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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1692-1693
Volume 406, Page 38   View pdf image (33K)
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( 38 )           7ber 15th 1692
If yw keep no whore how came it about yr whore miscarries in ye tobacco house & I came &
Catch you a holding her back in ye tobacco house, & often times I Sundered yw & yr whore in
the tobacco house, & further she Said to her husband did not I the next moring bring in
the petticoat to both yr shames. B     Rose: { Boyer  her marke  _________    - - - - -
 
On the 15th: day of December I heard ffrances Williams say to her husband yw Rogue
Said She, go & bury yr basterd, for my Child was buried before the Neighbours like A
Christian, but as for yours yw may thank the great hoggs in the peach Orchard for that
is a lye Saith Thomas: Williams, why Saith She yw damd Rogue did not I catch yw A
holding her back in the tobacco house. & the next morning I brought out the Petticoat
to both your Open Shames. _____At another time I heard her Swear She catched
her husband Thomas: Williams three times a Bed with Mary Berry, & she Shewed me
how she Served him, she catched me by the hair, & by the ears & pulld me before her
husbands face _____  At another time I have heard ffrances Williams call Mary
Berry a Murthering Bitch & a Murthering whore, & Said if right had tuck place
you would & had another fine to payd _______  One time when I was drinking at
night at Tho: Williams house, I went out of the doors, & I heard a Crying in ye tobacco
house & Mary Berry Cryed very often I am undone I am undone. & ffrances. Williams
was with her & said Mary: Mary have not I often told yw that Tho: Williams would be the
Ruine of yw. & I askt ffra: what was the matter last night in the tobacco house & she would not tell me
At another time ffrancies & Mary fell out at night, & ffra. went to bed, & Tho: Williams &
Mary Berry went out of doors to the end of the house, & ffr. said to be do yw hear the
Rogue & the whore is together, with that Came Mary & Stampt her foot agt the door, and
Said lett me Come in yw Baud.  (and ffrances Said I will not lett yw in except yw be Civil
but ffrances did Open the door & Slept to bed againe, & Thomas and Mary Came in, then
they fell to call One another ill names & Mary takes up a fire brand & runs to ffrances
Bed & Said yw Bitch, ile burne yw alive with that ffrances Cryes out Murder Murder &
Mary Carries the fire brand back againe & did not hurt her: But ffrances runs out of the bed
to me & Charles Johnson & Cryed out I shall be murthered betwixt this whore & Rogue, &
there she lay in our bed where we lay, & the most part of the night, we could not persuade
her to goet down ________  One time I asked this woman what made her to Say So & Soe
of her husband, She answered me & Said, Thomas whatsoever I have Said in my passion to
him it is true, for Said She I will Swear it before ere a Comissioner in the Land and She ===
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 


 
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