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62 Court and Testamentary Business, 1639.
Liber Z. yor said Admraon; & the whole residue or remainder of estate wch shalbe in yor hands vpon yor said accompt you will pay & deliver to our said Secretary afore the first day of march next to the end it may be preserved in the Court for the vse of the said Catharine Smith when she cometh of age. Given at St maries 16th March 1639. witnesse Or deare brother Leonard Calvert &c. the said William Brainthwaite & Thomas Gerard gent as his surety, doe acknowledge themselves to owe vnto the Lord Proprietarie six thousand weight of good tobacco to be levied vpon them or either of them their or either of their assignes, in case the said william Brainthwaite shall faile in any of the con ditions required of him by the Commission and his oathe aforesaid Willm Branthwaite Thomas Gerrard
the said william Brainthwaite made oath to the purpose above mentioned. 1. march.1640.
this Recognisance abovesaid is cancelled, by reason the Accompt is brought in; & 33 l tob. remaining vpon accont & the Admraon is discharged Jo: Lewger
101 The depson of Robert Lake of the Ile of Kent planter aged twenty one yeares or thereabouts, taken by the Commander;
febru: 22. 1639. This deponent saith that during the sicknes of Henry Crawley deceased, & two daies or thereabouts before his departure being in perfect sense and memory made his last will, and testam: Elisabeth Smith the wife of John Smith being present with the said Crawley when he vttered these words, that if I die I doe give all my whole estate vnto Katharine Smith my God daughter, save onely my long gonne, and that I give vnto John Glantham if he returne to the Iland. which words being spoken by the said Crawley this deponent came into the chamber, & the aforesaid Elisabeth Smith desired him to beare witnesse of this his will. Then this deponent asked the said Crawley if that were his will, and he answered it was, saying, If I die, I give all my whole estate vnto my god-daughter Katharine Smith save onely my long gonne wch I give to John Glantham if he returne to the Iland againe. And further he deposeth not. Taken before me signed, Robert Lake. signed william Brainthwaite
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