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1733 (38) Boy he the said NeSham and his father used to Come down to the said Creek a fishing and that the said Creek went by the Name of fishing Creek and that the said Nesham heard old Roger Nicholson say that the said Creek always went by that Name George Collins aged about Twenty Six Years being sworn on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God before us above Named Concerning his knowledge of the Boundarys of Hogg Quarter and Common Garden deposeth as followeth that about the time twelve Months this Deponant and John Richardson and John Nesham who is now Dead went down tot eh Marshes Called Sandy Hill Marshes and that the said John Nesham shewed him the said Collins a Small Creek that Issues out of Colliers Creek and that the said Nesham and his father used to go Down to that Creek a fishing and that the Creek used to be Called fishing Creek ^and that this deponant heard John Nesham say that old Roger Nicholson may told ye sd Nesham yt ye same Creek used to be Cal.d fishing Creek^ and further Sayth not Charles Thompson aged about fifty three years who being sworn on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God touching his Knowledge of the boundaries of a Tract of Land Called Hogg Quarter and another Tract Called Common Garden before us James Dashiell Rob.t Collier and William Dashiell Deposeth as followeth that when this Deponant was about twelve or fourteen years old this Deponant and W.m Chesman and a Certain John Russell used to go a fishing in a Small Creek Issuing out of a Small Creek known by the Name of Collier Creek and that this Deponant heard the said Chesman and the said Russell say that old William Green told them that that Creek that Issued out of Colliers Creek was Called fishing Creek and that further this Deponant sayth about six years past he heard old Roger Nicholson say that the Creek Issuing out of Colliers Creek used to be Called Fishing Creek formerly and that this Deponant about last Christmass heard a Certain W.m Layton of Dorset County say that formerly he used to fish in a Creek made Down the River into the woods and the other made upwards into the Marshes and the said Layton told this Deponant that the Creek that made into the Marshes used to be Called fishing Creek and further the Deponant Charles Thomson declareth that the Wm Chesman and John Russell were old Married Men at the time the said Thomson and Chesman and Russell used to fish in the said fishing Creek and that the said Russell then Lived about two Miles from ye said Creek on Dorset side and the said Chesman about |
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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1733-1735
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