Provincial Court Proceedings, 1660. 431

Harris and one John Gee retourned with this depon^t: And hard by
the landing place this depon^t did see as it were a bundle of Lynnen
and out of itt hung a thing much like vnto fish gutts and this depon^t
asked the woman Servant, whats this that looketh like fish Gutts
And the woman replyed that they were fish gutts And this depon^t
would haue faine scene what it was But the woman pushed this
depon^t away and Snatcht it up and flung it into the water and this
depon^t run into the water and fetched it out and opened the Cloth
and there was a man Child within itt, And John Gee standing by did
see the child when this depon^t opened the Cloth And the woman
sayd burye itt, But this depon^t and John Gee and the woman went vp
to the howse together And this depon^t did intend to acquainte M^r
Langworth with itt, but the howse being full of Company thought
best to lett it rest vntill the next morning And this depon^t went to
the water side the next morning and the Child was taken away and
further sayth not. The marke of R Robert Joyner
Jurat coram me William Evans

Liber
P. C. R.

John Gee sworne and Examined the Eight day of January 1660
aged twenty seauen yeares or thereabouts Sayth That he this depon^t
being at the howse of M^r James Langworth in the tyme of Easter
in the yeare 1657 went to helpe to hawle a Cowe out of a Swamp
with Robert Joyner and as they were hawling the Cowe out Elizabeth
now the wife of Samuell Harris then Servant to M^r James Lang-
worth came to them and as they were againe retourning to the howse
by the water side their lay a Bundle of Clouts And the said Joynor
asked the said Elizabeth what that was, and the said Joyner goeing
to see what it was, the said Elizabeth pushed him into the water from
itt And the said Joyner snatching at it the Bundle broake and there
appeared the face of a dead child it being black in the face and this
depon^t and the said Joyner were intended to speake of itt to M^r
Langworth, but the howse being full of Strangers did not And this
depon^t went home the next morning And further sayth not.
The marke of [mark] John Gee
Jurat coram me William Evans
The Examinacon of Elizabeth the wife of Samuell Harris taken
before Coll W^m Evans one of his Lordships Justices for the County
of S^t Marys the Eight day of January 1660 Sayth That shee did see
the Child Walter Hall Clk:
The Deposicon of Margarett Marshguy aged twenty foure yeares
or thereabouts sworne and examined the fift day of February Anno
domini 1660 Sayth, That she this depon^t being the fellow Servant of
Elizabeth Harris the now wife of Samuell Harris whoe came in both
Servants into the Province of Maryland sometyme in February in the
yeare of our Lord 1646 and were consigned to James Langworth in

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