192 Assembly Proceedings, July 18-August 5, 1721.

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Obligation for the Overplus, paid him the said Roberts by the
said Toas, M^r W^m Comegys and the Deponent being present,
And further sayeth not
Feb^ry 6^th 1720
Sworn to before me Nath^l Hynson

The Deposition of Hopton Williams aged fforty years or
thereabouts

The Deponent Declares that Jno Toas told him when he
went out of the Country which was about fourteen or fifteen
years ago, he did sell to Robert Roberts the furniture of a
room Viz. Bed Curtains and Every thing that belonged to

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the said Bed A Dozen of Leather Chairs a looking Glass, two
Horses and gear fitt for to work with, five and twenty head of
Cattell young and old at five hundred pounds of Tob^o p Each
one with another, one Kill of Bricks which had not been broke
for about Eighteen pounds, and Twenty Pounds the said
Robert Roberts was to pay the said Jno Toas, with his Sister
as her portion. All which the said Jn^o Toas gave the said
Robert Roberts for the Satisfaction of a Debt he was bound
for the said Toas, the over plus being a Considerable deall
of Money about Thirty or fforty pounds', to the best of the
Deponents memory, for which the said Roberts gave his bond
to the said Toas, and after the s^d John Toas had Absconded
a year or thereabouts, he returned to the house and Plantation
where he formerly dwelt, but then belonged to M^r Andrew
Hamilton, the said Deponent having some business with the
said Toas, went to Speak w^thhim at the house aforesaid Before
the said Deponent came to the house heard a great noise, and
as soon as he Came in Asked the said Roberts's mother what
was the matter above stairs, She answered they were a quar-
relling, which made the Deponent go up Directly to the room
where he saw John Toas down upon the floor and Robert
Roberts upon him beating him And his Sister Rachell Roberts
holding the said Toas by the hair of the head, And the said
Toas's Wife walking up and down the room with a Child
in her Arms, the Deponent immediately parted the said Toas
from Roberts and his Sister, the said Toas being very bloody,
the Deponent fetched him water to wash himself with And
at the same time the Deponent asked him the reason of their

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quarrell The said Toas answered it was about a bond he took
of Robert Roberts for what he overpaid him more than the
bond he was bound for him the said Toas, which he Left in
his Chest Drawers with Other papers when he Absconded, and
the same day the quarrell was the said Roberts Looking over
some papers on a Table, the said Toas happened to look over