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488. Oath to the said Tree to the same purpose as above adding he was Confirmed thereto by the knowledge he had of the adjacent Land and Swamp and said the oftner he came on the place the more he was Confirmed that that was the Tree and no other and carrying us up the River about a hundred Yards to the Northward to another Tree that is Notched on four sides w.ch had been shown him by Rozer and William William Clarkson and did there positively declare as he was upon his oath that that was none of the Tree but the White Oake w.ch stands by the swamp side was the very Tree he caused to be bounded for the beginning Tree of the said Land he being then positive to the Ground that if that was not the very Tree he was sure and confident it did stand within Twenty or Twenty five paces of that Tree Neither to the Northward Eastward nor Southward but if any way to the Westward nearer the River all w.ch he declared upon oath and further yo.r Deponant saith not Jn.o Norris William Dent Aged Thirty four years or thereabouts being sworn before us upon the Holy Evangelist saith that he was with M.r Notly Rozer Coll.o Jn.o Addison and sev.rall others the 11.th Day of X.ber 1702 When M.r Rozer Caused M.r William Hutchison to Run out his Land Called Admireathorea and being brought to a bounded White White Oak that standeth near an Ashen Swamp by an Indian Cornfield w.ch Swamp is the fourth Swamp above the high point of land in the said Rozers Land now known and called by the Name of hollowing Point Where Coll.o Jn.o Addison demanded of Cap.t George Thompson who was the first Taker up of the ^s.d^ Land Called Admireathorea and being brought there an Evidence to testify the Bounds Whether he thought that to be the first bound Tree and beginning of the aforesaid Tract of Land Who taking off his hatt & laying his hand on the s.d bound Tree did declare in the p.rsence of God Allmighty and as he hoped to Enter into the Kingdom of Heaven That he did Really in his Conscience believe that to be the very Tree But if it was not the same Tree he was Confident it did stand within Twenty or Twenty five paces of that Tree and if any way nearer the River And being asked by Coll.o Jn.o Addison whether they crossed any Swamp in Running the first Course of the said Land Called the Admireathorea did answer that they Run a streight East North East Course neither travissing nor crossing any swamp but Run on firm dry Ground a little ascending to the second Tree being a White Oake and further saith not the Mark of William W D Dent William Glover Aged Twenty Eight Years or thereabouts being sworn before us upon the Holy Evangelist saith That Coll.o Jn.o Addison having obtained a Comission out of the high Court of Chancery to Sumon Cap.t George Thompson to give his Evidence of the Bounds of a Tract of Land Called Admireathorea now belonging to M.r Notly Rozer but first taken up by the said Cap.t George Thompson Who being brought there an Evidence to the 23.d day of June 1702 my self with sev.rall others was p.rsent at a bounded white oake that standeth near an Ashen Swamp in an Indian field w.ch Swamp is the fourth swamp above a high point of Land in the said Notley Rozers Land now |
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Chancery Court, Chancery Record, 1671-1712
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