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       house where the Sd Capt Mitchell as this Depont hath been Liber B.

       informed then lodged She this Deponent then and there told

       Mrs Susan Warren who then went by the name of Mrs Wil-

       liams, that She heard that She the Said Mrs Williams was then

       with Child or to that Effect whereupon the Sd Mrs Williams or

       Mrs Warren rcplyed, That if She were with Child it was

       inspired by the holy Ghost, and not by man and further Saith

       not.

        Richard Hoskins aged thirty years or thereabouts Sworn and

       Examined in Open Court the 22th of March 1651 Saith.

        That at the Same time menconed in the Deposicon of Mary

       Clocker above written being about three weeks after Capt

       Mitchell's arrival here he heard Mrs Williams or Warren in the

       Deposition named reply to the Said Mary Clocker that if She

       were with Child it was inspired by the holy Ghost and not by

       man and further Saith not.

        The Deposition of Martha Webb aged 22ty years or there-

       abouts Sworn and examined in Open Court the 22th day of

       March 1651 Saith.

        That when She lived with Capt William Mitchell at St

       Thomas or the white house in the year 1650 She this Deponent

       and Mrs Susan Warren who went by the name of Elizabeth p. 282

       Williams lodged together in the Same Chamber or roome

       there where the Sd Capt Mitchell lay and that She hath there

       Seen the Said Capt Mitchell and the Said Mrs Warren or Wil-

       liams once in naked bed together in the bed where the Said

       Capt Mitchell usually lodged And that She at another time

       (Capt Mitchell bidding her goe out of the Room and Shutt the

       door) as She was goeing out heard him Call to the Said Mrs

       Wms to come to bed to him, And She this Deponent further

       deposeth that not long before the Said Capt Mitchell's goeing

       from hence to Holland he asked this Deponent whether She

       thought that Mrs Williams was with Child or not whereupon

       this Deponent answered She could not tell and further Saith

       not.

                    At a Court held at St Maries the 25th day of

                          March 1651.

              Willm Stone Esq Governor) Mr John Pile

 prsent Robert Brooke Esq           Mr Thomas Hatton

         Wm Eltonhead Esq       

        Whereas I have had very credible intelligence that Mrs Mary

       Brent either in her own behalf or as Attorney or Agent for

       Capt Giles Brent her brother or Mrs Margaret Brent her Sister