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On the 29th of January 1654 [CENTRE HEADIN … On the 29th of January 1654 [CENTRE HEADING]
Dell against kilvert and}<br />
Company ffrancklin Smith}
Upon the Libell./
'''2)'''
'''ffrancklyn dt.'''
'''Robert Herrington''' of Wapping in the parish of<br />
Stepney in the County of Middlesex Mariner, where he<br />
hath lived about 20ty yeares, aged about 36 yeares<br />
borne at Southhold in the County of Suffolke a<br />
wittnes produced, sworne and examined he deposeth and<br />
saith as followeth.
To the first article of the sayd Libell given and and admitted<br />
on the part and behalfe of the sayd Dell he deposeth and saith<br />
That he hath knowne the shipp the ''Johns Adventure''<br />
arlate ever since she was built, which was about 4 or 5<br />
yeares since (as he best remembreth) in New England, for<br />
that he this deponent did belong unto her as Bosen of her<br />
at the Rigging of her, and that during the time arlate videlicet in the yeares 1651 and 1652 he this<br />
deponent did belong unto her the said shipp, and that therby doth<br />
well know that in the sayd yeares 1650 1651 and 1652<br />
the arlate Roger kilvert and Company were the Owners<br />
of the sayd shipp the ''Johns Adventure'', and for such<br />
commonly accompted, reputed and taken, And further he<br />
cannot depose.
To the 2d article he deposeth and saith That of his this deponents<br />
certaine knowledge the arlate Richard Thurstone was Master<br />
and Commander of the arlate shipp the ''Johns Adventure''<br />
in the months of June and July 1651 and alsoe in the monthes<br />
of May June and July 1652, and that the sayd Thurston<br />
was putt in Master or Commander of her by the arlate kilvert<br />
and Company the Owners of her, The premisses he<br />
knoweth (being on board her all the said time and being<br />
Bozen of her in the yeare 1651 and Gunner of her<br />
In the yeare 1652 And further he cannot depose.
To the 3d article he deposeth and saith That he very well knoweth<br />
(being one of the arlate shipp the ''Johns Adventure'' her Company)<br />
that she sett out In the yeare 1651 arlate from this Port<br />
of London on a voyage to New England, and returned againe<br />
to this Port, and that she alsoe went from this Port of<br />
London In the yeare 1652 on another voyage to New England and returned<br />
alsoe in the same yeare to this Port of London, and that<br />
the sayd shipp was imployed both the sayd voyages by the<br />
arlate kilvert and Company, and that the arlate<br />
Thurstone was Master or Commander of her in both the<br />
sayd voyages And further he cannot depose.
To the fourth article of the sayd Libell and to the schedules therin<br />
mentioned he deposeth and saith that he this deponent was<br />
Bozen of the arlate shipp the ''Johns Adventure'' in the yeare 1651<br />
and that he very well knoweth that in the months arlate all the particulars mentioned<br />
in the first schedule were truly delivered on board the said<br />
shipp for her use before she went or could goe on her<br />
voyage for that yeare by Mr Dell arlate The which he knoweth for that he being<br />
at that time (as is predeposed) Bozen of the sayd shipp he<br />
was commanded by the arlate Thurstone the Master of her to take<br />
noticee Master of her to take<br />
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