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743 Whereby they made the Deft their owne by altering the property and as to William Offetts obligation mentioned in the Said Bill the Defendant doth acknowledge to have Delivered the same unto the said Barton but afterwards (being satisfied that what he owed the said Barton was fully satisfied) he Countermanded the paym.t of the said Offetts obligation And this Defend.t denys that he knows anything of any papers being burnt as in the Bill alleaded neither did he ever Refused to make such Leagall Assignment of the Said Webbs obligation as the Compl.t should at any time require or give such power as were Necessary for the Recovering the Effects of the said obligations And this Defendant does owne that there was in the said Testators life a Communication between them about this Defendants Mortgageing his then dwelling plantation for secureing ^of^ such Ballance as was due to the Testator but afterwards finding that his wife ^was^ dissatisfied thereat) he tooke Care to make satisfaction another way which he Questions not make appear in this honble Court This Defendant does likewise owne that the Defendant he has heard say and does beleive that Humphry Webb in the Bill Mentioned is fledd out of this province and as he is Credibly Informed lives now in the Colony of Virginia without that that any other who Matter or thing in the said Bill mentioned and not herein before Answered Confessed and a Voided Traversed and Denyed is true and therefore ought in all Equity Justice and Good Conscience to be Releived in our Said Court Whereupon our ^said^ keeper of our Seale did in our Said Court Determine Sentence and Decree that the Defendant in the Bill of Complaint specified shall pay unto the Said Complainants as the Estate of Major William Barton deceased the Sum of Twenty three pounds Sterl Eighteen shillings and five pence Sterl Money and two thousand six hundred and Seaventy Pounds of Tobacco Cost of this Suit Wee do therefore ^hereby^ Command You the said Ninian Beale that to all Intents and purposes You performe fullfill and Comply with the Tenour of the Decree afd by paying unto the said James Haddock and Sarah his wife Executrix as afd their Execut.rs Adm.rs or assignes the afd sum of Twenty three pounds Eighteen shillings and five pence sterl money and two thousand |
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