Kent County Court Proceedings, 1648-1656.55





    Know all men by theise prsents tht I Henerie Clay of the Isle of Liber A
  Kent plantr doe Assigne & mak ouer unto Robert Martin plantr
  of the said Island all my Right tittle & of this bill of sail within
  spessified with all the priuilidges thearto belonginge in wittnes
  heareof I haue hearunto sett my hand this thirteenth of Octobr 1655
  Wittnesed by                   Henery  Clay
       Wm Leedes                    hi3 markc

       Henry AshlyAcknowledgd in Court p Henerie Clay Febr first 1655
                         Test Tho: ‘Hill Clar

    Know all men by theise prsents tht I Robert Martine of the Isle
  of kent plantr doth acknowledge to haue sould & made sail unto
  Charles steward of the Island afforesd one black & whitte Cow &
  Calf e the Cow beeinge markt on the Right eare with a Cropp &
  slitt in the Cropp & on the left eare Cropt & under keeld which
  afforesd Cow & her increasse I the afforesd Martin doth by theise
  prsents acknowledge a Free & firme sall by mee & from mee my
  Heires Exec~ Admin or Assignes for euer unto the Afforesd stew
  ard his Heires Execu~ Admin or Assignes for euer And furthr I the
  afforesd Martin doth bynd mee my Heires Exec~ Admin or
  Assignes to saue harmies & keepe indamniflied the afforesd Steward
  from any molestation lett or hinderance of any pson or psons what
  soeuer that shall by any Claime disquiet or molest him the sd Steward
  his Heires Exec~ Admin~ or Assignes in his or theire quiet enioyment
  & possession of the Cattell afforesd as wittnes my hand this 28 of
  Nouembr 1655                  Robert R M Martin
  Wittnesed by:                    his marke
       Josh:     Wickes
       Wm Leeds
  Acknowledgd in Court Febr the first 1655 Test Tho: Hill Cla~

    The depossition of Anthonie Calloway Agged 26 yeares or theare
  abouts taken in Court 1 1 m° first 1655 sworne examined & saith
    That when mrs Broadnox Came horn from Virginia, the first night
  yor deponent herd her tell mr Ringgoid tht Carline Cominge to Capt
  Fleets & this woman wth him which hee Carried from Kent, Capt
  Fleet puided lodginge for thm & for another man which was theare &
  puided a bed for the twoe weomen the woman wth Carline & another
  woman & mr Carline sd to tht woman tht hee Caried from Kent
  Hunnie thou art acould wilt thou goe to bed shee sd no sweet hart,
  & he tooke her in his armes And threw her upon the bed tht was
  puided for Capt Fleet & the other stranger, & in the night Capt
  Fleet heard thm make a noise & was verie angerie & Cald to his folkes
  & bad turne thm out at dores, & tht the sd mr Carline did disown his
  wife, beeinge verie Angrie sayinge tht shee had under the Cothisiors