20 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1732.

Lib. M.

Deponents Sons should say that he would kill all the Creatures
and this Deponent saith that he doth not remember any thing
informed or sworn against this Deponent, and then said
Blunston said he had done with this Deponeut and dismissed
him And this Deponent saith that there were (to the best of
this Deponents belief) about fifteen Persons in Company who
came to this Deponents house and assisted in the Matter
aforesaid but this Deponent saith that he only knows the
Names of the following Ten (viz.) Charles Jones James Patison,
Alexan^r M^cKey, John Capper, John Hart, John Pattan, James
Pattan, James Pattison jun^r John Trotter and William Macma-
nac And this Deponent further saith that the in Man-
ner af^d but also violently pushed this Deponents Wife back
into the house when ever she came to see what they intended
to do with this Deponent And this Deponent further saith that
the Persons af^d seized on and pulled this Depon^ts two sons
out of Bed and some of them broke the head of One of his
Sons, and then forced this Deponents two Sons along with
this Deponent on the Ice over the River to the said Blunston
and Wright who after Examination of them bound this Depo-
nents two sons over to appear at Lancaster County Court the
first Tuesday in february next, and this Deponent saith that
he this Deponent and Edward Evans were Sureties for the
Appearances of both this Deponents Sons at the Day and
Place af^d And this Deponent further saith that he is in very
great fear that his houses and other parts of his Property will
be destroyed by the Inhabitants on the Eastern Side of Susque-
hanah River
Sworn this 13^th Decemb^r 1732 before me
Robert Gordon

p. 65

Thomas Crissop Aged about Thirty Years of Baltemore
County Planter being Sworne on the Holy Evangelists of
Almighty God Deposeth and Saith That he Lives about halfe
a Mile from John Lowe and within a few Yards of Susque-
hanah River And this Deponent Saith that about the Middle
of the night on the Twenty Sixth day of November He this
Deponent heard a great Noise and Hallowing in the Woods,
Whereupon this Deponent gott out of his Bed and went to
the Door and saw Several persons on the Ice of the said Sus-
quehanah River and then Run to the Persons to see what was
the matter He this Deponent haveing before heard the Cry-
ing of Murder amongst the said Persons And this Deponent
on coming up to the said persons found the said John Lowe
lying down or Sitting upon the Ice And thereupon this De-
ponent asked the person Named James Pattison what was the
matter who Answered Damn your Blood be Easy or quiett