Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1721. 371

  Plantation aforesaid, however notwithstanding these threats Lib. X.

  he this deponent persisted in maintaining and in proving his

  possession aforesaid by plowing in English Grain by Getting

  Timber for building a Logghouse and making Fence Rails

  and by Planting small Apple Trees in a Nursery

    This deponent further saith that on the 14th day of Febru

  ary last past Mr David Evans with a Company of Men Con

  sisting of 8 or 10 or more in an Unlawful manner, most of

  them having a falling Ax in his hand and having with two

  Horses harnessed drawing a Logg Sledge came to the planta

  tion of this deponent who seeing such a Company Coming to p. 16

  his house imagined they had some design of forcing his pos

  session whereupon this Deponent immediately nailed up the

  door of one out house and stood in the door way of another

  house, which was the dwelling house, this deponent further

  declareth that Mr Evans and his Company being come up to

  the house Mr Evans demanded of this deponent if he kept

  possession there, to which this deponent answered in the

  Affirmative then Mr David Evans applying to the By standers

  to take Notice of what he said told this deponent that he

  warned him before all these people to come out of the house,

  to which this Deponent replied that he would not, and he the

  said Evans asked this deponent who he pretended to hold his

  Land under, he replied my Lord Baltemore, and that he

  owned no Body else to be his Landlord, he the said Evans

  then required this deponent a Second time to Come out of

  the house, and then turning about and talking Welch to his

  Company, they went immediately to cutting the Trees that

  this deponent had fallen, and drew in some of them near to

  the house of this deponent, with a design as he thought to

  build a house there upon, which this deponent went immedi

  ately to a Maryland Justice of the peace but finding no relief

  that way, he return'd again to his plantation and found that

  Company so expeditious in building a Logg House that they

  had already raised it all round three Logs high before this

  deponent returned back, he further deposeth that seing what

  they were about he forewarned him the said Evans and his

  Company from Cutting his Wood, and Committing any fur

  ther Trespass upon his Land, I don't mind you replied Evans p. 17

  we will try that, so they finished the house and gave posses

  sion to one Rice Jenkin, this deponent further saith that being

  Reflected upon, and abused by the Builders of that house &

  foreseeing that if he staid to keep possession there he Could

  make no Crop and must necessarily be a Great Sufferer at

  his plantation upon Christiana he withdrew thence

    And this deponent further saith when he went from his

  Tenement upon the Tract of Land aforesaid called Green