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489 now known and called by the name of the hollowing Point Where ^Coll.o^ Jn.o Addison demanded of Cap.t George Thompson whether he thought that to be the first bound Tree and beginning of the afores.d Tract of Land Who after having his oath duely administred by the Com.rs appointed did lay his hand on the bounded White oake above Expressed and did there declare upon Oath That he did Really in his Conscience believe that to be the very Tree and being allso asked by Coll.o Addison whether they Crossed any Swamp in Running the first Course, did answer that they Run a Streight East North East Course neither travissing nor crossing any swamp But Run on dry firm Ground a little ascending to the second Tree being a White Oake and then carrying us up the River ab.t a hundred yards to the Northward to another Tree that is notched on four sides w.ch had been shewn him by M.r Rozer and William Clarkson and did there positively declare as he was upon his Oath that that was none of the Tree But the white Oake that stands by the swamp side was the Tree he caused to be bounded for the beginning Tree of the said land Called Admireathorea he being Confirmed thereto by the knowledge he had of the adjacent land and swamp so that if that was not the very Tree he was positive 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 & further saith not the mark of William M Glover Daniel Connell Aged fifty two years or thereabouts being sworne 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 summons Cap.t Georg Thompson to give his Evidence to 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 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 s.d M.r Notly Rozers land now known and called by the Name of hollowing point where Coll.o Jn.o Addison demanded of Cap.t George Thompson whether he thought that to be the first bounded Tree and being of the af.d Tract of Land who after having his oath duly administred by the Com.rs appointed did lay his hand on the bounded White oake as above Expressed and did there declare upon oath that he did Really in his Conscience believe that to be the very Tree and being allso asked by Coll.o Addison whether they Crossed any Swamp in Running the first Course did answer that they Ran a Streight East North East Course neither travissing nor crossing any swamp but Ran on firm dry Ground a little ascending to the second Tree being a White Oake and then carrying us up the River about a hundred yards to the Northward to another Tree that is notched on four sides which was shewn him by M.r Rozer and William Clarkson and did there positively declare as he was upon his his oath that that was none of the Tree but the white oake that stands by the swamp side was the Tree he caused to be bounded for the beginning Tree of the s.d Land called Admireathorea he being confirmed thereto by the knowledge he had of the adjacent Land and Swamp so that if that was not the very Tree he was positive it did stand within Twenty or Twenty five paces of that Tree Neither to the Northward Eastward |
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Chancery Court, Chancery Record, 1671-1712
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