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430 John Dicks of Annarundell County planter Deposeth and saith that he knows Samuell Galloway and Gabriell Parrott both of Annarundell County and was the Serv.t boy of Daniell Longman in his life time and that his Mas.r for the first four or five years of his Service did use to Labour this Deponent and the rest of his Serv.ts very hard and cloth them very thin and Indiffirent and they used to Complaine to him and he usually Answered them to be patient till he had fully pd his father Parrott (to whome he was forced to pay all his Tab.o) and then his Tab.o would be his owne and they Should be better Cloathed which proved true for about two years before his s.d Masters Death he used to Ship his Tab.o himselfe for England and then he did cloth this Dep.t and the rest of y.e Serv.ts very well but he used to tell us that before that he was forced to pay all his Tab.o to his father and his s.d Mas.tr had Severall Pcells of Goods come into him and Some Small time before his Mas.rs Death he heard him say that he had paid all the Tab.o he owed Parrott but could not gett in his Bonds that this Depo.t was well acquainted w.th his Mas.rs househo^u^ld living of w.ch he had plenty and severall pares^cells^ of good Sheets that this Depo.t was at his Mas.rs Funerall and Attended as a Serv.t and Served Drink and Meat to them that was there but saw noe wine and verrily belives and is well Assured there was None that this Depo.t heard his Mas.rs a Little before his Death owne that he owed Parrott some money and doth know that he passed bills of Exch° to Parrott on Samuel Groom but knows not the Exact Sume but has heard they were for fifty pounds Ster his John I Dicks mark Jurat Coram me Tho.s Tench |
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