Provincial Court Proceedings, 1658. 197

Know all men by these p^ents th^t I Thomas Gerard of S^t Clements

Manno^r Esq^r doe remise release aquitt exonerate & discharge M^r
Raph Crouch Executor to Lawrence Starkey Deceased of & from
all debts dues & demands whatsoeu⁶, w^ch was any ways formerly due
from the Estate of the affores^d M^r Starkey unto me Thomas Gerard,
& I doe likewise acquitt & discharge the aboues^d M^r Crouch on the
behalfe of the afores^d M^r Starkey or any Estate formerly belonging
to him from the beginning of the world to this present.
Signed in the p^ence of Tho: Gerard
James Langworth
Justinian Gerard

Liber

P. C. R.
Septemb^r 5^th
1658
Re Starkey's
Estate

Will^m Edwin aged 46 yeares & upwards att the request of Rob^t
Cole maketh oath, th^t ffowre yeares agoe M^r Beniamin Gill lay sick
at this Depon^ts howse: & in time of his sickness there he declared to
this Depon^t That if it pleased God to take him out of this life, Robert
Cole who was his Kinsman should enjoy all th^t euer he had, Except
his sonne or Daughter, or some of their Children should perchance
come in hither into this Country William Edwin
Jurat Cora me Will^m Bretton

Mary the Wife of Will^m Edwin maketh Oath That M^r Beniamin
Gill, lying sick att her howse, was uery desyrous to haue some body
to write his Will, & there being nobody then there lyuing that could

July 28^th
1658
Re Gill's
Estate
Not in
Baldwin

write, He requested this Depon^t to beare wittnes th^t hee gaue what
hee had to his Kinsman Rob^t Cole; Except M^r Neale or his Wife,
or any of their Children should come into this Prouince, & further
sayd That hee had none here to enioy what hee had, but his Kinsman
Robert Cole The mark of
Jurat Cora me Will^m Bretton Mary loo Edwin

May 16^th 1656

p. 154

Receiued by me Henry ffoxe of Maryland Twelue hund^d pownds
of Tob & Cask of M^rs Mary Brooke, the Widow of Rob^t Brooke
late of Maryland Deceased Esq^r, as full satisfaction unto all Judgm^ts
& Bills of the s^d Robert Brooke Graunted eyther unto me or Philip
Land, or both of us. And I doe further bind my selfe my heyres
Execute^es & Admistrato^es to secure the s^d Mary Brooke, & the heyres
of the s^d Rob^t Brooke from Claime of Philip Land or any other
concerning the afores^d Judgm^ts or Bills. Wittnes my hand the day
and yeare aboue written.
Signed & Deliuered in the p^ense of Henry |-F ffoxe.
James Lee E his marke
Baker Brooke
Charles Brooke.

Re Brooke's
Estate