48 Kent County Court Proceedings, 1648-1656.





        Liber A    Called genttle and a yerlinge Coloured blacke Cald nancie; to my
               daughter Marie a heifer Called melinose twoe yeares ould & one
               sow and piggs that Capt~ Vaughan had giuen her formerly; And
               for the Rest of my Cattell the plantation moueables & Immoueables
               I giue to my Wife and further saith not Isa Iliue

                Nicolas Pickard aged [blank] yeares or theareabouts his depossi
               tion taken in Court the first of Januarie 1655 Sworne Examined and
               saith
                That at the same tym when mr Isake Iliue was with George Croutch
               in his sicknes yor deponent was allso prsent & heard the same words
               formerly exprest in Iliues depossition spoken or uttred by the
               sd Croutch & further saith not Nicholas pickard
               Jurat Corum Phill Conier

         [fol. 114] At a Court houlden for Kent Februarie the first 1655 At mr Tho:
         12 55                   Hinsons
          Phillip Connier                Capt~ Jno Russell
                 prsentCapt Jos: Wickes  mr Wm Eliot
                 Lmr Tho: Ringgold       mr Hen Carline

                mr Tho: Broadnox Complaines agst Capt jos: Weickes for tak
               inge a Cannoo of his land The Complaint not proued; no Ordr past;

                mr Tho: Hinson pett the Court agst Jn° Deare For on thousand
               twoe hundred Eaighty flue pounds of tol5 & Caske in seuerall bills
               & accoumpts and aliso on thousand waight of beefe all which is longe
               since due & Craues Ordr for prsent payment with Costs of suit
                The debt beeinge proued and made appeare to the Court by the
               deffendants own acknowledgment tht the wholl Complaint both for
               the tob & beefe is Just and true
                The Court doth thearefore Order tht the sd John Deare, shall
               macke prsent payment to the sd mr Tho: Hinson of the on thousand
               twoe hundred Eaightie flue pounds of tob with Caske & the on thou
               sand pound waight of beefe with Court Charges els Execution

                Capt Jn° Russell Complaines against the Estat of mr Nicolas
               Broune desseassed for 50lb of tob due to him out of the said estate
                The Complaint beeinge proued The Court doth thearefor Order
               tht out of the Estat of the sd Broune prseflt payment bee made of
               fifty pounds of tob to Capt jn° Russell els Execution

                Capt~ Rob Vaughan Complaines against the Estat of mr Nicolas
               Broune desseassed for of tob due to him out of the said Estate
                The Complaint beeinge proued The Court doth thearefore Order
               tht out of the Estate of the sd Broune prsent payment bee made of
               thirty pounds of tob to Capt Rob Vaughan els Execution