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P. R. O.
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which came in with this deponent in the Ship James, 1634 and
alsoe as farr as concerne the said servants expences and
charges at Kecoughtan or their transportation to the Isle of
Kent and as farr as concerns the setting up of the Mill at the
said Island and the Mill at Kecoughtan aforesaid, as alsoe for
the wages mentioned therein to be paid by the said Clayborne
to this deponent and the rest of the Workmen This deponent
beleiveth the said Account to be true, although now the said
Clayborne hath endevoured and doth seeke by suite and Lawe
to recover the wages soe paid as aforesaid to this deponent
and the rest of the Workmen pretendinge the said Clobery
and Company have refused to allowe theire parts of the said
wages unto him and further deposeth not.
Ad 19. Dicit et deponit That at this deponents first cominge
and afterwards he this deponent did divers tymes here the said
Claiborne say that it was not his advice his partners should
send over any Millwrights and that he the said Clayborne did not
like of any such projects he the said Clayborne haveinge formerly
knowne Merchants that have undertaken the like projects and
were defective in supplyinge the same, further this deponent
saith that all the Millstones the said Clobery and Company
sent over upon this Adventure were not sufficient stones nor
servisable and this deponent saith that the said Clobery and
Company have not performed the covenantion their parts with
this deponent and the other Carpenters and Millwrights, by
reason whereof this deponent and Company were forsed to
neglect their busines in providinge for their wyves being ready
to starve for want of necessaries, alsoe this deponent saith that
the said Clobery and Company promised him this deponent to
furnish and send him in all such things as this deponent should
write for and this deponent did write divers tymes from tyme
to tyme unto the said Clobery as well for divers necessaries
which were wantinge about their trade and callinge which were
not sent, the want of which was a great hindrance to their
works, as alsoe for divers necessaries for the releife of this
deponent, his Wyfe and Company but this deponent never
herd one word of Answare from the said Clobery and company
nor did this deponent receive any of the necessaries he wrote
for, and this deponent saith that duringe the articulate two
yeares the Plantation and Trade was unsupplyed by the said
Clobery and Company and further deposeth not.
Ad 20. Dicit et deponit That the said Evelin landed upon
the articulate Island about the moneth of November 1636. and
then this deponent did heare the said Evelin speake against
the pretended right of the Marilanders and did allowe and say
that the commission the said Clayborne had from his Majestie
and his Majestie's Royall letters for confirmation thereof were
sufficient strength to withstand the Mariland Pattente.
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