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128 4 To the Fourth Interrogatory he cannot depose The Examination of Edmond Dermott to the Cross interogatorys foregoeing First that your Deponent was present w.th John Deery upon the day of his death and with him when he dyed and for two or three months before That Deery desired your deponent would send for one to make his will but that noe person moved it to him that he said Deery gave Instructions to Paynter to draw his will and that he ordred his whole Estate to Ellinor Deery and Owen Quigley and after some stopp to John Quigley That the said instructions were imediately put in writeing but that noe draught of a will was ever read to the s.d Deery in his Life time That the s.d Deery when he gave instructions for the said will was of a sound and perfect mind but that a Little after your deponent asked him the said Deery who should be overseer of his said will And the said Deery answerd stay a Little and Ile tell you but presently thereupon the s.d Deery fell into A fitt whereof he dyed That the said Deery at the first giveing instructions to Nicholas Paynter did name Ellinor Deery and Owen Quigley to be his Execut.rs and a Little after named John Quigley but was not perswaded by any person soe to doe as your deponent can remember But did not name John Quigley to be overseer of hill his Will The Examination of Nicholas Paynter to the interogatoryes aforegoing before the Court of Deligates being sworne upon the Holy Evangelists y.e 26.th Day of October 1678 1 To the first interrogatory saith that the paper shewed him was the will of John Deery and that your deponent proved the same before the Governour that your deponent did know John Deery and had known him about three years that the said Deery dyed y.e second day of December that your deponent did not Live in the house w.th ^him^ nor was his servant 2 To the second he cannot depose 3 To the third sayth that the paper shewed him was drawne according to the substance of Deerys instructions and that that paper is the same your deponent wrote in Deerys Chamber the day before Deery dyed and that your deponent swore to the same before the Governour 4 To the fourth he sayth one sunday about noone of the same day being the second of December 1677 Your deponent was Called by Richard Dalton from Chillmans house to speake with the said Dalton And by the way your Deponent asked Dalton what the business was who Told this deponent that the Business was to make Deerys Will And that Deery was then of sound memory to the best of your Deponents judgements The Examination of Nicholas Paynter to the Cross interogatoryes aforegoing being sworne upon the Holy Evangelists before the Court of deligates the 16.th day of October 1678 1 To the first saith that Dalton Came to this deponent and told your depon.t that Deery sent for him this depon.t to make ^his^ the said Deerys will or words to that Effect and when your Deponent Came into Deerys Chamber where he Lay sicke Deerys face was towards the wall and Dermott told |
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