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     but not Assignes one Lewis Ges her sone beeing about three years old Liber A
     from the day of the date hearof the full and iust tearm of eighteen 450
     years to sarue him or them in all such saruices and imployments as
     bee or thay shall imploy him in during the sayd tearme of time
      And for the Confirmation of the sayd Assigment it is ordered that
     the sayd Lewis ges shall sarue the sayd Mr Addames his heirs Execu
     tors Administrators hut not Assignes from the day of the date hearof
     the full and iust tearme of time of eighteen years in all such saruices
     and imployments that hee or thay shal imploy him in hee and thay
     during the sayd terme finding and allowing the sayd Lewis Ges suffi
     cient meat drinke washing and Lodging fitting for a saruant:

      Mr Joseph Harrisson entereth his Marke of hogs and Cattell videli- [p. 186]
     cet Cropt on boath Ears Slite on boath Ears and underkeeled on boath 451
     Ears

     The Court is Adiurned untill eight of the Cloak in the Morning
           on the 29th of January Ao Doni 1661

     At A Court held in Charleses County the 29th January 1661
                         Presentes
          Mr Henry AddamesMr Francis Pope
          Mr Thomas BakerMr Walter Beane
                    Mr William Marshall
                       Commissioners

     Clement Theoballs Plantiue The Plantiue not appearing nor no
     Thomas Ashbrooke Defendant atturney for him in thes Case the
     defendant desiereth that his euidences might haue thear oaths giuen 452
     them which is granted

      John Ashbrooke Aged thirty nine or thearabouts Sworne and Ex
     amined in open Court sayeth that Mr Pinner Came to Richard Wat
     sons hows and inquired for this deponants Brother whearupon this
     deponant Replyed that his brother was gon up unto Christopher
     Riuerses to look after him whearupon the sayd Pinner Replyed it was
     a trick of Riuerses to send him out of the way becaus hee shoold not
     meet with him for hee knew that I was gon up to patomake whear
     upon hee examined this deponant to know wheather hee had made any
     shoose or no whearupon hee replyed that hee had made none nor
     none Coold make for want of tallow and grease to Curry the Leather
     whearupon this depononant further sayd that bee was minded to
     make use of a sid or too of it for sole leather to make up boot legs
     for sum of the neigbours that had spoake to him to make them som
     shoos whearupon the sayd Pinner replyed that hee shoold make use
     of non of it unles hee woold make use of as much as woold amount