572 MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS

Judith Raymond of Somersett County Sworn and Examined on the part
of the DeP Saith as follows.

1 That She heard the Compl^t Say when he got the Land Comm™ to
Ascertaine the Divisional Line between John Waltam and Cole¹ Peter
Presley that if Brewerton was not willing to Lett him have his Land let him
pay the Tob^o for he was Willing to Take either the Land or his money in any
reasonable Time

2 That She heard the Def^t Adams Say when he Came from August
Court 1719 That the Def^t Brewerton had Conveyed his Land to him to keep
him from being Damaged by being Special Bail for him in Two Actions at
the Complainants Suit

3 That She Beleives the Def^t Adams was Unacquainted in the Neck
between Passan Dike and the Mill W^ch Stands in the head of Wiacocomico
Creek till he came to Live in it and that it formerly was reckoned to be Two
Miles from the Horse Bridge over across the Neck to the first Run of Passan
Dike the Dep* further Saith That She hath heard Brewerton Quarrelled
with the Comp^ll about a Bond Due to the Late Lord Baltemore w^ch was
Lodged in the Comp¹¹⁸ hands to Collect what was due upon itt from the S^d
Brewerton.

4 That the Def^t Adams about the Time of his Purchasing that of the
Def Brewertons Lands Came to her and told her that he had w^th Brewerton
for his Consent to buy Waltoms Lease and that the S^t Brewerton had told
him he had rather he (the Said Adams) Should have than any Body else the
Dep* further Saith that She hath heard that the Def^t Adams offered the
Christmas before he bought the S^d Brewertons Land) to give the S^d Brewer-
ton One hundred Pounds of Tob^o Per Acre for the Rich Land joining to
Waltoms but that the Said Brewerton refused itt.

Jos. Pemberton Levin Gale

Jonathan Raymond of Somersett County Sworn and Examined on part
of the Def^t Saith as follows.

1 That the first Deed w^cn the Def^t Brewerton made to the Def Adams
was Signed Sealed and Executed upon the End of a Chest in the Out ward
Room of Donald Maccleane.

2 That when the Land Com™ were about Laying out the Def^t Brewer-
tons Lands he heard the Compl^t Say that he would give the Def^t Brewerton
ten Thousand pounds of Tob^o for two hundred Acres at the Head of the
Neck but that Brewerton was not present then.

3 That he beleives the Def^t Adams would have paid the [766] Comp¹*
the Severall Sumes of Tob^o w^cn the Def^t Brewerton Owed the S^d Compl^t (the
fall following the S^d Adams buying a part of the S^d Brewertons Land) if the
S^d Comp¹* had not Taken out Execution by Elegit upon the S^d Judgm^t w^ch he
Obtained Ag* the S^d Brewerton That the Def Adams when he had Agreed
w^th Brewerton for part of his Land blam'd him much that he did not Accept