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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1671-1675
Volume 87, Page 304   View pdf image (33K)
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The Deposicon of Margarett the wife of Capta: Wm: Coleborne
being aged thirty yeares of thereabouts sworne in Cort:
this 14th: day of Janr: 1673 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
sayth About the ninth day of october Last past I was in the Company
of Katherinne Draper Jone hart and Margaret Ward at the
time when Dennis Holland our Servant woman was in
Travell Henry Skidmore Comeing on he asking of her Dennis
whatever thou Doest Lay the Chilld to the right ffather Katherin
Draper makeing answer why Doe you question the Chilld
not being yours he answered and replyed that if it were
his she woulld have Came at such a time being the september
before She burst out of Crying saying That She woulld due
noe man wrong for it was Henry Smith that gott it for
she had not beene there passing of nine Dayes before he
Desired to have the use of her body she answered him no
Katherinne Draper asked her againe why did She not call out
She said she was Loath to Disgrace him soe much then the
Said Katherinne why she Did not Come away and make her
agreivance knowne There woulld have beene some remedy
for her She Cryed and Sighed bitterly wishing it had never
beene her fortune to have gonne there yett notwithstanding
she Condissending to his will she Cryeing and Lamenting
findeing her Selfe to be in such A Condicon That he asked
her what was the reason to Lament soe to be alwayes weeping
she said that she was with Chilld he answered and said
againe that was Little he suddaynely after that Caused
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