282Court and Testamentary Business, 1653.

          Liber B.   weeks with Child before She came up from Virga yor Deponent

                knoweth not which, Soe whereupon yor Dept was goeing

                home and She desired me for gods Sake to Stay till Such

                times her husband came to Speake to him of it Soc when he

                came I told him that his wife Said She had wronged him, and

                I desired him to doe what his heart would let him for his

                Children Sake, She hath wronged me indeed Said he, Soc She

                came and fell upon her knees and Said Good husband forgive

                me, for Gods Sake Good husband forgive me, O! thou

                wicked base woman how can I forgive thee, I cannot forgive

                thee, the Law will take hold of thee, would I had given tenn

                thousand weight of Tobacco I had Saved thy Creditt, thou

                wicked woman couldest thou forgett me and the Children Soc

                Soon, I bid thee to have a Care of thy Creditt when thou

                wentest away, Soc whereupon he bid her rise of her knees, but

                he did not promise her any forgiveness, and She kneeled

                againe and he replyed he could not forgive her, the Law would

                take hold of her, Soe Cuz: Said that Cetchmey hang him hang

                him and Robert Taylor replyed and Said if he must hang him

                he must hang her, and Robert Taylor Said he would make a

                poor Cetchmey of him before I have done with him, for I will

                goe to mr Preston and fetch his Warrant for him and I will

                Send him prisoner to Maryland, Soc Mary Taylor desired me

                I Should not tell Cetchmey of it but bring him thither, for if he

                knew of it he would not Come there, Soc when I came home

                I told! my husband of it, and he would not let me have noe

            p.  468 hand abt it to bring him thither for fear of disturbance. And

                further Sayth not.             the mark of

                Sworne before us the day &   Ann A I Johnson

                yeare above written

                 William Stone

                 Rich:    Preston

                 Margaret Brome aged 24 years or thereabouts Sworne &

                 Examined Sayeth.—

                 That upon the 24th of December 1652 when my Cuzen Mary

                Taylor was brought to bed, mrs Johnson proferred Robert

                Taylor the Child, and he bid her give it the mother and She

                would have given it to me, and I Said I would not forfeit a

                pair of Gloves, Soc when mrs Johnson and Sarah Goulson were

                in bed, your Deponent Came to the bed Side and mrs Johnson

                asked me what I thought of it now, and I Said I could not tell

                what to think on't and they Said they were Sony to Sec how

                it was, Saith mrs Johnson I think Robert Taylor would put it

                up, if the world did not take Notice of it Soe on the Sunday

                mrs Johnson Came againe to Robert Taylors, and Soc did Alce

                Griffine and alce went to the bed Side to See her Sister Mary