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847 John Newman aged sixty six years on his oath says that about thirty four years agoe Henry Parker who was Survey.r told him that the Tree Wee are now at (whose Thomas Edmondson Beginns for Mount hope) was the Center Tree of My Lords Mannor and further that the said Parker said he bounded it with his owne hands with a hatchett and that my Lords Mannour Runn six hundred perches one way and six hundred another south and North And further saith not Nov.r 27.th 1711 Jurat Coram Nobis R Ungle Tho Collier Thomas Smithson aged about sixty years upon his oath saith That in the life time of William Parrott (which he thinks was about Twenty five years agoe) he this Depon.t made it his Care and business Diligently to Inquire after the bounds of Mount hope and hearing that the said William Parrott or Andrew Skinner Sen.r who had been the Ancient Survey.r knew the bounded Tree of the said Land he the said Depon.t went to William Parrott who was then sick and the said William Parrot being asked if he knew the bounded Tree of the said Land called Mount hope he Answered he did very well and he thought nobody else living knew it The said Deponent further saith that he made this Reply to the said William Parrott that M.r John Edmondson had told him (this Deponent) that the bounded Tree of my Lords Mannor was the first tree of Mount hope which the said William Parott seemed to redicule and Answered him this Depon.t thus Father Edmondson will say any thing for his own advantage but he very well knows that it is not the Tree This Depon.t further saith that at his Earnest desire to know where the tree stood the said William said a great way off and that if ever he was able to goe abroad he would shew it him And this Deponent saith that afterwards he applyed himself to the said M.r Andrew Skinner and Demanded of him the said thing (viz.t) where the bounded Tree of Mount hope stood telling the said Skinner further that the said John Edmondson pretended to take the Center Tree of my Lords Mannor for the bounded Tree of the said Mount hope who Answered him the said Depon.t that that was not the bounded Tree of Mount hope but if he the said Dep.t would goe from that Tree of the Mannor south about a Certain Number of perches which as he this Depon.t thinks made about half a Mile and then west it would carry him to a bounded Tree which the said Skinner said he allways tooke to be the bounded Tree of Mount hope And Further this Depon.t saith not Nov.r 27.th 1711 Jurat Coram Nobis R Ungle Tho Smithson Tho Collier |
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