Provincial Court Proceedings, 1658. 175

the s^d Order was graunted; & not hauing any Attorney in Court,
Shee humbly prayes this hon^ble Court to take the premises in Con-
sideraon & yo^r Pet^r as in duty bownd shall pray &c :
John Hollinsworth aged 19 yeares or thereabouts Sworne &
Examined this 7^th of Octob^r 1658, Sayth in open Court.
That hee was Cowkeeper unto M^rs Eltonhead, & goeing into the
Marish one night, where his mistresses Cattle were, he saw amongst
them Two strange Cowes, the one of them hauing newly calued, &
the other had a calfe about a weeke old. And That that uery night
there fell a great Snow about Kneedeepe (as this Depon^t thinketh)
And the next morning his M^es sending for her owne Cattle home this
Dep^t sayth that that Cow w^ch had calued the night before, had lost
her calfe, And that the other Cow th^t had the Calfe was swamped &
dyed together w^th 3 other of his M^rs owne Cowes att the same time,
this Depon^t being then uery sick, But what became of the calfe hee
knoweth not And for the other Cow shee neuer knew any calfe shee
had, saue only th^t w^ch was lost in the snow & further sayth not.
James Bowling aged 22 yeares or thereabouts sayth, that M^es
Eltonheads Cowkeeper came out of the Marish, where these two
strange Cowes were, & when he came home he related that of these
strange Cattle one was dead in the swamp, & he heard Sawnders
Laremore say the same, th^t shee was dead in the swamp, & this Cow
appeared afterwards to be M^r Symon Ouerzees, & further sayth not.
Alexander Laremore sayth That there once was Two Cowes & one
Calfe of M^r Ouerzees amongst M^rs Eltonheads cattle. And M^rs
Eltoheads seruants dryuing their owne cattle home, the s^d Two
Cowes followed the other cattle, euen to the howse, And That Cow
th^t had the calfe dyed, But what became of the Calfe this Depon^t
knoweth not, & for the other Cow hee neuer knew any encrease shee
had.
M^r John Anderton Sayth uppon oath in Court That there was Two
Cowes & one Calfe amongst some cattle of M^rs Eltonheads, belonging
to M^r Ouerzee, And the seruants fetching home their owne cattle
the s^d Two Cowes & calfe followed the other cattle home to the
howse, And this Depon^t Sayth th^t that Cow th^t had the Calfe was
swamped & dyed, But what became of the calfe hee knoweth not,
And as to the other Cow hee neuer knew any Calfe shee had.
This Cause is Respited till next Court tht M^r Ouerze be p^ent in
Court.

To the hon^ble the Gouerno^e & Councell
The humble Petⁿ of Margarett Brent Sheweth

Liber
P. C. R.

That Thomas White late deceased w^th in this prouince, out of the
tender loue & affection hee beare unto yo^r Pet^r, intending if hee had
lyued, to haue marryed her, Did by his last Will giue unto yo^r Pet^r

Re White's
Estate
P. 133