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561) Depositions for Cha Pye gent for y.e bounds of Mattawoman By Virtue of a Comission out of her Maj.ties high Court of Chancery bearing date y.e 17.th day of July last Comanding M.r W.m Hutchinson & Robert Middleton to have y.e Depositions of such Evidences as M.r Charles Pye should call before Us concerning y.e bounds & bound Trees of a certain tract of Five thousand Acres of Land called Mattawoman Neck no obedience thereunto We have Examined Matthew Sanders aged about sixty years who having taken his Corporall oath on y.e holy Evangelist did declare y.t about thirty three years ago he was informed y.t one M.r Hollingsworth then owner of y.e said Neck resurveyd y.e same & y.t one W.m Boyden told this Depo.t y.t he was presented y.e Resurvey & y.t they begun at a branch called The deep branch next to Pamunkey Town against an Island in Potomack River know to them by the Name of Numps Island & y.t Boyden told this Dep.t y.t M.r Thomas Allison she was y.e same branch to M.r Hollingsworth for his begining And y.e s.d Dep.t being asked how he knew y.e s.d branch to be y.e place Boyden meant of did declare y.t Boyden & he had been severall times at it before y.e s.d Resurvey & knew by y.e Name of y.e deep branch but never since to y.e best of his Memory And I Robert Middleton do^th^ declare y.t he hath heard M.r Allison say y.t y.e aforesaid Neck begun at a Tree opposite to y.e Island which is all y.e Evidence y.t appeared to Us concerning either y.e bounds or y.e bound Trees of y.e said Neck of Land We being then present at y.e supposed places above mentioned for y.e begining of y.e Land Given under our hand & seals this twenty sixth day of July Anno Dom 1706 W.m Hutchinson (loc) (sig) Robert Middleton (loc) (sig)
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