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Chancery Court, Chancery Record, 1671-1712
Volume 748, Page 372   View pdf image
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       The Deposition of Thomas Mason

       Being sworn on y.e holy Evangelist declareth y.t y.e first bounded
       tree of Wyats 400 acres stood within four yards as near as can be
       guessed to y.e place where y.e aforesaid John Hollingsworth shewed us
       by y.e Report of y.e Neighbours & also y.e pine y.t is falled was reported
       y.e second bounded tree  Did farther say y.t often worked under y.e
       tree while he was a servant to Cap.t Leeds  And farther your
       Depon.t saith not
Filed March
y.e 16.th 1696/7         Recorded by      John Freeman Regist.r in Chanc.ry


           Depositions of Witnesses touching Teats Lot Piny Point &
           Westmorland in behalf of Thomas Teat

       In obedience to a Comission to Me directed have this day taken y.e
       Deposition of Edward Pond here inclosed & likewise was with M.r
       Andrew Skinner but he being so aged doth not remember
       any such Land by him taken up althô y.e Patent doth shew it
       was taken up by him age having so banished it out of his
       Memory  As also here is inclosed y.e Deposition of John Richardson
       of Pensilvania  Given under my hand & seal y.e
       day & year abovesaid
                                              Tho Robins      (loc)
                                                                      (sigil)


Maryland ss
       Being upon a point of Land right opposite to y.e place where
       George Allumbys late of Talbot County decd his house did
       stand came Edw.d Pound of s.d County & province aged about
       Fifty & six years or thereabouts

Saith
       The yo.r Dep.t going over George Allumbys branch to Timothy
       Goodridges & meeting y.e s.d Timothy Goodridge & John
       Richardson together on y.e brow of y.e hill over y.e s.d branch then
       John Richardson & Timothy Goodridge had a great quarrell
       in so much y.t s.d Richardson did tell s.d Timothy Goodridge
       y.t if he fell y.t bounded tree y.e Child unborn would be bound
       to curse him w.ch tree was y.e first bounded tree of y.e Land
       called Westmorland & I yo.r Depon.t saw y.e s.d tree afterwards
       when it was fell y.e s.d Timothy saying in y.e p.rsence
       of this Dep.t y.t he would fall y.e said tree  So far I say &
       farther not                                 his
                                           Edward O Pond
                                                     Mark
                                                                                  The


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