34 Assembly Proceedings, March 26- April 15, 1707.

Original
Journal.
p. 55

April 7^th 1707.

Thomas Brereton brought before his Excellency the Gover-
nour and Councill Declared that being at the bay Side in
Flints pound following with his Cozen John Shippley spyed
Richard Clarke and Charles Harrison & Thomas Wintersell
with a Negro man and Woman sitting by a fire they had made
on the Banck and his Uncle Smith comeing thither they Invited
them to his house having asked from whence Clarke came he
Answered from Maryland and that he had bought a Plantation
&c. was carrying his Negros to make Corne in Carrolina and
intended in the Sumer to fetch his wife and family said his
name was Rober^t Garrett the other two went by the name of
Thomas Wintersell and M^r Peters which last Pretended to be
a School master.
They went up the Creek to his Uncle Smiths and stayed
there four Days in which time it being discoursed the Decla-
rant was going downe to Elizabeth River to gett a Passage on
Board one W^m Borrows for New England Richard Clarke
offered him a passage to Lin haven Bay which the Declarant
accepted & went a Long with him and his Company in his
Boate while Clarke was at his unckle Smiths the Declarant
went to his unckle Sharpleys & Fetched all his Cloaths and put
them in Wintersells Chest and before the Declarant went his

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Brother W^m Bereton came after him and sloped him and made
him take his Cloaths out again and the Declarant did Intend
to have gone to Somersett County with John Spry but the
wind being at North west Clarke overperswaded him to goe
with him and when they came to M^r Thomas Plummers at New
point Comfort went up the Creeke to the house and Stayed
thereabut four or five Days. And the wind blowing Fresh at
North west and their Boate Little so that they were afraid to
Cross Mopjoak Bay M^r Plumer was Perswaded to lend them
his Boate in which they went to the mouth of Elizabeth River
an there the Declarant saw a Boate that came towards them
wherein was one Daniell Wells Thomas Brabatch a Saylor
and a boy about fourteen years old gave Clarkes Boate hold
of their Painter and seemed to be very glad to see them Wells
Called Clarke by the name of Garrett both Boates went into
Elizabeth River and Wells and his Company was taken up at
Norfolk Towne by Major Bush & Cap^t Mason and Clarke
Pleaded that Daniell Wells was an honest man and good liver.

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The Boy had like to have betrayed them for he said he
was a Womans Servant here. Wells said he was his Serv^t
and bought him to assist designing to buy a Plantation and was
Intended to gett a Plantation at News River in Carolina.
There was a Letter of Marq. Sloop there & the Crew were
afraid Thomas Brabatch and Wells Intended to cutt her loose