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Test. Nicholas Davison. his marke
28 (10) 1649. I certifyed the returne of the Shipp John of Boston whereof Mr Walker was master is returned from Barbados
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29 (10) 1649 Noverint universi p p'sentes me Johanne Pococke Civem et Mercator scisser London teneri et firmiter obligari Radulpho ffogg Civi et Pellipar London in cert libr legalis monete Angl Solvend eidem Radulpho ffogg aut suo cert Atturnat Executor Administ vel Assignat suis. Ad quam quidem solucond bene et fideliter farciend obligo me hered Executores et Administrat meos firmiter p p'sentes Sigillo meo sigillat Dat Vicessimo quinto die Januarij Anno Dni (stylo Anglie) 1632. Annq Regni domni nostri Caroli Dei gratia Anglie Scotia ffr: et Hibernie regis fidei defen- soris &c: Octavo
Sigillavit et Deliberavit
in pneia John Aijlewaij et Thome Plaijfere.
John Pocock:
The Condicon of this Obligacon is such that if the wth in bound John Pocock his heires Exer Administ or Assignes doe well & truly pay or cause to be pd to the wth in named Raph ffogg his Exec Administr or Assignes (for & to the use of his sonne John ffogg) the summe of fifty pounds of lawfull money of England at or in the tendring house or usuall place of payments & receipts scituat on the west part of the Royall Exchang in London on the 25th day of January wch shalbe in the yeare of or Lord God (according to the computaco of the Church of England) one thousand six hundd fourty & foure so as the sd John Pocock his heires Execut & Administr shall & may in the meane time be well & sufficiently saved & kept harmles by the sd Raph ffogg his Execat or Administr. of & from an obligacon entered into by him the sd John wth the s" Raph & one Georg Lister in the Court of Arches touching the paymt of the sd fifty pounds (being a legacie given to the sd John ffogg by John Bancks mercer deceased) & shall or may be then discharged of the sd obligacon, & so as also that he the sd John Pocock his heires Executors & Administr. shall & may in the meane time untill such time of paymt peaceably & quietly receive & keepe in his or theire hands & imploymt the summe of
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fyve & twenty pounds being the moyety of the sd Legacie & Deposited into the hands of him the sª John Pocock wth agreemt to give fifty pounds then for it, wth out any lett suite denyall or interruption of or by the Exer or Administrat of the s' Raph ffogg or Curator or Curators unto his said son John ffogg, or of or by any other pson or psons whtsoever, wth out fraud or Covine, that then this obligacon shalbe void & of none effect, or els that shall stand & remaine in full force & vertue.
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29 (10) 1649. Shipped by the grace of God in good order & wel conditioned by Edw: Gibons in & uppon the good shipp called the Elizabeth of Bristow whereof is Master under God for this pr sent voyage Stephen Wilkie & now rideing at Anchor in the riv' of Charlstowne & by God's grace bound for Bristow in England to say 2 packs & 13 firkins being marked & numbered as in ffirkins nombr 1.2.3.4.5.8. the margent & are to be dd in the like good order & well conditioned (the danger 9.11.13.14.15 16.17. Packs. nombr 21.22. of the seas only excepted) unto M' James Powel or to his Assignes he or they pay- ing freight for the sd: goods at fifty shil- lings p Tonne, wth primage & Average Accustomed. It witnes whereof the Mas- ter or purser of the sd Shipp hath affirmed to three Bills of ladeing all of this tenor & date, the one of wch three Bills being accomplished the other two to stand void, & so God send the good shipp to her desired port in safety. Amen. Dated in Boston this first of Aug: 1642.
Received more of Edw. Gibons foure moose skins made up together
Stephen Wilkee.
29 (10) 1649. Shipped by the Grace of God in good order & wel conditoned by mee Edw. Gibons in & uppon the good shipp called the Elizabeth of Bristoll whereof is master under God for this prsent voyage Stephen Wilkee now ride- ing at an Anchor in the river of Charlstowne & by Gods grace bound for Bristoll aforesaid, to say, twenty & two hogsheads of Tobacco, fourty hogsheads of oyle, the oyle is not marked, being Marked & Nombred as in the Margent, & are to be in like good order & well conditioned at the fore said port of Bristoll (the danger of the seas only excepted) unto m' James Powel or to his Assignes he or they paying freight for the sd goods fifty shillings p tun wth primage &
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average accustomed In witnes whereof the Master or purser of the sd shipp hath affirmed to three Bills of ladeing all of this tenor & date, the one of weh three bills being accom- plished the other two to stand voyd, and so God send the good shipp to her desired port in safety. Amen. Dated in Boston this 27th July 1642
Steven Wilkee.
31 (10) 1649. Blacke point 9 July 1647.
These are to signify to whom it shall concerne that the bearer hereof Mary Allen being arrested of suspition of murther of a supposed child is freely & cleerly acquitted of the said supposed Crime by the Generall Assembly holden the day & yeare above written. Given under my hand under the provinciall seale
subscribed p me Peiton Cooke Clerk of the
Assembly & a seale.
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31 (10) 1649. The Deposition of Mary Allen taken the 26th of January 1645.
This Deponent sworne & examined saith that in the yeare 47. M' Georg Cleve being in England came to her desireing to tell him where he might put of some money, & this Deponent sent him to one mr Siddon a Scrivener, but he mistrusting of him to one m' Danell a Gouldsmith in ffoster lane, who finding it to be Counterfett, had him apprehended & sent to Newgate, not long after he sent a woman to the Deponent to intreat her to come to Newgate to him, where he tould her that if shee stood not his freind he was undone, & she tould him shee would doe what she could for him in an honest way, then he intreated her to goe to her sister, who was m' Danells mother in law, that shee would speak to her sonne that he should not come in against him that Ses- sions, weh was done : where uppon he gott out uppon baile, & come away & never answered it. This Deponent further saith, that she being in the Companie of one Mrs Carr where Mr Cleve did sometime lodge, & the sd Carre tould the Deponent that Mr Cleves would have hyred a roome of her to for one to make bodkins & thimbles in, & further saith the Deponent that there were divers warrants out against him to apprehend him (weh he escaped) because he came not in according to his bale. The Deponent further saith that one Mr Scott one of his Confederates being in Newgate for the same thing sent Mr. Cleve word to be gone or els he should tast of the same cup as he did. all this the Deponent
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tould her sister & brother Tucker so soone as shee came into New England.
Taken before us Jan. 26. 1645.
ye marke of Mary W Allen
Henry Jocelyn. Arthur Maekworth ffran : Robinson.
2 (11) 1649. Mr Thomas Richards granted a generall tre of Attr to Welthian his wife to act in all matters, to receive acquit : sue implead & generally to doe all things, wth power to substitute &c. :
2 (11) 1649. Bee it knowne unto all men by these p'sents that I John Jarvis now resident in Boston in N: Engl. doe acknowledge my selfe to be indebted unto M' John Miles mercht the full & just summe of ninety three pound sterl. in consideration whereof I doe by these presents firmly bind my selfe my Executors.
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& Assignes to pay unto the aforesd John Miles his Execut & Assignes the abovesd summe ninety three pounds in good merchantable Cod fish here at Boston at the price Current seven months after the date hereof. In witness whereof I have caused this Bill to be made & delivered it as my aet & deed. Dated in Boston the 9th __ 8th month 1646. Signed sealed & dd John Jarvis & seale.
in the presence of Richard Harrison
This Bill Mr Mills said he was about to send into England by John Ruck together wth a tre Dat 15 March 1647. where- in he pmiseth he shall not loose anything of that Bill he had of his in his hand.
2 (11) 1649. John Mills did constitute John Ruck his lawfull Att: to aske &c: of John Jarvis a certaine debt of ninety three pounds, & of the receipte to give acquittance, also to compound &c: & to appeare in any Court &c: to sue implead pseute &c & generally to doe &c: wth power to sub- stitute &c: ratifying &c:
2 (11) 1649 Be it knowne by these prsents that I Vall: Hill of Boston in N: E: pt owner of the Welcomme of N: E: of the burden of 300 tuns or thereabouts for good & valueable consideration do bargaine, &c: unto Capt John Allen of Charlstown & Mr Thom. Broughton of Water- towne & of the Shipp Welcom & of all her appurtenances to
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have & to hould to them their Executors Administrators & Assignes &c: wth warrantie according to the usuall forme.
Sealed & dd in pace of p me Val: Hill & a seale.
Georg Muning
Robt Turner
Tho: Lake
William Aspinwall Nots Publ.
2 (11) 1649. John Glover constituted John Hutchinson his lawfull Atturney to sue a bond of 50li Dated 23 octob. 1646. according to the usuall forme.
2 (11) 1649. I attested a Bill of Richard Wright to Edw. Bendall for paymt of 501 to M' Henry Hoop: or if himselfe or Shipp miscarry to pay it wth 8 p cent. & if himselfe or greatest pt of Tobacco safely arrive & it be not pd, then to pay according to bills of Exchang. Dat. 6. (6) 1649.
3 (11) 1649 Wm Veasie of braintre constituted Henry Newbar of Calcot in the Count of Rutland & Eliz. Veasie his Attrs. to enter and take possession of certain house & land in Gumley in Count Leicester now in possession of Edward Wallis, & to sue implead
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&c as also to recover his household goods rent &c of the sd Wallis Dat. 2 (11) 1649.
7 (11) 1649. M' ffr: Norton gave me Sampson Lane warrant for Cutting wood upon the greate house patent belonging to Mrs Anne Mason & Mr Lane ingaged to save ·him indemnifyed.
7 (11) 1649. John Thompson constituted Matthew wmys his Atturney granting him generall power for all psons & all debts to aske sue attach &c: & power to substitute &c
16 (11) 1649 Sampson Lane Atturney to Ambrose Lane as by his peuration dated 18th July 1649 may appeare did constitute Wm Phillips Junior of Boston in new England his true & lawfull Atturney for him & in his name & in the name of the sd Ambrose to aske &c: of all &c: all debts &c: & of the receipt &c: wth power to substitute &c:
21 (11) 1649 ffra: Smith constituted Mr Peter Butler his true & lawfull Att": wth generall power, & power to sub- stitute one Att or more. &c: Also I attested an assignment of a bill to M' Peter Butler.
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11 (11) 1649 I attested the copies of these writeings, M' Robt Knights Bill of Exch: to Mr Roger Bathorne pro- tested for Non acceptance. The same ptested for non paymt. Mr Roger Bathornes tre to his brother Wrath Bathorne 19 Feb: 1647. A copie of a Jugmt Court 6 (4) 1648 in a case betweene Mr Robt Knight & Mr Geo: Hewghs.
The Affidavit of Phillip Ewers. a tre of Mr W= Paine Mr Wrath Bathornes tre Credit to Robert Knight. 9 Apr. 1647. M' Samuel Maverick & M' Nicholas Davisons arbitremt. Georg Munnings affidavit
31 (11) 1649. Robert Nash & John Shawe constituted Augustine Walker & John Dunbar theire Attrs. to aske &c. of Robert King Coop a certaine bill of sixteene pounds eigh- teene shillings & eight pence Date. 27 January 1649 & of the receipt to give acquittance &c: also to compound &c: & to appeare in any Court &c: to doe say sue &c: wth power to substitute &c:
31 (11) 1649. It is agreed & concluded betweene Ben- jamin Gillom of Boston & Joseph Armitage of Linne that the sd Joseph presenting English goods, out of wch there is to be chosen as much as shalbe valued at thirty pounds, wch is to be referred to the Judgment & apprisement of Robt Keaine & John Hurd both of Boston, & what they two shall agree uppon for the prices of the goods, we Benjamin Gillom & Joseph Armitage
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doe bind o" selves each to other in the penalty of twenty pounds to stand to & abide the same both to receive & pt wth the goods, at the prices that shalbe agreed on, & if they twoe should not agree they are to choose a third man & what he shall deter- mine in the case, the pties above said doe bind themselvs in the penalty above said to stand to & abide the same.
In witnes where of wee have hereto put o hands this mo: 5. 17. 1649.
Benjamin Gillom the marke A of Joseph Armitage.
I Joseph Armitage doe acknowledge my selfe indebted to Benjamin Gillom the full & just summe of fourty pounds to be paid in the Condition as followeth, that is to say, thirty pounds to be paid in some shopp at Boston in goods at price Current in foureteene dayes, & the other ten pounds to be
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paid this day twelve month in the Condition as above written expresseth, & the sd Joseph Armitage is to cloath Benjamin Gillom from the knee upward wth a convenient suite of apparell & a Bever hatt in one month ensueing the date liere- of, & for any defect in any pticlre above expressed, I Joseph Armitage doe acknowledge Capt Hawkins Judgmt given him in Court of fyve hundd pounds to be in full force against him the sª Joseph, but in case the sd Joseph keepe the con- ditions afore expressed then I the said Benjamin Gillom doe acquit & release & discharge the said Joseph Armitage his Executors & Assignes from Capt Thomas Hawkins his heires Executors & Assignes from all debts dues & demands except a Bill of Mr Edward Paines of ten pounds ; But if the con- dition above named be kept by the said Joseph Armitage, then I Benjamin Gillom doth cleare him of all the ingage- ments above named, to wch agreement wee interchangably settor hands 3ª 5th mo: 49.
witness Wm Phillips Benjamin Gillom Nicholas Phillips the mike of A: Joseph Armitage. Indorsed.
Whereas there is a mention in this covenant of a bill of ten pounds to M' Edw. Paine, this wee doe testify that Benjamin Gillom did pmise in our heareing, to acquitt the said Joseph Armitage of that ten pounds as well as of the debt of Capt Hawkins, if the said Joseph doth pforme the conditions wth in mentioned, & wee doe testify further that the sd Joseph did pay to Benjamin Gillom fourty pounds in goods & p a bill of fyve pounds uppon Lieftenant Savage to the sª Ben- jamins acquittnce, & all this was done uppon the 17th day of month 5th 1649. witnes or hands.
Robert Keaine John Hurd. F S the marke of ffrancis Smith John Hore.
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31 (11) 1649. I attested a bill of 161. 18s. 8d. fro Robt King to Robt Nash & John Shaw. Dat. 27 January. 16 4.9.
8 (12) 1649. Rob. Nash att to Raph Clarke wth plenary power as by his pcer: Dat. 1 (8) 49. may appeare, doth make ordeine & constitute Edm. Grosse & Edward Ellis his true & lawfull Attes & Subst: giveing them power jointly & sev- erally to ask &c of Capt Blewfield &c: all such share & shares as are due to the sª Ra: Clarke out of the prizes
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brought in wth Capt Blewfield & all other debts of all other psons. & of the receipt to give acquittance &c:
13 (12) 1649. I attested a Copie of tre fro the Court about an Indian Squaw.
5 (12) 1649. Wm Tilly did before mee professe that the deed of sale made of his house by Alice his wife to An- thony Stoddard he did approve & ratify as if it had beene his owne act.
28 (12) 1649. I attested a bill of 71. 5. fro walter Ab- bit to Thomas Jay, & Thomas Jay his assignment to Wm Phillips.
1 (1) 1649. Whereas I Elias Pilgram bought of Robert Nash of Boston severall Comodities & pvision of wch were eight barrills of butter being delivered unto mee conteined grosse fyve hundd & two pounds & made out neate foure hundred twenty & two pounds, weh eight firkins of butter he tould mee he had bought of mr Wm Hedge & said unto him did containe sixty weight neate a firkin, all weh I shall testify uppon oath, witnes my hand Boston the 25. 9ber 1648.
Elias Pilgram.
4 (2) 1650. Wm Goodwin son of Augustine Goodwin late of London Apothecary granted tres of Att: to Joh: Ruck of Boston in N. E: & Tho: Ruck of London haberdasher of smale wares jointly & severally to aske &c: of the executors or ffeoffees of his sd father or any other by what name soever distinguished whom it may concerne, all that Legacie given him by his sd ffather, & of the receipt to give acquittance &c: also to compound &c. & to appeare in any Court &c: to sue &c: & generally to doe all things &c: wth power to sub- stitute &c: ratifying &c.
4 (2) 1650. Tho: Broughton of Watertowne Mercht granted power to Capt Tho: Willett of Plymouth in N: E: to aske &e: of Mijn Heere Peter Stuijvesant Governor of the New Netherlands the summe of 471. 38. 6d.
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sterl. or 470 guild. 15 styvrs. wch the sd. Pet Stuijvesant hath received more than due upon the Account of the the Shipp Tamandare, & of the receipt to give acquittance in due forme & for default of payment. to pceed in Law according to the usuall course of Justice in like case, Ratifying irrevocably &c:
5 (2) 1650 Whereas I Edw: Hutchinson in the behalfe of my uncle Ri: Hutchinson have bought of Val: Hill of
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Boston mercht. all the houses & grounds wch was Mr Win- throps wth the building since erected wch is more pticularly bounded in the Records of the Court, I doe in the behalfe of my said Uncle Ri: Hutchinson, bind my selfe that uppon the paymt. of six hundred pounds any time wthin three yeares after the date hereof by the sd. Valentine or his assignes to the sd. Rich: Hutchinson of London or his Assignes that then the said houses & lands shall againe returne into the hands of Valentine Hill, he paying for the sd. houses & lands the summe of fourty eight pounds p yeare, yearly, & in case that either the sd. fourty pounds or any pt there of be at any time unpaid wthin the yeare or a month after, or the said six hundd pounds be not paid wthin three yeares that then this writeing shalbe void & he the said Rich. or his Assignes to take the said houses & ground into his possession & is to have the sd rent due then, paid to him by the said Valentine & the rent & principall to be pd in Bever merchantable fish wheate pease beefe, porke, in equall pportions witnes my hand this 25 May. 1649.
Edw. Hutchinson.
Witness William Hibbins
Whereas I Edw. Hutchinson in the behalfe of my Unckle Ri Hutchinson have bought of Val: Hill of Boston mercht. three quarters of the Docke comonly knowne by the name of Bendels Dock wth the wharfs & waste ground thereto now belonging, I doe in the behalfe of my said uncle Rich: Hutchinson bind my selfe that uppon paymt of two hundd pounds at any time wth in three years after date hereof by the said Valentine or his Assignes to the said Richard Hutchinson or his Assignes that then the said Dock shall againe returne into the hands of the said Valentine Hill, he paying for the sd Dock the summe of sixteene pounds p yeare, yearley, & in case that either the sd sixteene pounds or any pt thereof be at any time unpaid wth in the yeare or a month after, or the said two hundd pounds be not paid wth in three yeares, that then this writeing shalbe voyd, & he the sd Richard or his Assignes to take the sd grounds & Dock into his possession, & is to have the sd rent due then paid to him by the said Valentine, the rent & principall to be pd in Bever merchantable fish, wheate pease beefe porke in equall pportions, Always pvided the sª Val. hath not liberty to redeeme the sd docke, nor the sd Richard is not hereby bound to sell it to him, notwth standing anything what ever is ex- pressed in this writeing, except he have before, or shall at that
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time also, pay the summe of six hundd pounds together wth what rent shalbe due for the house weh was Mr Winthrops wch is engaged in the like way this is by another writeinge, & that being first satisfyed then he hath liberty to redeeme this, but not otherwise. In witness whereof I have set to my hand, Edward Hutchinson. this 25 May. 16.49.
Witnes Wm Hibbins.
13 (2) 1650. This Charter pty of freightmt. made the XXVth day of October 1649 : betweene James Grollier m' of the good Shipp called the Mary of London of burthens one hundd & ten tunns or thereabouts of the one ptie, And Wm Paine Wm Bartholmew & James Neale of the other pties witnesseth.
Imprs. the sd James Grollier doth covent pmise & agree to & wth the Merchts abovesd for to receive on board the Shipp . Mary of London, at or wth in fifteene dayes after the date of these pnts at this Port of Boston in Newe England the quantity of fyve or six hundd Kint of fish if the sd Merchts doe present it at the Shipp side, to be freighted wth in the time aforesd, & at the terme of fifteene dayes the sd James Grollier shall saile wth his aforesd shipp Mary, wind & wether pmitting from this port of Boston directly for the Isle of Shoales where he is to finish & compleate his ladeing wth fish not staying there above ten dayes of faire wether & fitting time to lade the sd fish, & from thence the sd Grollier shall saile wth the first apportunity of wind & wether for the port Lisbone in portugall where he shall Deliver all his freight as aforesd the danger of the seas only excepted unto the sd Wm Paine Wm Bartholmew & James Neale, or unto his or theire Assignes. Moreover the sd Grollier doth covent. pmise & agree to & wth the Merchts aforesd, that his shipp Mary of London shall, at her depture from this Port of Boston in New England, be wel & sufficiently victualled wth twelve men & one boy, & to be strong staunch & well conditioned wth masts sailes saileyards rigging anchors cables & all manner of apparell & furniture fitting for such a ship & such a voyage, wth six peeces of ordinance & powder & shott sufficient.
Jtm the sd Wm Paine Wm Bartholmew & James Neale Merchts doe for theire pts covent pmise & agree to & wth the sd James Grollier for to deliver or cause to be Delivered on board the sd ship Mary of London all the first fyve or six hundd Kint of fish at this port of Boston wth in the time of
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fifteene dayes as aforesd. wind & wether pmitting, & wth in ten dayes after the arrival of the sd shipp Mary at the Isles of shoales, shall deliver on board or cause to be dd on board the remainder of her full ladeing of fish if wind & wether permitt, & if in case the sd James Grollier shall stay at the Port of Boston above fifteene dayes of faire wether & fitting to loade fish, or at the Isles of Shoales above ten dayes of like faire wethe & fitting to loade fish or at the port of Lisbone for the unlade-
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ing of his sa Shipp above eight dayes of faire wether & fitting to unlade fish & that this sd stay be poured by the fault or neglect of Wm Paine Wm Bartholmew & James Neale or theire Assignes, that then they shall pay or cause to be pd unto James Grollier or his Assignes for every such day above the time aforesd. the just summe of one hundd & twenty Ryalls currant silver of Portugall for & in considera- tion of his Demurrage or stay, & the sd Paine Bartholmew & Neale doe pmise & bind themselvs to pay or cause to be pd unto the sª James Grollier or his Assignes in considera- tion of the freight & hire of the sd Shipp the full value & just summe of seven Ryalls & one halfe in silver according to the Rate of Portugall, for every Kintall of fish that shalbe delivered at the Port of Lisbone sound & well conditioned, the dangers of the seas onely excepted, & to satisfy & pay or cause to be satisfyed & paid the full freight as aforesd wth in ten dayes after the unladeing & discharging of the sd shipp Mary at the Port of Lisbone.
Jtm the sd Paine Bartholmew & Neale doe promise to supply the sd James Grollier wth fifty pounds in pvisions at the price current of this country, wch the sd Grollier shall discount & diduct out of his freight at the Port of Lisbone, & the sd Paine Bartholmew & Neale doe covent pmise & agree to & wth the s' James Grollier to satisfy & pay or cause to be pd & satisfyed one halfe of the Port Charges of the sd shipp Mary untill such time as shee be cleare & dis- charged of her said imployment. In witnes whereof the pties abovesd have hereto interchangably put to theire hands & seales.
James Grollier & a seale.
This above written agreeth verbatim wth a true Copie of the Originall by mee the Publ Notarij examined 13 Nov. 1649. The originall being witnessed by Edw. Bendall, Wm Phillips, John Dennis.
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15 (2) 1650. I attested a Copie of a Bill wherein Wm Westerhouse binds himselfe in double summe for the paymt of 18th 198. 4ª sterl to Tho: Savage in Bever by the 17 (8) next.
15 (2) 1650. Whereas M' John Milom of Boston have assigned over unto Capt Elias Pilgrim his right of John Coneyes Indenture for the terme of six months beginning from the day of the Date hereof, Now know all whom these presents shall or may concerne, that I Elias Pilgrim doe here- by ingage myselfe my heires Executors & Administrators to pay in London unto the abovsaid John Milom his heires Administrators or Assignes for the sª six months service in case the foresaid John Coney live so long the summe of ten pounds ten shillings sterl but in case it please God to deale otherwise wth by taking away the life of the abovesd John Coney ere the full & whole terme of six months be com- pleated & ended, then the aforesd Elias Pilgrim is only to pay for his just time truly & duely served after the rates of XXXVs p mo: respectively, In witnes hereof have caused these presents to be made & have unto sett my hand in Boston this 12th day December 16.4.9.
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