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5. Walter Peace's Deposition of 10 Aug 1681

6. John Rowles' Deposition of 23 Apr 1681

7. John Taylor's Deposition of 15 Sep 1681

8. William Wilkinson's Deposition of 23 Apr 1681

9. John Wood's Deposition of 4 Aug 1681

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Appendix 5: Walter Peace's Deposition of 10 Aug 16815

10 August 1681 In Chancery Court Durant vs Leech etal defts

Walter Peace of Ratcliffe in the parish of Stepney in the County of Middlesex mariner aged 40 yeares or there about being produced as A wittness on the part of the Complt in this cause was &c shewed in person at the seate of Mr Darbyshire &c by Mr Banisher &c deposeth & sayeth

 1. That he dooth knowe the Complt George Durant in the tytle of the Inter named & hath knowne him for twoe years last past & upwards And hee hath seene the defendts Thomas Leech, Solomon Summers & Thomas Miller therein named but hath noe acquaintance with any of them.

 11: That in the yeare 1679 hee this depont was in the Province of Carolina as Commander of the Vessel Speedwell, And sayeth that hee this depont in or aboute the month of July in the said yeare 1679 being at the Complt George Durrants house in Carolina aforesd (where one Thomas Finckley did then reside The said Thomas Finckley did then & there Batter or Sell to one Mr Thomas Smith a Certain Burmudos Shallopp or Sloope, which Shallopp the defendt Solomon Summmers had brought over in the yeare 1677 from Burmudoes as this depont had understood to Carolina & left with the said Mr Finckley as his the defendt Summers attorney, And this depont sayeth that the said Complt was not at home at the tyme of the said Batter or Sale of the said Shallopp for this depont at that tyme understood that the said Complt was aboute his affaires aboute forty miles from home And this depont further sayeth that some dayes after the said Shallopp was soe Battered or Sold as aforesd the Complt comeing home & understanding that the said Thomas Finckley had Sold the said Shallopp, hee the said Complt declared as hee the Complt had alsoe donn in this deponts xpersence before, that hee the Complt never was or would be concerned in the said Shallopp And further hee deposeth not the the Inter.

Walter Peace

5 Original deposition in Chancery 10 August 1681, Ams, Chancery, Town Depositions, Class 24, Volume 1055, Part 2, No. 34, in Public Records Office, London.  

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Appendix 6: John Rowles' Deposition of 23 Apr 16816

23 Aprill 1681 In Chancery Geo Durant vs. Thos Leech et al

John Rowles of ye parish of St. Paules Shadwell, in ye County of Middlesex marriner, aged about 28 years &c

 1. That hee doth & for severall yeares hath knowne & ye complt & ye defts Sumers & Miller.

 8. That in ye month of Augt 1677 this dept beeing att Limehouse in England came there acquainted with ye plt att ye Launching of a ship called ye Carolina whereto ye plt was cheife mate & Captain Gillam was master And saith yt in or abt October 1677 ye plt & this dept sailed from England towards Carolina in ye sd ship & about ye 1st day of December next following arrived att Pascuotanck in Carolina upon wch sd Arrivall ye sd Captaine Gillam & about 5 of his men went on shore whereof this dept was one & left ye sd ship & Cargoe in ye charge of ye plt & upon theire comeing on shore ye deft Miller tooke ye sd Capt Gillam & his five men whereof thy dept was one prisoners & kept them in Prison dureing wch Imprisonment ye deft Miller whoe had then assumed ye Govermt of ye Country & by his guards [5 illegible words] charged or loaded a Case of pistolls wth bulletts & swore yt hee would fetch ye sd plt out of ye sd ship dead or alive yt night to wch sayeing ye sd Capt Gillam bid ye said Miller have a Care what hee did for yt it was Late & ye watch was sett & yt ye plt had ye charge of ye sd ship & Cargoe And saith yt abt 2 houres after ye sd Miller went he surprize ye plt yd sd Captaine Gillame thy dept & his sd other men were discharged out of Imprisonmt & thence went aboard ye sd ship Carolina where they found ye sd Miller on board her in ye Cabbin in ye Complts company & thereupon ye sd Miller went ashore & parted with ye plt freindly And saith yt ye plt kept on board ye sd ship severall dayes & did not Leave ye sd ship but kept a watch on her for her security (because informed yt she would be surprized) & continued soe to doe for abt 10 dayes after yt ye deft Miller was taken prisoner by ye Country And more saith not.

 9. That ye plts house in Carolina is reputed by yt Country to be ye usuall place where ye Court of Assembly doth sitt And saith yt ye court of Assembly did sitt there in December 1677.

 12. That after ye sd Miller was in prison & yt ye sd Captaine & ye plt & Seamen were come on shore out of ye ship Carolina & yt ye Country was settled in a peaceable Conduct & ye severall goods were Landed in ye Country out of ye sd ship wch then Lay att Pascotancke (wch is about 12 miles from ye plts house) there thy dept did see ye deft Sumers came with his sloope to ye sd place where ye sd ship did Lye & came on board her & Enquired for ye plt who tooke him into his Cabbin & bidd him verry welcome And afterwards when thy dept & ye sd plt went ye sd Country thy dept observed ye sd plt & ye deft Sumers to bee verry freindly together And thy dept knowes yt ye deft Sumers had free Liberty to come & goe wth his sd sloope in & abt yt Country at his will & pleasure And saith yt ye said deft Sumers did Enter himselfe into ye service of ye sd Captain Gillam & was made Mr of another vessell & in her made twoe voyages into Virginia in his Empoyment & about ye begining of June 1678 Capt Gillam ye plt ye deft Sumers thy dept & one Leechs boy & others sayled for England on wch voyage thy dept observed yt ye plt & deft Sumers were verry freindly together & yt ye sd Sumers & ye sd Leechs boy did acknowledge their kind usage att ye plts house & how much they were beholden to ye plts wife And ye sd deft Sumers then also complained agt ye deft Miller & yt hee was much ye worse for him ye sd Miller & yt hee ye sd Miller had wronged him verry much And saith yt in July 1678 ye sd Capt Gillam thy dept & ye other persons arrived into England when & where ye plt and deft Sumers parted verry freindly ye sd deft Sumers then acknowledging ye many favors hee had received from ye plt or to yt effect.

John Rowles

6 Original deposition in Chancery 23 April 1681, Ams, Chancery, Town Depositions, Class 24, Volume 1055, Part 2, No. 34, in Public Records Office, London.  

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Appendix 7: John Taylor's Deposition of 15 Sep 16817

15 Sept 1681 Chancery Court Durant vs Leech et al

John Taylor or ye parish of St Martins in ye feilds in ye County of Middlexex gent aged about 30 years of beeing &c

 1. That hee doth know ye Complt & ye 2 defnts Thomas Miller & Thomas Leech in ye title of ye Inter named & hath soe done for about 2 yeares.

 18. That ye sd defn Miller was molested by ye defn Leaches wife a considerable tyme & was in danger of beeing arrested about a shallopp & goods yt were in Carolina And saith yt hee this dept was wth ye defn Miller & Mr Leech in or about November Last past when ye deft Leech signed a paper to Mr Miller to Indempmfye ye sd deft Miller or spare him from any trouble about ye sd Shallopp or goods upon condition yt ye deft Leech would sue & arrest ye sd plt & cast him in ye suites for ye sd shallopp & goods to wch sd paper this dept is a wittness under his hand And this dept further saith yt hee verrily beleives yt ye deft Leech had never troubled ye plt Durant or arrested him for ye sd shallop & goods if hee had not beene thereunto instigated by ye deft Miller & yt ye sd Miller had not only promised to be assistant but also was assistant in ye prosecuteing of ye sd plt who ye deft Leech had arrested him for ye aforesd Shallop & good And more saith not.

Jno Taylor

7 Original deposition in Chancery 15 September 1681, Ams, Chancery, Town Depositions, Class 24, Volume 1055, Part 2, No. 34, Public Records Office, London. .

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Appendix 8: William Wilkinson's Deposition of 23 Apr 16818

23 April 1681 The Chancery Court Durant et al vx Leech et al

William Wilkinson of Ratcliffe in ye County of Middlexex Mariner aged about 26 years of being &c

 1. That hee hath known ye plt & defts Sumers & Miller in & ever since ye yeare 1677 & ye deft Leech abt 3 months

6. 8. That abt ye month of Augt 1677 this dept Entered himselfe in ye Employment of Captaine Gillam in ye ship called Carolina bound from England to ye Country of Carolina whereof Captaine Gillam was Comander & ye plt his cheife mate And saith yt in or about ye month of October 1677 ye sd ship sayled from England towards ye Country of Carolina & arrived there about ye first day of December then next following & came to an anker att Pascotanke in yt Country & ye same Evening Captaine Gillam went ashore wth the dept & 3 or 4 more of ye sd shipps company wth him & att his comeing of shore ye deft Miller haveing assumed ye Govermt of yt Country hee & his Guard tooke ye sd Capt Gillam this dept & ye rest of his men prisoners & kept us prisoners till abt midnight And saith yt ye defendt Miller had a guard of many men whoe were most of them Bacons fugitives out of Virginia. And this dept further saith yt ye sd deft Miller was Imprisoned divers dayes before ye plt went on shore & ye reason why ye plt continued soe long on board was because ye plt had ye charge of ye ship & Cargoe & kept a watch on ye ship because hee feared ye ship should be surprized by ye sd Miller & his party And saith yt ye plt to yr best of this depts knowledge did not goe ashore till severall dayes after Miller was taken Prisoner & his guard dispersed & ye Country settled in Peace.

 9. That ye plts house in Carolina is ye usuall place where ye Court of assembly doth sitt And saith yt ye sd Court of Assembly did sitt there in ye month of December 1677 att wch court this dept was then & there present & then & there saw ye deft Sumers & att severall other places att his Liberty to goe & come wthout any intercepcon during all ye tymes of this depts aboade in ye sd Country of Carolina wch was about six monthes yt is to say from abt ye first of December 1677 till about ye last of May then next following And more saith not

 11. That abt ye Latter end of ye yeare 1677 or ye beginning of ye yeare 1678 ye Deft Sumers hired himself in ye sd Capt Gillams service in ye sd Country of Carolina & hee ye sd deft Sumers beeing in ye sd service this dept heard ye sd Sumers Sloop was up on Sale & hearing thereof hee this dept did to ye best of his remembrance bid ye sd Sumers 15£ sterling for ye sd Sloop whereto ye sd Sumers answered yt hee was bidd more for ye sd sloop by one Captaine Tyrell in Tobaccoe And this dept well remembers yt ye sd Sumers sayd yt if he could not sell ye sd sloop According to his mind hee was resolved to leave her behind him & to goe home into England wth Captaine Gillam wch afterwards hee did And more saith not.

 7: 12: That during ye tyme of this depts aboade in Carolina hee was informed by ye inhabitants of yt Country yt ye sd Sumers was to have gone a voyage from thence to Antigua in ye Timothy Biggs his Sloope & yt ye sd Sumers did also confesse and acknowledge ye same to this dept & yt hee had beene in worke upon ye vessell hee was to goe in thither he fitt her to goe out ye reason why hee did not goe yt voyage this dept doth not remember And saith yt abt ye Latter end of May 1678 this dept beeing then belonging to ye sd ship Carolina in company of ye plt & ye deft Sumers & ye sd Leechs boy & others sayled from ye Country of Carolina towards England & in all yt voyage ye sd plt & deft Sumers were verry freindly together but Especially ye deft Leechs boy whoe did often acknowledge ye many favors & good usage hee had received att ye plts hands & more saith not

 William Wilkinson

8 Original deposition in Chancery 23 April 1681, Ams, Chancery, Town Depositions, Class 24, Volume 1055, Part 2, No. 34, in Public Records Office, London.  

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Appendix 9: John Wood's Deposition of 4 Aug 16819

4 August 1681 In Chancery Court Durant vs Leech et al defts

John Wood of St. Buttolphes, Algate in the County of Middlesex Clerke aged 29 yeares or there aboute being used as A wittnes on the part of the Complt in this cause was &c shewed in person to Mr Rizard Darbyshire &c by Mr. Burmshen &c Deposeth and Sayeth

 1. That hee dooth know George Durant in the tytle of the Interns named for Complt & the defendt Solomon Summers & Thomas Miller therein named and hee hath seene the defendt Thomas Leech, the said Complt & the defendt Miller hee hath knowne for aboute five yeares last past & the defendt Summers aboute foure yeares past.

 3: 4: That hee this depont was in the Provence of Carolina in the yeare 1677 & continued there untill aboute the month of May 1679 And hee sayeth that the defendts Summers & Miller & a boy which this depont understood was the defendt Leeches boy did arrive into that Provence of Carolina aboute July 1677 with a small Vessell being a Shallopp or Sloope & some goods as some Callicoes & other goods as this depont understood and as this depont was informed that the said vessell came from Bermudos And this depont sayeth also that at their arrivall there, the same defendts Summers & Miller & boy tooke upp their aboade at Tymothy Biggs his house in the County of Albemarle Carolina, And here sayeth that the said defendts Summers & Miller did both of them owne in this deponts presence & hearing that the said Shallopp or Sloope & goods did belong to the defendt Miller, And this depont alsoe Sayeth that the said defendt Miller had a Gowne of Painted Callicoe and Curtens & Valens for his bed of the like Callicoe And that the said Tymothy Biggs & his wife had out of them alsoe a Gowne of Painted Callicoe, in the tyme of the said Summers & Millers aboad at the said Tymothy Biggs his said house & this depont contends that the same were of the aforesaid Callicoes, And further hee sayeth hee cannot depose for the satisfaction of any the questions of those twoe Internes to his rememberence.

 5:6: That after the said defendts Summers & Miller had beene some tyme abidding at the house of the said Tymothy Biggs in Carolina in the yeare 1677 it was generally Reported that the defendt Summers was to goe a voyage to Antigua in the said Tymothy Biggs his Shallopp or Sloppe as Master thereof and hee sayeth that the said defendt Miller had in that yeare 1677 a Guard of men to Guard his person whoe were most part of them men of bad repute & persons that had beene assisting to Bacon in the late Rebellion in Virginia & fled from thence, And that hee the said defendt Miller to many of them gave Coullered figured Ribon for knotts & favours to weare, but whence hee had the said Ribbin this depont cannott say Nor further can depose for the satisfaction of these 2 Inters to his rememberance.

 7: That hee this depont in the yeare 16777 was often tymes at the said Complts house in Carolina before the said Complt arrived home out of England, And that hee this depont did then severall tymes see the defendt Summers & theaforesd boy there at the said Complts house, But this depont sayeth that the said Shallopp or Sloope & Severall of the goods were at the said Biggs his house it being then generally reported & believed that the said defendt Miller was the owner of them, And this Depont sayeth that hee never heard that the said defendt Summers was ever imprisoned at the Complts house or elsewhere in the Provence of Carolina in the yeare 1677 And this depont dooth believed it to bee true that the said defendt Summers had always his liberty & freedome at the said Complts house, by reason hee this depont hath oftentymes heard him the said defendt Summers acknowledge & declare that hee was very much beholden to the said Comptl & his wife for their kind entertainment hee had whilst hee the said Summers was at the Complts house, And this with what hee hath before deposed is all he sayeth to this Inter

 8: 9: That before the said Complt arrived at Carolina in the yeare 1677 the said defendt Miller severall tymes declared that that hee would hang the Complt at his the Comptls doore assoon as hee the Complt came home, And this depont sayeth that hee this depont did heare & dooth beleive that the same night that the said Complt arrived at Carolina which was about the first of December 1677 in a Shipp whereof hee was Cheife mate, the said defendt Miller did goe on board the said Shipp with Armes to fetch the said Complt ashore, And this depont sayeth that the said Complt was in Carolina generally reputed there to bee the Attorney Generall, And that hee the Complt hath beene soe reputed ever since this depont knew him, And this depont further sayeth that the defendt Miller haveing assumed the Government of that Country of Carolina & being as it seemeth suspitions of the peoples riseing against him for his assuming the Government, did aboute three or foure dayes before the Complts arrival command the Inhabitants to bring their Armes to him the said Miller, and aboute three or foure dayes after the said Complt arrived at Carolina (But not on shore for hee Continued on board of shipp) the said defendt Miller was seized on & Imprisoned by the Inhabitants And this depont never knew or dooth beleive the said Complt came on shore till aboute a fortnight after the said defendt Miller was soe seized And sayeth that all the tyme that hee this depont was in Carolina that said Complts house was the usuall place for the assembly to sitt And that the Court of Assembly did sitt there in December 1677 And after that Court of Assembly was dismist this depont did see the deft Summers at Pascuotank in that Country with the said Shallopp or Sloope, And this depont alsoe sayeth that hee this depont did never heare or dooth believe that the said Shallopp or Sloope was ever seized or deteyned from the defendt Summers whilst hee was in that Country of Carolina by any person whatsoever, otherwise then by the said defendt Miller before the Complts said arrivall which said Miller did claim her as his owne Shallopp or Sloope, And further hee sayeth hee cannot to his now remembrance materally depose for the satisfaction of any the questions of these twoe Inters

 12: That hee dooth knowe that after the said defendt Miller was Imprisoned as aforesaid the said defendt Summers had his free liberty & did travle upp & downe in Carolina with the said Shallop or Sloope without any Interrupson whilst hee this depont Continued in that Country which was till May 1678 And that with what hee hath before deposed hee sayeth is as much as hee can to his now remembrance depose for the satisfaction of any the questions of this Inter

John Wood

9 Original deposition in Chancery 4 August 1681, Ams, Chancery, Town Depositions, Class 24, Volume 1055, Part 2, No. 34, in Public Records Office, London.  

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