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Provincial Court Land Records, 1749-1756
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       Insurers of the said Schooner the afs.d Deponent further declares that there was no
       Default in him or his Company but that the aforesaid Accident happen'd through the
       Cause of Various Currents which must have set them further to the Westward then
       they reckon'd themselves and so Caused the afs.d Misfortune to him & the other two
       likewise                                                                                 Henry Parr

       1750  Protested and Sworn to the above before me Henry White Esq.r one of his Majestys
       Justices of the Peace for the County of Coroluck in the Province of North Carolina this
       twenty Second Day of August given under my Hand and Seal the Day and Date
       abovementioned                                                                    Henry White
       Witness   Stephen Williams
                           William Stevenson

       Rich.d Edwards Mate Thomas Tully Carpenter of the Schooner do declare upon Oath
       that what the afs.d Henry Parr mentioned on the other side and Protested to be true As
       Witness our Hands this twenty third Day of August One Thousand Seven hundred
       and fifty
                     Richard Edwards
                            Tho.s Tilley

       Sworn before me Henry White the above Witnesses to the aforesaid Protest this 23.d
       day of August 1750                                                               Henry White

       On the Back of the aforegoing Affidavits and Protest was thus written Viz.t
       Cap.t Henry Parr's Protest Registered in Town Book N.o B
                                                                      P Sam Boush j.r Town Clk

       Virginia Norfolk Borough
                                              Before me Durham Hall Esq.r Mayor of the said Borough
       in Person appeared Henry Parr Master of the Schooner Tascar of Maryland also Richard
       Edwards Mate and Thomas Tilley Carpenter belonging to said Schooner who being
       Solemnly Sworn declared Protested and said that they Sailed from Barbadoes on
       Sunday the 29.th day of July last past in Company with the Ship Goodwin of Liverpool
       and Ship Humphry of London all bound for the Capes of Virginia and
       that on their Passage they met with Currents that set them much more to the
       Westward than they reckon'd themselves and that on the 17.th of August last
       past at Eleven oClock at Night the said Schooner struck the Ground to the
       Southward of Coroluck and these Deponents further Declare that at Noon of the
       afs.d 17.th of August they reckoned themselves in the Long 72 30" West from
       London and by an Observation was in Latt 36 30 N.o and that they also further
       Declare that soon after their being on Shore a Violent Gale ensued which caused
       a Great Sea and forced the said Schooner well on the Shore and at the same
       time bulged and filled her and that on the 18.th & 19.th of the same Month it blew
       quite a Storm at E and ESE which with the great Sea that then Run
                                                                                                 (hindered)


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