212 Provincial Court Proceedings, 1658.

Liber
P. C. R.

for M^rs Ouerzee & uery well remembers th^t shee mended the slitt th^t
is in the side of the Apron neare the Toppe presently after M^rs Ouer-
zee came from Portoback And allso a holland Bed for a Child taken
att the same place, shee sayth th^t shee uerily beleiueth it was M^rs
Ouerzees because shee misseth one of that number
Philip Caluert Richard Willan

p. 169

The Examinaon of Mary Clocker apprehended uppon Suspition
of ffelony taken the second day of Nouember 1658 before Philip
Caluert Esq^r & Richard Willan Gentⁿ Two of his L^ps Justices of the
Peace for the County of S^t Maries
This Exam^d denyeth th^t euer shee tooke any thing of M^rs Ouerzees
but confesseth th^t shee had diuers things by the deliuery of Mary
Williams to keepe for her the s^d Williams, & th^t the s^d Williams did
deliuer the things to her this Exam^d in M^rs Ouerzees Chamber all att
one time, but att what time shee remembreth not. That shee did
see the Dutch Trunk in M^rs Ouerzees Chamber opened by Mary
Williams, & shee thinks it was att th^t time when Mary Williams tooke
out the Linnen th^t shee deliuered to her this Exam^d
Philip Caluert Richard Willan

The Examinaon of Thomas Courtney apprehended uppon Sus-
pition of ffelony taken before ut supra.

2^d Nouemb^r 1658

The Exam^d Sayth th^t his mother Mary Clocker sent him to John
Williams, & tould him th^t the s^d Williams would know what he came
for. That when he came to M^r Ouerzees, Mary Williams seeing this
Exam^d stay w^th out saying any thing, asked him whither hee came
for any thing thither or not. To w^ch this Exam^d replyed hee came
for salt, nobody being att th^t time by but John Williams. That after
this hee this Exam^d went into M^r Ouerzees Kitchen, where were
diuers of the seruants & John Williams. That Mary Williams com-
ming into the Kitchin, John Williams gaue this Exam^d a priuate
Rubbe w^th his Elbowe, by w^ch he coniectured the s^d Williams would
haue spoken w^th him, & thereuppon followed the s^d Williams into the
Roome where hee & his Wife lay, & there receaued from the s^d
Williams Salt to the quantity of Three Pecks. That as hee this
Exam^d was carrying the salt home hee imagined the Salt was not
belonging to John Williams, but th^t hee had stolne itt from M^r
Ouerzee. That one day being att the Cow pen his sister Elizabeth
tould him th^t his mother had bene att home, & had brought home
Two smocks w^th her.
Philip Caluert Richard Willan

The Examinaon of Elizabeth Clocker taken ut supra being a
Child about Twelue yeares old.