72 Kent County Court Proceedings, 1648-1656.





        Liber A     unto moueinge, & ailsoe a Considerable value in hand Receiued,
              beefore the Assigninge heareof, haue sould and by theese prsents,
              doe bargaine and sell, unto Seath Foster, his Heires, Executors,
              Administrators, or Assignes, The one halfe of Poplies Island, and
              allso the one half e of my land upon the Isle of Kent, unto him &
              his Heires foreuer, with all the Right & tittle that I my Heires or
              Assignes haue theare for the one halfe of the prmisses, And for the
              more securitie, am Content that the Patent or Patents bee made in
              both our names the said Seath Foster, payinge for the one ha!fe
              of the Surueighinge or Pattents, or what Charges shall bee Dis
              bursed for the secureinge of the said Land and moreouer wee Oblidge
              us our Heires or Assignes, not to Sell or dispose, of any part or
              psell of the said Land, without the others Consent, and tht in Casse
              that Either ptie shall sell, that the other ptie is to haue the refusall,
              twoe Thousand poundes of Tobacc° Cheapper then any other pson,
              In wittnes wheareof, I the said Thomas Hawkines, haue heareunto
              sett my hand this 25th day of Januarie 1654
              Testus Edward hull           Thomas Hawckines
                   Hen vincent

                   7 Moneth 27 1656
                This day Jn° Salter dessired tht the marke of his Cattell might
               bee Recorded, which is as Fo!loweth, The Right Eare Cropt &
               ouerkeeld & a holie & the left Eare Cropt & under keeled

                   At a Court houlden for Kent Octohr the 11th 1656
                         mT Phillip Conier   mr Tho: Hinson
                         mr Jos: Weickes  mr Morgan
                 prsent
                         mr Tho: Ringgold Capt Russell
                                          mr Eliot

                mr Tho: Hinson plaintife Complaines agst mr Tho: Ward De
               fendant in an Action of Trespas; That the sd Ward about febr last
               did pay unto him one hogd of ton, which the sd Ward was debitor, &
               the sd Hinson did marke it, with his marke & numbr, & left it at the
               sd Wards house now soe it is tht the sd Ward suddenly after, denied
               the deliuerie theareof, to the plaintife, who alsoe sent seamen to
               demaund it, & the lickwise weare denied, soe tht the sd mr Hinson
               did not only pay dead fraight but lost his market

                The deposi~ of mr Jos: Weickes aged 36 yers or theareabouts
               taken in the prsents of the Court sworne Examined & saith
                That about March last hauinge discourse wth mr Ward about a
               [ ] of tob tht mr Hinson had weighed & markt at his house,
               the sd Ward [ ] yor depon tht hee tould mr Hinson, hee should
               not haue it & further saith not Josh Weickes