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March Court 1732
293 it Stood by the old Orchard and further Saith not The Deposition of Joseph Standford Aged thirty nine Years or there abouts and this Deponent Sayeth that when he was a boy he Saw a tree Standing near the head of the Savana branch which had fractions in the bark but whether it was a bounder or not he Could not tell and further sayeth that his father and Anthony Goldsmith Standing by the Old Orchard Anthony Goldsmith pointed^ing^ up the Savanna to A tree sad there was the bounder of Phildarrah's Land and Saith that he was at the trees Since and it was a Red oak but Doth not Remember that there was any marks in it and further saith Not The Deposition of William Haymon aged Sixty Six Years or their abouts and this Deponant sayeth that a black gum was the third bounder of a tract of Land Called Hopewell Standing Northward from the Savanna for he saw it marked and further saith he heard Richard Chambers say that a white oake was the first bounder of Henry Haymans Land and he Did not Care if it was within his Land fifty yards that if it Stood Near the head of the Savanna Branch and that Hayman saw it before and after it was marked and further sayeth that Last October was three Years that he was at Philldarrah Dawgherty house in Kent County on Dellawar and that he heard Philldarrah say the first bounder of hopewell Stood near the head of the Savanna branch Leading into Wecomoco and furth^er^ saith not The Deposition of Henry Dorman aged Sixty Years or their abouts and this Deponant sayeth that he heard Philldarrah Doughterty tell William Hayman that the first bounder of hopewell was a White oake and it Stood near the head of the Savannah branch and further saith Not The Deposition of Thomas Pollett aged fourty Year or there abouts and this Deponant sayeth that he was at Thomas Breretons house and he heard Mary Brereton say that she heard her father Richard Chambers say that the first bounder of Philldarrah's Land Stud below the house on the branch and further saith Not The Deposition of James Hayman Aged twenty Nine Year or their abouts and this Deponant saith that his father and his brother Henry Hayman was building a house and ^he^ heard his father say pointing with his hamer that his third bounder was a gum standing by the side of a swamp and further saith Not By Vertue of this Commission we the Subscribers being Qualified as the Law Directs Within Mentioned and Richard Chambers, Patrick Daley, Thomas Poole and Joseph Standford all agreeing at a Certain Place Saying ^that^ by what Information they had the first bounder of hopewell was thereabouts where we marked a tree as Jam.s Strawbridge Wittness our hands W.m Turpin |
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