Chancery Court Proceedings, 1679.  547

    hundred seaventy Nine Yett the said Thomas detaines the Estate Liber P C
    away soe as aforesd and sues these Defend :ts That the Complts
    desired these Defend :ts to come and live them and that they pvided
    for them from June one thousand six hundred seaventy seaven till
    January following, That the Defendants was by Award to pay the
    moyety of the Estate of the Complaynant Damoras, and that yC said
    Damoras refused to lett the Defendants pay the same to the Complt
    Thomas, and that therefore this Defend.t refused to pay the same,
    That the Comp.lt Damoras and this Defandant went to the house
    of Collonell Wittm Burges her Agent and Trustee in Anno one
    thousand six hundred seaventy foure by the privity and consent of ye
    Comp :lt Thomas settled all her reall and personall Estate upon
    Collonll Burges as by Deed. That the arbitrato :rs haveing respect
    to the said Deed Awarded these Defendants to pay ye moyety
    awarded to the Complt Damoras to bee att her sole use and disposeing,
    and that ye Defendant Collon :ll Burges did agree on her behalfe to
    sell him this Defendant the said Damoras her Right in the said
    Land & personall Estate for foure thousand pounds of tobacco p
    Annum dureing her life, and thirty thousand pounds of tobacco to
    whome should bequeath ye same att her death and thereupon shee
    discharged these Defendants, That the Defendant gave her bond for
    sixty thousand pounds of tobacco to pay her foure thousand pounds
    of tobacco p Annum &c and denye they possessed themselves of any
    the psonall Estate of the said Thomas or carryed away servants p. 156
    belonging to ye said Thomas, But confesse ye arbitrators delivered
    these Defendts the bonds of yC plts of three hundred thousand pounds
    of tobacco which they have put in suite That these Defendts entered
    upon ye plantacon called Quarter and upon ye servants stock and
    Cropp and that there was about forty barrells of Corne and about
    thirty hoggs heads of tobacco That these Defendants received the
    same and ought not to be accomptable for the same to the Complt
    Thomas, That These Defendants Cutt downe timber by ord.r of the
    Complt Damoras, That they had possession delivered them by the
    Complt Damoras and have her release and ought not to be accompt-
    able to ye Compits, And denye they detained any provisions or wear-
    ing apparrell belonging to the Complt Thomas, and that the Comp.lts
    accompt exhitted before ye Judge Testamentary was sett a side by ye
    award of Collonll Taylor and Collonll Burges and deny they pos-
    sessed themselves of any part of the psonall Estate more then
    what was delivered And confesse ye Complt tendered bills to the
    said Defendants w :ch were desperate & that these Defendants refused
    to allow ye same, That ye Complts Wanting a Woman servant did
    Exchange a man servant named Booth to work for these Defendants
    soe long as the Woman servant should stay and work w :th ye
    Comp :1t8, and the said Woman servant belonging to the said Complt
    Thomas, the Comp :lt left with the said Complt Thomas his wife to