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       comes to bee 21ty yeares of age and without issue the Increase Liber A.

       of the said stock shalbe disposed of by Elizabeth Bennett

       whom I haue appointed overseer of the said stock to the next

       eldest sonne of the said Elizabeth, and after his decease to the

       youngest sonne, And if it please God that the said Elizabeth

       shall haue noe sonns the Stock shalbe to the eldest daughter

       and from the eldest daughter after her decease to the youngest

       And if in case that the husband out live the wife then hee the

       said Richard Bennett is to deliver the one half of the Increase

       of the Stock to Thomas Bennett and the other half after his

       decease, ffurther the intent of this Guift is that the said Eliza

       beth shall dispose of the Male cattell that shall come of the

       Stock as shee shall thinke fitt In witnes and for the true

       performance hereof I haue sett my hand the day and yeare

       abouc written

                                      James Johnson

       Witnes Walter Smith

       The Marke of Jo: Cable

        This 9th of January 1649. Knowe all men by these prsents p. 312

       that I Richard Husbands Maister of the good Shipp called the

       Hopefull Adventure Haue sold and delivered vnto John Hatch

       in the Province of Maryland one Manservant for the terme of

       fower yeares after the date hereof And further I the said Mr

       Husbands doe promise to and with the said John Hatch or his

       Assignes to save and beare harmeles the said John Hatch or

       his Assignes from any person or persons that shall or may lay

       clayme vnto the said servant knowne by the name of Richard

       Rooe And for the true pformance I haue herevnto sett my

       hand

                                 me Richard Husbands

       Witnes by vs Cuthbt ffenwick Arthur Turner

        Georg Manners maketh oath that being not long since to

       serve a warrt vppon Paul Simpson hee the said Simpson did

       soe either absent or obscure himself that this depont could not

       meete with him, and this deponent hath beene credibly informed

       that the said Simpson hath done the like for a long time to

       gether last past vppon the like occasion, And that hee hath

       been credibly informed and doth verily beleive the said Simp

       son is nowe fledd out of the Province to avoide the paymt of

       his debts

                              Jurat 11o die ffebruary 1649

       Attachmt inde & ren

        14o ffebr 1649 Whereas there are two severall Accons p. 313

       depending betweene ffrancis Brookes and Willm Edwin con-