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that the said Evelin commanded him to deliver of the same
Corne and other Corne in the same Mill 50 bushells of meale
or thereabouts, and this deponent beleeveth the said Evelin
sent the said 40 bushells of meale to Maryland for it was
generally soe reported, and that by want that was on the said
Iland for want of the said Corne, the people and servants
there had beene starved (as this deponent verely beleeveth) if
the said Smith and other Friends of the said Claibornes had
not supplyed them And that the said Smith and M^r James
friends of the said Claybornes did procure Corne for the said
Iland, and that this deponent did bring to the said Hand severall
barrells of Corne from the said Smith, and did deliver the said
Corne to the said M^r James for the use of the said Joynte-
stock, by supplyes and by the profitt made att the said Mill
(this deponent beleeveth the servants did not want much
Corne that yeare but had perished if the said supplies had not
come, for any care the said Evelin tooke therein.
Ad 34 dicit et deponit That the said Evelin neglect to gett
Corne, haveing to this deponent's owne knowledge trucking
stuffe, boates, men and ammunition sufficient whereby to gett
Corne if he the said Evelin had been willing thereunto. But
the said Evelin did imploy himselfe for the most part, (as this
deponent beleeveth) and hath often heard the said Evelin
speake to the same effect in urging and persuading the
Inhabitants to render upp possession of the said Hand unto
the Governor of Maryland, and in goeing to persuade the
Marylanders to come thither. And that the said Governor of
Maryland did come with about 40 men in the night (the said
Evelin comeing with the said Governor) and landed at the
said Hand and took possession thereof and tooke M^r John
Butler and Thomas Smith Prisoners and caryed them away to
Maryland, where the said Smith was condemned as this
deponent beleeveth, and that the said Governor of Maryland
hath since againe come uppon the said Hand and Plantation of
Kent with 50 men or thereabouts and hath wholly reduced the
said Hand and the Inhabitants under the Government of Mary-
land, and hath taken into his possession, all the estate of the said
Clobery and Company, and hath disposed and caryed away
not only the estate of the said Joyntstocke but alsoe all the
estate of the said Claiborne all which amounted unto (as this
deponent beleeveth) the valew of seven thousand pounds
sterling at the least.
The mark of
Thomas T youall
Rich: Moryson.
Will: Frith. Juratus et examinatus in presencia
mei per me Will: Baulke notarii
publicum.

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