626 Somerset County Court Proceedings, 1665 1668.







         Liber B No. 1 Charles Ballard the now husband of Sarah the relict & administratrix
               of John Elzey; & Thereupon the Court doth order tht the said Charles
               Ballard doe pay & deliver two Cowes with Calues by their sides & one
               heifer unto the aforesd Peter Elzey forthwith upon demand with
               Cost of sute otherwayes execution

                         July the 3d 1666
                The deposition of Margarett Betts taken in Courte
                Saith when I was a servant I heard my Master John Elzey desire
               his wife to pay Peter his Cowes wch he said upon his death bed &
               Further saith not

                The deposition of Randall Revell taken in Courte 3d July
                Saith mr Jordan when living being att my house I demanded of
               him what he did intend to doe about Peter Elzey about the Cattle he
               said he shoulld be payd, he knewe noe reason to the Contrary after
               he was dead my wife demanded of his wife whether she woulid pay
               Peter his Cattle She made answer Yes what shoulld she doe else &
               further saith not

                        July the 3d A° 1666
                The deposition of John Okee taken in Courte
                Saith tht Oliue Furnis tolld Mary Boyes tht if soe be she woulld
               bringe the tancy home againe she woulld pay her for makeing the
               Lynnen & for the Lace she had of the woman Mary Boyes; Oliue
               Furnis was to giue her holland for the Laice & Further saith not

                The deposition of Anne Rogers taken in Courte 3d July
                Saith Mary Boyes & I went together to Goodm: Furnis she owed
               me for a pare of gloues & owed Mary Boyes for a Lace & a hancher
               chief wee asked for or pay & she made answer she Coulld not pay
               us because her husband was att home whereof she went to her chest
               with a prtence to giue Mary Boyes 2 needles whereof she pulled out
               a pis of tancy 4 or 5 yards I cannot tell whether but whether she in
               tended to lett her haue any of itt I know not & Further saith Not

         [p. 17]  The deposition of Mary Golldsmith taken in Courte July the 3d
                Saith Oliue toild mee att her owne house of Makeing 4 shifts wch
               Mary Boyes made whereof I had one of the shirts to make, & I did
               not make itt but sent itt home againe without risse bands & O!iue
               prsently hired Mary Boyes to make them & tolld her tht she had
               nothing but tancy to pay her & further saith Not

               Right Honnorable
                wee recd yor Honnrs Letter by mr Edmund Beauchamp & had
               answered itt sooner onely wanted a fitt oppertunity to nieete together;
               wee haue entertayned hym as or Clerke & take itt as a singuler fauour
               yor honr givinge us tht Libertie to add to yor Honrs presentation