Provincial Court Proceedings, 1661. 499

The Jury retourns their Verdict that haueing Sworne and Exam-
ined the Wittnesses doe finde the force to be of truth. Ordered that
a writt issue out to the Sherriffe of S^t Marys to Sumons Ellinor
Martine George Wilson and Thomas Ward to appeare at the next
Provinciall Coⁿ to answere the force.

Liber
P. C. R.
Patience
Martine v.
Ellinor
Martine
Vide pet. &
order fo:
461

To the Right hono^ble the Gouernor and Councell of the Prouince
of Maryland

The humble peticon of John Babtista Sheweth That whereas yo^r
pet^r hath been dayly troubled by the Attorneys of M^r Symon Overzee

John Babtist
v. Major
George
Colclough

deceased .... as he is not .... prayes that they may be forced to
some issue .... that at length he may haue some Redress And he
shall pray &c

Thomas Prichard aged forty yeares or thereabouts sworne the
17^th day of June 1661 Sayth That when this depon^t was M^r Ouerzees
Ouerseer at Portoback M^r Ouerzee brought one John Babtist vp to
him in or aboute the moneth of May 1651 And tould this depon^t
he could not tell what to doe with him askeing him this depon^t
whether he would take him in for a Share and he replyed noe, his
Crop was pitcht And the said M^r Ouerzee sayd that John Babtist
was his Seruant for two yeares or to pay him two thousand pounds
of tobacco for his Freedome whereupon this dep^t allowed the said
M^r Ouerzee halfe a Share of tobacco for that ensueing yeare and that
M^r Ouerzee left him with this depon^t at all Comands as Seruant and
further Sayth not T P
Jur. coram Philip Calvert. The marke of Thomas
Prichard

At a Quarter Co^rt held at James Citty the 10^th of March 1653

Present Richard Bennet Esq^r Gouernor Coll W^m Clayborne Coll
W^m Bernard Coll Thomas Pettus Coll George Ludlowe Esq^rs

Whereas John Babtista a moore of Barbary hath pet. for his
freedome and hath made it appeare by sufficient proofe that M^r
Ouerzee that brought him in did not sell him for his life tyme and
haueing already serued Major Thomas Lumbert fiue yeares The Co^rt
doth order that he shall yett serue two yeares more and then be free
or otherwise produce two thousand pounds of tobacco and Caske
to be forthwith payd at the Buck riuer at Kequotan or Newport
News Ro. Hubberd Clk
.... Lambert full sattisfaccon .... for the use of John .......

p. 702

This bill bindeth me John Babtista my heires Ex^rs or Adm^rs to pay
or cause to be payd vnto Symon Ouerzee or his Assigns the Sume
of Eighteene hund^d pounds of tobacco and Caske this tobacco to be

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