Kent County Court Proceedings, 1656-1662.  109








   was About 7 yeares old: And yor dept sd Agayen That he Thought Liber B
   in his Consienc That it was more like Tenn or eleven or There
   abouts: And yor Deponat seing John Deare goe into The penn And
   Roop the Cow himsilfe sd suerly This Cow hath ben Roopt before
   now but The sd Deare sayed Agayen never in this World/
                                      Edw Hull
     Margret Hull sworne sayeth The very same with her husband only
   exsepting That she Did not Take notis of The whiet futt And
   further sayeth not      Margret Hull
                               her signe

     Roger Baxter sworne sayeth
     That in October was flue yeares last past yor Dept sould vnto John
   Deare one Two yeare old heifer which was of A brownesh Culler
   all ouer And no other Culler About her And it was Markt with an
   vper keell on The right & a hoole: And The left a whoole And a slett
   vnder neath: But when yor Dept Markt This heifer when it was a
   Calfe it was Cooll Blacke And no other Culler
                                 Roger R B Baxter
                                      his signe

     \Vhareas Tho: hill hath enterd an Action Agst MT wickes And
   he haueing ben somond Vnto This Court And The sd Mr wickes
   haueing not Appeard nor no Atturny for him And The Plantiue
   Crauing Chargis: The Court hath orderd That The sd Mr Wickes
   shall pay The like Charge That The sd W wickes should haue had
   Agst The sd Tho: Hill by an Non suit/ elc Execution

     Thomas Hinson sworne sayeth
     That Mr Thomas Hill which is now Deseased: being At yor Depts
   house somtime last sumer Did in y0r Depts hearing say That he had
   reciued som goots And other Things of his Daughter Rueths which
   he was indebted vnto her for And should haue sattesfied her long
   before now: But now he would giue vnto her his Cow Cald Ring
   horne & her incresse in lew of The sd goods That he had of her/
                                     Tho Hinson

    Tho:     South sworne sayeth The Very same with Mr Hinson Aboue
                                     Tho:  South
     John Ringgold sworne sayeth:           [fol. 26]
     That yor dept being at Thomas Hills weding at his fathers house
   The 4th of March 1655: where Mr Wickes And som others Cald
   out Mr Thomas Hill out of Doers And The sd mr wickes prswaded
   The sd Mr Hill to giue his sunn som Thing being now new begeners:
   And Mr Hill Replyed he had nothing no saith Mr Wickes giue him
   A Plantation: The sd Mr Hill was vnwilling to That: then sd mt
   Wickes Agayne giue him a heifer: no sd mr Hill I haue not Any: