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Thomas Barebatch a Saylor and a Boy about fourteen years
old gave Clark's Boat hold of their Painter and seemed to be
very glad to see them Wells called Clark by the Name of
Garrett. Both Boats went into Elizabeth River and Wells and
his Company was taken up at Norfolk Town by Major Bush
and Captain Mason and Clarke pleaded that Daniel Wells
was an honest Man and good Liver, the Boy had like to have
betrayed them for he said he was a Woman's Servant here.
Wells said he was his Servant and bought him to assist de-
signing to buy a Plantation and was intended to get a Planta-
tion at News River in Carolina. There was a Letter of Mark
Sloop there and the Crew was afraid Thomas Barebatch and
Wells intended to cut her loose and run away on privateering.
Clarke got drunk with the Letter of Markmen and fought with
two or three of them. The Privateer Brabatch was employed
to get a Vessel off, that was drove on Shore by a Tempest
Clarke directed Wells and Harrison to one Cap' Smith in
News River till he could come to them, hired this Shallop of
Peter Cartwright and left his two negroes three Trunks and
his Cloaths in Pawn until her Return persuaded the Declarant
to come up again with him to Wiccocomoco to his Uncle Sam-
uel Smith's, and took on Board the Shallop Thomas Wintersell
and one James Cale a young Freeman and came up to Potow-
mack Point where Cale went over the Bay with the Declarant's
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