for. f1250 :
To Capta Tho d'Lauall
f2043 :6
f 240 :
By } part of ye Land on ye south syde of ye Towne sould by M' oldfield ( as hee says) to Anthony Bryant for. ... .. f 600 :
George Oldfield the husband of Peternella the Late widdow & Executrix of Capt" John Carr deceased ; This day in Court did promisse & Ingage, to pay the ballance of ye wthinstand- ing accompt and what else is Justly due from the Estate of
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RECORDS OF THE COURT OF NEW CASTLE.
Capt" John Carr wth in this Governmt to any prson or prsons whatsoever; desiering Lykewyse that hee might Lykewyse Receive whatsoever hee can find due or oweing unto ye sd Es- tate of Capt" Carr from any person or persons whatsoever, wch the Court doe grant Provyded Mr Oldfield Renders an acct of ye overplus (if any shall happen to bee :) and bee accompt- able to ye sd Estate & ye heirs thereof according to Lawe.
Upon the Request of M' George Oldfield the husband of Peternella the Late widdow and Executrix of Capt" John Carr deceased : sheweing the hereafter named seven 7 persons stand Justly Indebted unto ye Estate of Capt" John Carr deceased ; each of them twoo Bevers for Pattents by Capt" Carr hereto- fore upon their desires brought from New Yorke ; for wch said Pattents Capt" Carr hath paid ye Secretary Capt" Mathias Nieolls in New Yorke etc : The Cort haueing Examined the Case doe grant the Peticon" his Request : and doe order John Boelsen Robberd Jones Leonard Teunissen Will : Eves Charles hutchins dorothy hutchins & Christopher Sentel, they and each of them Repay unto him the sd Geo : Oldfield for ye use of ye sd Estate of Capt" John Each of them for his pattent twoo Bevers, makeing in all fourtheen Bevers; together wth Costs (Excepting him or them that can make sufficiently appeare to have paid the same twoo bevers or vallue before to Capt" John Carr aforesd).
Mr George Oldfield did in Court promisse to deliver & sur- render up all deeds and Pattents of any Lands or houses, heretofore sould in vendue belonging to ye Estate of Capt" John Carr deceased and Lying & being in or neare this Towne of New Castle.
Upon the Request of M" Ralph hutchinson The Cort haue- ing Informed themselves) doe Certify : That one William Joung was Reputed & owned to bee the Eldest son of Thomas Young of St Jones's Creeke deeeased.
Upon the Request of Ralph hutchinson The Cort doe order Capt™ Edmund Cantwell the administrator of Walter Whar- tons Estate, to pay unto him ye sd Ralph ye sume of 1220
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RECORDS OF THE COURT OF NEW CASTLE.
gilders for funerall Charges according to a former order of this Cort bearing date 4th of June 1679.
Capt" Edmund Cantwell administrator of Walter Whartons Estate was this day ordered to pay unto Thom : Spry Chir- urgeon, out of ye sª Whartons Estate Twoo hundered & sixty twoo gilders and unto Mary ye widdow hodges one hundered gilders according to former orders of Cort.
JOHN Cocx of Maryland Plt Continued as before. The Estate of Jo: SHACKERLY Deft
EDMUND CANTWELL Plt 1 Continued for ye
Estate of Jº SHACKERLY
Deft
-
l'easons before ye 3rd of Xbr given.
THOMAS SPRY
Plt Continued as above.
Estate of Jº SHACKERLY
Deft
JOHN OGLE
Plt
Ditto Estate of Jº SHACK-
Deft Continued as above. ERLY
EPHRAIM HERMAN Plt
Ditto Estate of Jº SHACK- - Deft Continued as above. ERLY
GABRIEL MINVIELLE by his Attorn: EDM: CANTWELL
Plt
Ditto Estate of Jº SHACK- Deftt Continued etc. ERLY 1
Itt was during ye sitting of this Court severall tymes pub- licqly by the Cryer of this Cort Proclaymed to ye hearing & warning of ye People vizt as followeth-That all manner of persons whoe haue or Clayme any Lands or Lotts of ground, wth in ye Jurisdiction of this Cort of new Castle are hereby againe desiered & Requiered to Come & accompt & pay their Errier of ye quit Rents due for ye same wth in this Towne of
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RECORDS OF THE COURT OF NEW CASTLE.
New Castle, according to Lawe & orders heretofore publisht, betweene this & ye first of ye month of march next upon payne of such forfeiture as ye sd Lawe & orders is Exprest.
The Cort being Informed that notwithstanding ye manifold warnings desires & the tyme given by the Cort to Mary ye wid- dow and Relict of doctor Jordins & to 'hur brothers in hur behalfe, to bring in if they could any thing to Shew & hinder the seizing & Condemning of ye Lotts & Land of ye sd doctor Jordins Lying in This Towne & County, wch hetherto they could not doe; That notwithstanding ye same, shee the sd widdow had made severall reflections upon ye Corts Injustice done to hur ye sd widdow : by ordering that ye sd Lotts should bee publicqly sould to ye most bidders for ye sattisfying of ye severall Creditors of ye sª Estate of doctor Jordins in this County whoe by due Cours of Law had obtayned Judgemts for their Respective debts & Laid their attachmts upon ye same Lotts & Land as ye Estate of sd doctor Jordins : The Court therefore this day againe sent for ye sd Mary Widdow aforesd in Court & againe demanded what shee could shew touching ye premisses, but ye sd widdow producing nothing, The Cort thought good to give hur tyme upon hur desire until next Court day.
Apeared in Cort Thom : Spry of New Castle Chirurgeon whoe aknowledged the Transporting and makeing ouer unto Jacob Joung of St Georges Creeke of a Certayne parcel of Land of 160 acres, Lying in St Georges Creek togeather wth ye plan- tation thereupon weh sd transport bears date 2ª february 1623 and is Recorded att Large in ye Records of Pattents.
Apeared in Court Oele Poulsen of Christina Creeke whoe aknowledged a deed & transport bearing date 4th day of feb- ruary 163g unto M' Abram Man for ye makeing ouer unto him the said Abram Man his heirs and assignes twoo sixth parts of bread & Cheese Island & ye housing etc : and one third part of 240 acres of Land besydes, as by ye sª original trans- port Recorded in ye Records of Pattents more att Large may appeare.
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RECORDS OF THE COURT OF NEW CASTLE,
THOM : SPRY Plt 2nd Cort Continued.
ROBBERD HUTCHINSON Deft S
JOHN DARBY Plt ( This action was by ye Plt
ROBBERD HUTCHINSON Deft S withd in Court.
The following Letter to his Excellcy the Governor was ap- pointed to bee writt :
Right Honorble ST
Of late wee haue Received none of yor Excell : Comands, This is Cheefly occasioned upon ye Request of severall of ye Planters Inhabitants of this County, whoe are debtors to yo' Excell : wheat for ye quit rents of their Lands & being often before & nowe of Late publicqly warned by ye Receiver Mr Ephraim herman to pay their sd quit rents wth out further de- lay this spring (upon penalty as in yor Excell : former orders is Exprest.) They doe declare to have noe wheat & nothing else then Tobbacco wch Mr harman refusing to Receive, he de- claring to have noe orders from yor Excell : to Receive Tobb : on sd acct. Itt is therefore their most humble Request that yor Excell : will bce pleased according to his wonted goodnesse to allow them to pay their sd quit rents in tobb : att such a Reasonable rate as yor Excell : shal bee pleased to put thereon, the Custome being in the neigbouring Colonies 2ª per Ib, otherwayes severall persons will necessarily forfeit their Lands & Livings. Furthermore wee most humbly request yor Excell : to direct us for or Rule whether quit rents must bee paid for Lands forfeited for want of settlement, that is to say if those as doe afterwards obtayne ye same forfeited Lands are Lyable to pay the arrier of quit rent due of ye first possessors from ye tyme of its first taking up or noe, also whether those whoe haue forfeited their Lands for want of Settlemt, and themselves Requesting a new grant for such their forfeited Land (if not granted before their request to others, are to bee preferred, if they make present settlement and also ye Longest tyme to all persons for settlemt of their Lands.
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RECORDS OF THE COURT OF NEW CASTLE.
Sr : there's one Evert Brantie whoe haueing ben Imployed in ye tyme of ye Commanders & sence here as a souldier for to Looke after ye forte armes & amunition and sd Evert Brantie, being ancient & verry Poore, doth most humbly Intreat yo' Excell : to allowe him some pay for ye tyme sence Capt" Bil- lop's departure hence ; wee humbly desiering yor Excell : fur- ther to order us whether ye sd Evert Brantie shall bee any Longer Continued in pay as a Souldier & also whether ye forte or house of defence liere (wch wants verry much repair) must bee repaired & how ye meanes thereof shall bee found. Laestly wee understanding that a new Commission for magestrates is by yor Excell : appointed to bee sent and Mr Abram Man one of ye magistrates now in Commission haueing put up his name & Intending this spring for England wec therefore humbly prsent Mr hendrik Williams and James Walliam as p"sons fit- test to bee put in Commission if yo" Excell : soe thinkes fitt, in ye roome of Mr Man : The Enlargemt of ye County up & downward as far as St Jone's wee humbly Conseive would for ye Conveniency of ye People be necessary. Mr Pocock arryved here about three weekes sence & hope he will duely Execute the place wherein by yor Excell : hee is put, newes wee haue Little of Certainty here att p'sent, all things Continuing wel as before, nothing more material offering wee Conclude Pray- ing ye almighty to Continue yo" Excell : in health & pros- perity wee remaine & Rightly subscrybe o"selves.
New Castle feb 4th 1638
Right Honorble Sr Yor Excell most humble & faithfull servts JOHN MOLL PIETER ALRICHIS JOH : D'HAES.
The Cort adjorned till ye first Teusday in March next.
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RECORDS OF THE COURT OF NEW CASTLE.
Att a meeting of ye Justices held in New Castle feb 13th 1638.
Prsent
Mª John Moll Mr Peter Alrichs Mr Joh : D'haes Mª Will : Sempil
Justices.
Joseph Moore (alias) marshall being run away from middle- sex County in ye Province of Virginia, and haueing Intyced and taken wth him fower servants belonging to their Respect- ive masters and also a boate and other goods, and being pursued by James Parker of ye sd County of middlesex and appre- hended here wthin ye precincts of this Court ; being this day brought before ye Justices of this place, was found upon exami- nation guilty of ye abovesd fact and Confessed further that hee had changed his name and Lykewyse had shott a bullock of some persons by ye way : Itt was thought good by ye Justices abovesd that he ye said Joseph more for these and other his former misdemeanours and for an example to others bee first here publicqly whit 24 Lashes and yt hee then Imediately bee sent bake wth ye sd James Parker to Virginia to ye place hee came from, and doe further for Ever bannish him ye sd Joseph Moore or Marshall out of ye precincts of this River of Delowar.
This sentence was put In Execution ye same day above written.
Att a Court held in the Towne of New Castle by his mayties Authority March the 2d & 3ª 1638.
Prsent
Mr John Moll Mr Peter Alrichs Mª fopp outhout Mª Gerrett otto MT Joh : D'haes Mr Abram Man MT Will : Sempil 7 r
Justices.
Capt™ Edm : Cantwell High Sherrife.
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RECORDS OF THE COURT OF NEW CASTLE.
THOMAS HARRIS PIt
RICH : WHITTON Deft
The Plt demands of this deft by acct ye sume of twoo hun- dered & fourthy pounds of Tobbacco for wch hee hath attached some porke of this deft in ye hands of James Crawford, to ye quantity of 200 1b & humbly Craues Judgemt wth Costs & that his sd attachmt may bee allowed of wth Costs; Jacob Joung not appearing according to order of ye Laest Court ; The Court doe thinke fitt to order Judgemt to bee Enterred agst ye deft for 240 Ib of tobb & doe allowe of ye attachmt in ye hands of James Crawford on ye porke wth Costs.
MACHIEL BARON Appellt & Plt Contra
HIPOLET LAFEVER &
JOHN PLEDGER
Defts
The Plt (haueing appealed from ye Judgemt of ye Court att Salem of ye 9th of february Laest past about a peece of Land Called quiettetting Containing 600 acres) declares in substance as followeth vizt-1st That hee ye Pit had by a gener". grant from Governor Cartret Long before ye division of ye Province was made had purchased this Land Called quiettetting from ye Indian proprietors 2ª That the same Land was Confirmed unto him by John Edmund & Will: Tom, Mayor fenwikes agents & by their order surveiged by Henry Parker then Sur- veigor Bly That hee ye Plt for several years past had made some beginning of settlemt on sª Land but was hindered by mayor fenwikes threats etc 4thly That ye Indians when they sould the other Lands to mayor fenwike had Exempted all Lands wch before were by them sould or aliened to others etc : as by ye originall declaration upon ye fyll more att Large doth & may appeare.
The defts Reply that that Land of quiettetting wth a greater quantity to ye number of 6000 acres was sould unto them by mayo" fenwike ; That itt was surveiged unto them by fenwikes order and yt they have had three years quit possession of part
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in ye name of ye whole 6000 acres, That this Plt has forfeited his Intrest by nott settling in soe many years, as by ye Lawes & Limitations lice was obliged to doc etc.
Christoph" Sanders a quaeker declares yt ye Laest Fall hee haueing made a small house upon quiettetting Land by Jolin Pledgers order, three Indians came there in a Rude manner and soe well as the declarant could understand they sayed to him that 6 sleepes more Baron would come and make a wig- wam on ye Land and further yt hce ye attestant thereupon left the Land till ye Controversy should bee Ended betweene John Pledger & machiel Baron. This hee afirmes to bee ye truth & nothing but ye truth and hath attosted ye same in Cort wth his hand marke : X.
Justice fop outhout sworne in Court declares, that about ye Latter end of ye Jeare 1675, this deponant was desiered by Mayor fenwike to bee prsent & one of ye Interpreters when sd fenwike bought ye Land of the Indian Proprietors, and that the bargaine was wth ye Indians that mayor fenwike should have all ye Land then more particularly mentioned Except- ing Such Lands as they had Sould & disposed of before and ye depont sayeth well to Remember that that distinction was by ye Indians made and moreouer that the Indians then Lyke- wyse would haue had him drawe ye wrytings but that mayor fenwike Refused that & drewe the wrytings himselfe. Reynier van Eyst sworne declareth that mach : Baron a year agoe gaue order to him & his brother Abram to goe and build a house on quiettetting Land, and ye deponant sayes that hee and his brother did accordingly goe & fell trees & did cut them out for a Log house & planted peach stones but bad weather hap- ening & ye depont haueing noc shelter there they came away, and ye deponant sayeth that this was before John Pledger made any beginning of building on ye Land. Thom : Noules & William Warner sworne declare that when by Mr Pledgers order a house was first built upon quietting Land & Corne planted, that then there was noe Improovemt made on yt Land by m' Baron Excepting 3 or 4 trees fell, and further say not.
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