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==C 6/151Pt2/28 f. 3==

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//The Joynt and Severall Answeares of Abraham Greaves and Sarah his wife two of the defd:ts to the Bill of Complaynt of James Moudiford Robert Dawes//
//Jonathan Dawes and William Ryder John Portman John Robinson Isaac Taylor and Paul Priaulx Complainants//

//The said Defend:ts now and att all times hereafter saving themselves and either of them all benefitt and advantage of excepcon to the manifest incertaintys insufficiencys and other imperfeccons of the Complaynants//

//said Bill of Complaint for asmuch as concerneth them or either of them to make answeare unto they answereare and say And first the said def:t Sarah for herselfe respectively answereth and saith that she hath heard that the//

//Complyn:ts of some of them and the pther persons in the said Bill of Complaint named about the time in the bill mencconed were part owners together with the said John Jefferson this defd:ts late husband of the good shipp called the//

//Thomas and William but of how many parts in the said shipp they or any of them were part owners this defd:t knoweth not except onely that the said Jefferson this defd:ts late husband was part owner of ?tenne XXX two and thirtieth//

//parts of the said ship the same being devided into two and thirty parts and two and thirtieth parts hereof was mortgaged to the said Phillip Scarth in the Bill named a Complayn:t who as this defd:t is informed dyed before the Complaynants Bill was//

//exhibited And two other two and thirtieth parts of the same ship was mortgaged unto the said Abraham ??Manse in the Bill named by this defendants late husband John Jefferson And the said defd:t Sarah further saith XXXX XXXX XXXX//

//former husband John Jefferson had the care management and was Captain of the said ship and did as this defendant beleiveth make a contract with the said XXXXXXX//

//Thomas Smith or some other of the then Comissioners of the Navy for letting out to hire the said ship and that the same was reduced by way of Articles of agreement into writing about the time in the Bill menconned XXXXXXXX//

//But the contents of the sayd writing shee XXXXX not but for her certainty therein shereferreth her selfe unto the said writing And this defend:t Sarah denyeth XXXXX//

//fitted furnished victualled and manned at the charges of the owners thereof as in the said Bill is suggested for that this defend:t beleiveth adn hath beene informed by her said husband John Jefferson that the same was so XXXXXX//

//John Jefferson for in his life time and that he was at the greatest charge thereof and was forced to contract many debts for the ships use which the other owners have hither to refused to allow or contribute their severall proporcons And this XXXX//

//XXXX saieth that the said ship being so as aforesaid fitted about the thirtieth day of Aprill in the yeare of Our Lord one thousand six hundred fifty and two entred into the States service and that the said John Jefferson was captain of the shipp//

//during that service w:ch as this defed:t beleiveth continued by the space of one whole yeare thence next

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 //The Joynt and Severall Answeares of Abraham Greaves and Sarah his wife two of the defd:ts to the Bill of Complaynt of James Moudiford Robert Dawes//
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 //furnishing victualling and manning of the said ship for the said service which said summe of money so paid by the said Richard Hutchinson o any part thereof never came to this defend:ts hands //

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 //Complyn:ts or some of them and the other persons in the said Bill of Complaint named about the time in the bill mencconed were part owners together with the said John Jefferson this defd:ts late husband of the good shipp called the//
-//Thomas and William but of how many parts in the said shipp they or any of them were part owners this defd:t knoweth not except onely that the said Jefferson this defd:ts late husband was part owner of tenn equall two and thirtieth//
+//''Thomas and William'' but of how many parts in the said shipp they or any of them were part owners this defd:t knoweth not except onely that the said Jefferson this defd:ts late husband was part owner of tenn equall two and thirtieth//
 //parts of the said ship the same being devided into two and thirty parts and two and thirtieth parts  hereof was mortgaged to the said Phillip Scarth in the Bill named a Complayn:t who as this defd:t is informed dyed before the Complaynants Bill was//
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 //furnishing victualling and manning of the said ship for the said service which said summe of money so paid by the said Richard Hutchinson or any part thereof never came to this defend:ts hands
+'''IS THERE TEXT MISSING HERE?'''
 //was due or most of them did petition the Com:rs of the Admiralty to pay the money due to the said John Jefferson in his life time for the hire of the said ship to the said petitionners and other persons of whome the said John Jefferson had taken XXXX//

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 //consisted of any Leases mortgages or any specialtyes or of ready money or plate (except of a small value) or that the goods and chattells belonging to the said intestates estate which hath come to this defendants hands or custody were of XXX//
-//sufficient to pay all the debts late of the said John Jefferson ffor that this defend:t saith that she this defend:t since her said late husbands death hath paid upon bonds bills judgments and specialtys due to send all persons XXX//
+//sufficient to pay all the debts late of the said John Jefferson ffor that this defend:t saith that she this defend:t since her said late husbands death hath paid upon bonds bills judgments and specialtys due to sewall persons XXX//
 //the said John Jefferson at the time of his death a greater summe of money than the estate of the said John Jefferson did amount unto which did at any time come to this defendants hands  And therefore not liable to make satisfaccon XX//
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 //estate to be condemyned and adjudged amongst the Complaynan:ts or some of them and by virtue thereof have possessed themselves of the same and have likewise possessed themselves of the whole interest late of the said John Jefferson in the said ship and haXX//
-//received the benefitt thereof and have given no accompt for the same to this defend:t whilst she was sole or to either of these defend:ts Abraham and Sarah since their intermariage but what interest and how much the Complaynants or any of ?them//
+//received the benefitt thereof and have given no accompt for the same to this defend:t whilst she was sole or to either of these defend:ts Abraham and Sarah since their intermariage but what interest and how much the Complaynants or any of them//
 //have in the said ship furniture and earnings or what conveyances or assurances they or any of them have for the same ship this def:t Sarah knoweth not And this defd:t Sarah further denyeth that shee thisdefend:t at any time after the death of the said John//
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 //said John Jefferson the said Richard Hatchinson (sic) by virtue of som order or orders in writing from the Commissioners of the  Admiralty of somme of them did pay unto severall persons severall summes of money//
-//due unto them for diverse goods delivered and service done and pformed contracted for by the said John Jefferson in his life time and imployed and done in and about the said ship for the ?carrying XXing//
+//due unto them for diverse goods delivered and service done and pformed contracted for by the said John Jefferson in his life time and imployed and done in and about the said ship for the rigging XXing XXXX//
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+//furnishing victualling and manning of the said ship for the said service which said summe of money so paid by the said Richard Hutchinson or any part thereof never came to this defend:ts hands
-the severall persons to whome the XXX//
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+//was due or most of them did petition the Com:rs of the Admiralty to pay the money due to the said John Jefferson in his life time for the hire of the said ship to the said petitionners and other persons of whome the said John Jefferson had taken XXXX//
- late husband in his life time And so not legally to be discharged haXXXXX as they conceiv?eth without that XXX//
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+//goods and provisions for the fitting and victualling of the said ship whereupon the says Commissioners ordered the said Richard Hutchinson being then treasurer of the navy to pay the said summes of money to the said partys which was XXXX//
-other summe then or at any other time since her XXXXXXX from the said Com:rs XXXXXXX or XXXXX any of them and which to this defend:ts best XXXXXXX XXX//
-//
+//done the pticulars of w.ch sewall summes of money this defend:t cannot sett forth yet this defd:t Sarah saith that the said commissioners and Treasurer or some or one of them requiring this defend:t to sett her hand for the  receipt thereof the contract being made with her this defend:ts late husband in his  life time And And so not legally to be discharged as they conceiv?eth without that XXX//
-for him selfe respectively answeareth and saith that to his owne XXXX whXXX XXX//
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+//defend:ts hand being adminstrarix to her said late husband upon that XXXXX she this defd:t in her widdowhood by the name of Sarah Jefferson did sett her name unto one receipt for three hundred sixty three pounds tenn shillings ?and//
-Abraham and Sarah confesseth that true it is that about three yeares ?since XXXXX//
-//
+//six pence as shee remembreth XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX although she this defd:t did not receive the value of one penny thereof or any
-and with the said Richard Hutchinson or to and with any other person or XXXXX//
+other summe then or at any other time since her said husbands death from the said Com:rs ??in ?? respect ??to XXXXXXX or XXXXX any of them and which to this defend:ts best remembrance XXX//
-//
+//is all the receipts that ever she this defen:dt whilst she was a widdow did sett her hand unto to which did any way concerne the said ships hire  And the said defend:t Abraham for himselfe respectively answeareth and saith that to his owne knowledge whXXX XXX//
-either of them have or hath obstructed and concealed or endeavoured to obstruct XXXX//
-//
+//knoweth not any thing in that said Bill of Complaint contained  more than hath been before hereby sett forth by the said Sarah And both the said defend:ts Abraham and Sarah confesseth that true it is that about three yeares ?since XXXXX//
-or any other person or persons in his absence or to the said defend:t Sarah XXXXXX//
-//
+//did intermarry And both these defendants Abraham and Sarah doe severally deny all and all manner of combinacon and confederacy whatsoever to and with each other and with the said Richard Hutchinson or to and with any other person or XXXXX//
-And theis defendants Abraham and Sarah doe  severally deny that by XXXXXXX//
-//
+//whatsoever to defraud and deprive the Complyayn:ts of what is iustly due unto them or for any other purpose whatsoever or that they or either of them have or hath obstructed and concealed or endeavoured to obstruct XXXX//
-the said Sarah gave for the money shee received for the said shipps  accompt XXX//
-//
+//conceale and summes of money whatsoever which have been paid upon the said shipps accompt to the said John Jefferson in his life time or to the defend:t Sarah his wife or to any other person or persons in his absence or to the said defend:t Sarah XXXXXX//
-with the other defendant Graves and that shee subscribed it by the name of XXXX//
-//
+//death of the said John Jefferson whilst she was solo or either of the defend:ts Abraham and Sarah since their intermarriage or to any other person or persons whatsoever And theis defendants Abraham and Sarah doe  severally deny that by XXXXXXX//
-therein menconned this defendant remembreth not but referreth to XXXX//
-//
+//assistance of the said other defendant Richard or by any other meanes they or either of them have gained into their hands all or any of the acquittances which the said Sarah gave for the money shee received for the said shipps  accompt XXX//
-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX complaynant conteyned materiall or effectuall//
-//
+//in her said late husbands life time or after when shee was solo but this defendant Sarah beleveeth that shee hath given some receipt since shee marryed with the other defendant Graves and that shee subscribed it by the name of XXXX//
 most wrongfully susteyned//
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 //have in the said ship furniture and earnings or what conveyances or assurances they or any of them have for the same ship this def:t Sarah knoweth not And this defd:t Sarah further denyeth that shee thisdefend:t at any time after the death of the said John//
-//Jefferson or any for her by virtue of any warrant or order from the Commissioners of the Navy or any of them or any otherwise did receive or cause to be received from the other defend:t Richard Hutchinson Treasurer of the Navy or his Deputy or Account XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX//
+//Jefferson or any for her by virtue of any warrant or order from the Commissioners of the Navy or any of them or any otherwise did receive or cause to be received from the other defend:t Richard Hutchinson Treasurer of the Navy or his Deputy or Agent or of or from any other XXX ??explore what spent upon the said//
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 //Jefferson or any for her by virtue of any warrant or order from the Commissioners of the Navy or any of them or any otherwise did receive or cause to be received from the other defend:t Richard Hutchinson Treasurer of the Navy or his Deputy or Account XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX//
-//ships accompt for the said ships earnings five thousand pounds or any other summe or summes of money whatsoever And as to what
+//ships accompt for the said ships earnings five thousand pounds or any other summe or summes of money whatsoever And as to what entrys are made in the said Treasurers books of accompts this defend:t? knoweth not nor can set forth the said books being not in ?ther custody XX
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 //or some of them have deteyned and kept from this defendant and taken the profitts therof ever since her said husbands decease and have given this defend:t no accompt thereof but refused to doe the same  And this defend:t denyeth that the said XXXX//
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+//consisted of any Leases mortgages or any specialtyes or of ready money or plate (except of a small value) or that the goods and chattells belonging to the said intestates estate which hath come to this defendants hands or custody were of XXX//
 to the said intestates estate which hath come to this defendants hands or custody were of XXX//
-//
+//sufficient to pay all the debts late of the said John Jefferson ffor that this defend:t saith that she this defend:t since her said late husbands death hath paid upon bonds bills judgments and specialtys due to send all persons XXX//
 husbands death hath paid upon bonds bills judgments and specialtys due to send all persons XXX//
-//
+//the said John Jefferson at the time of his death a greater summe of money than the estate of the said John Jefferson did amount unto which did at any time come to this defendants hands  And therefore not liable to make satisfaccon XX//
 which did at any time come to this defendants hands  And therefore not liable to make satisfaccon XX//
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+//the complayn:ts for any debt did unto them by the said John Jefferson (if there were any debt due unto them from him) at the time of his decease) And this defend:t saith that true it is that one or more sentence or sentences in the Court of//
-deceased) And this defend:t saith that true it is that one or more sentence or sentences in the Court XXX//
-//
+//Admiralty presented by the Complaynants or some of them since the death of the said John Johnson the complayn:ts or some of them did cause five equall too and thirtieth parts of the said ship then belonging to the said John Jefferson XXX//
 them did cause five equall too and thirtieth parts of the said ship then belonging to the said John Jefferson XXX//
-//and have likewise so possessed themselves of the whole interest late of the said John Jefferson in the said ship and XXXX//
+//estate to be condemyned and adjudged amongst the Complaynan:ts or some of them and by virtue thereof have possessed themselves of the same and have likewise possessed themselves of the whole interest late of the said John Jefferson in the said ship and XXXX//

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 //said Bill of Complaint for asmuch as concerneth them or either of them to make answeare unto they answereare and say And first the said def:t Sarah for herselfe respectively answereth and saith that she hath heard that the//
-//Complyn:ts of some of them and the pther persons in the said Bill of Complaint named about the time in the bill mencconed were part owners together with the said John Jefferson this defd:ts late husband of the good shipp called the//
+//Complyn:ts or some of them and the other persons in the said Bill of Complaint named about the time in the bill mencconed were part owners together with the said John Jefferson this defd:ts late husband of the good shipp called the//
-//Thomas and William but of how many parts in the said shipp they or any of them were part owners this defd:t knoweth not except onely that the said Jefferson this defd:ts late husband was part owner of ?tenne XXX two and thirtieth//
+//Thomas and William but of how many parts in the said shipp they or any of them were part owners this defd:t knoweth not except onely that the said Jefferson this defd:ts late husband was part owner of tenn equall two and thirtieth//
 //parts of the said ship the same being devided into two and thirty parts and two and thirtieth parts  hereof was mortgaged to the said Phillip Scarth in the Bill named a Complayn:t who as this defd:t is informed dyed before the Complaynants Bill was//
-//exhibited And two other two and thirtieth parts of the same ship was mortgaged unto the said Abraham ??Manse in the Bill named by this defendants late husband John Jefferson And the said defd:t Sarah further saith XXXX XXXX XXXX//
+//exhibited And two other two and thirtieth parts of the same ship was mortgaged unto the said Abraham ??Manse in the Bill named by this defendants late husband John Jefferson And the said defd:t Sarah further saith that her XXXX//
 //former husband John Jefferson had the care management and was Captain of the said ship and did as this defendant beleiveth make a contract with the said XXXXXXX//
-//Thomas Smith or some other of the then Comissioners of the Navy for letting out to hire the said ship and that the same was reduced by way of Articles of agreement into writing about the time in the Bill menconned XXXXXXXX//
+//Thomas Smith or some other of the then Comissioners of the Navy for letting out to hire the said ship and that the same was reduced by way of Articles of agreement into writing about the time in the Bill menconned//
-//But the contents of the sayd writing shee XXXXX not but for her certainty therein shereferreth her selfe unto the said writing And this defend:t Sarah denyeth XXXXX//
+//But the contents of the sayd writing shee knoweth not but for her certainty therein she referreth her selfe unto the said writing And this defend:t Sarah denyeth XXXed//
-//fitted furnished victualled and manned at the charges of the owners thereof as in the said Bill is suggested for that this defend:t beleiveth adn hath beene informed by her said husband John Jefferson that the same was so XXXXXX//
+//fitted furnished victualled and manned at the charges of the owners thereof as in the said Bill is suggested for that this defend:t beleiveth and hath beene informed by her said husband John Jefferson that the same was so XXXXXX//
 //John Jefferson for in his life time and that he was at the greatest charge thereof and was forced to contract many debts for the ships use which the other owners have hither to refused to allow or contribute their severall proporcons And this XXXX//
-//XXXX saieth that the said ship being so as aforesaid fitted about the thirtieth day of Aprill in the yeare of Our Lord one thousand six hundred fifty and two entred into the States service and that the said John Jefferson was captain of the shipp//
+//confesseth that the said ship being so as aforesaid fitted about the thirtieth day of Aprill in the yeare of Our Lord one thousand six hundred fifty and two entred into the States service and that the said John Jefferson was captain of the shipp//
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