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565 Depositions for Coll Lloyd for y.e Land Nathaniels point Filed 7.ber 5.° 1704 The Answers of Cap.t John Davis aged sixty years or thereabouts to sev.ll Questions asked him by Coll Edward Lloyd of Talbot Co.ty of & concerning y.e sale of a certain tract of Land cont 50.a called Nathaniels point lying in Wye River in y.e s.d County from Nathaniell Cleeve of Talbot Co.ty to one Hen.r Hawkins of y.e same to He y.e s.d Davis having first taken his Corporall Oath before me W.m Coursey Comission.r especially appointed by a Comiss.n from her Maj.ties high Court of Chancery bearing date y.e 13 day of Oct.r 1702 At w.ch Examination I (as by s.d Comiss.n directed) did give Notice to Emanuel Cleeve to have been present but for some time past he hath absented himself out of this province Imp.r Do or did you know M.r Hen.r Hawkins late of Talbot Co.ty decd & Nathaniel Cleeve of y.e same Co.ty likewise decd Ans.r Yes I know them both very well 2.d Do you know a tract of Land called Nathaniels point in Wye River Ans.r I was shewed y.e land called Nathaniels point above thirty seven years past by one John Scott & was told by him y.t it was sold by Nath.ll Cleeve to M.r Hen.r Hawkins for a Case of Spirits & when I came into this County about or near forty years since being a soldier I was quartered at y.e house of M.r Rich.d Woolman & son of my Fellow soldiers were at y.e same time quartered at M.r Hen.r Hawkins whom going often to visit I went one with one Robert Noble who was then overseen to M.r Woolman & going along y.e Road he shewed Me an oak standing by y.e Roadside w.ch he called y.e Batchelers Oak & told Me y.t some time before he with M.r Hen.r Hawkins Nathaniel Cleeve William Jones Hen.r Costin & some others being in Company at y.t true did drink out a Case of Spirits w.ch was given by y.e s.d Hen.r Hawkins to Nathaniel Cleeve for & in Consideration of a tract of land not far distant from y.e s.d tree & y.t they then named y.t y.e Batchelers tree And I afterwards lived with Will.m Jones who hath ^as^ shewed Me y.e same tree & sold Me y.e same story And so also hath Hen.r Costin & M.r Henry Hawkins 3.d To whom in yo.r time & knowledg was y.t Land called Nathaniels point deemed or reputed to belong Ans.r Ever to M.r Hen.r Hawkins during his Life & after his death to Coll Phil Lloyd And I having lived within two Miles of y.e said Nathaniel Cleeve between fifteen & twenty years And being very Conversant with him yet never heard him lay any Claim to y.e Land but would sometimes say he was wheedled out of it The above deponent sworn & examined June 22.d 1704 by Me Will Coursey (Loc) (sig) The above Deposit Filed as abovesaid in y.e Chanc.ry Office & Recorded by Me John Freeman Reg.r in Chancery Depositions |
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