Provincial Court Proceedings, 1658. 173

It. To this Depon^ts Sonne Ignatius Cawsine, he gaue his best
suite of cloathes
It. Hee did bequeath to his Cozen Robert Cole fiue hund^d pownds
of Tob, and told this Depon^t hee did it, that hee should not molest his
Exequuto^rs.
It. That all his Cattle should bee brought to this Depon^ts howse,
& there remaine for three yeares, & att the end thereof the encrease
should be sould, to help pay the Legacies, And the Principall stock
he gaue to this Depon^t.
And if in case his sonne in Law M^r James Neale, or any from him,
did not come, w^th in the tearme of Three yeares into Maryland, That
that Land belonging to him should bee disposed of by his Exequuto^rs,
And after they had performed his Legacies, the Remainder he gaue
to his Exequuto^rs, And w^th all desyred th^t some what out of Charity
might be gyuen by his Exequuto^rs to such poore men as M^r Greene,
what they should think good, & further sayth not.
Sworne before me, the day and yeare aboue written Job Chandler.

The Deposⁿ of Mary Adams aged 21 yeares or thereabout sworne
& examined this 16^th of August 1658.
Sayth That Beniamin Gill deceased, when hee made his Will, did
giue One Thowsand pownds of Tob to the Church w^ch was in M^r
Gerards, & M^r Slyes hands, as hee supposed or more: But if it were
not, he desyred his Exequuto^rs should see it made good, Item hee
gaue to this Depon^ts ffather in Law Nicholas Cawsine fiue hund^d
pownds of Tob, & to this Depon^ts mother hee gaue fiue hund^d pownds
of Tob, And to this Depon^ts sister Jane Cockshott, & to her Brothers
Ignatius & Nicholas Cawsines to each of them he gaue fiue hund^d
pownds of Tob, And th^t if his sonne in Law M^r James Neale, or any
of his Children did not come into Maryland w^th in three yeares, That
then his Land & encrease of his cattle, should be sould by his Ex-
equuto" & further sayth not
Sworne before me, the day & yeare aboue written Job. Chandler

Liber
P. C. R.

Thomas Carpenter Sworne in open Court Sayth, That hee was w^th
M^r Gill many times before hee dyed during his sicknes & putt him in
mind of making his Will, And M^r Gill tould him, that hee had sent
for M^r Gerard, & when M^r Gerard came hee would make his Will,
And th^t hee would make M^r Gerard & M^r Adams Exequuto^rs, And
this Depon^t goeing from him the day before hee dyed, hee desyred
him to speake to M^r Slye for some comfortable things, for that hee
thought the worst to be past w^th him, And then he had made noe will,
as this Depon^t knowes of, And further many times discoursing w^th
the s^d M^r Gill hee heard him say, That hee would giue Robert Cole
fiue hund^d pownds of Tob. & further sayth not

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