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The same day. [CENTRE HEADING]
'''Rp. 2:' … The same day. [CENTRE HEADING]
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'''Walter Elton''' of Ratcliff sailor aged 26 yeares or thereabouts<br />
sworne and examined as aforesaid.
To the first second and third Interrogatories hee saith and deposeth that<br />
hee well knew and was boatswaine of the shipp the ''Anne''<br />
of London interrogated, (whereof John Casey was master) in her<br />
last voyage, wherein hee saith shee went from London to Ginney<br />
and there tooke in Negro's and a few Elephants teeth, and carried<br />
the same to Virginia and there delivered by said<br />
Negros, and at Virginia hee saith hee tooke in sixtie three<br />
hogsheads or there abouts of tobaccoe to be brought to this port for<br />
the account of the producent Samuel harwar, who had alsoe<br />
a quarter part in the said Elephants teeth which were above six<br />
or seaven and twenty and were alsoe brought in the said shipp from<br />
Virginia for this port. and saith then in the said shipps<br />
homewards course from virginia for this port, shee was by<br />
contary windes put into Plimouth, where shee lay about a fortnight<br />
and then namely on the thirteenth of March last rann thense for<br />
London the port of her discharge, and brought all the said tobaccoes<br />
and teeth thense in her nothing being taken out or diminished<br />
thereof during her aboade there #
[LH MARGIN] # and also brought thense about two hundred hogsheads of tobaccoe for account of other men than the said harwar which<br />
were also laden at Virginia
and further that in her<br />
passage from Plimouth for London, namely as the fifteenth<br />
day of the said moneth of March last off Portland shee was<br />
met with and set upon by a dunquirke man of warr who<br />
to laid her aboard, and was put off againe by her, and<br />
with that after they had continued given each other abroade<br />
side, and had continued above an houre in fight wherein the<br />
''Annes'' master was slaine, the man of warrs company tost in a<br />
granada into her, which comming in at her quarter port and<br />
taking in her powder, blew her up and Jewes men and a women<br />
then were in her, who perished thereby, and many of her<br />
company (whereof this deponent was one) were wounded and<br />
hurt, and saith that be the said shipp and all the foresaid<br />
sixtie three hogsheads of tobaccoe and the rest of the tobaccoe laden at Virginia were utterly destroied<br />
and lost without any part either of shipp or goods being<br />
saved either for mr harwar or any other, which hee<br />
seeing the premisses soe donne and happen. And otherwise<br />
cannot depose, saving the said sixtie three hogsheads of tobaccoe<br />
at Virginia laden by mr Thomas Bowler a marchant there for mr harwars<br />
account.
To the fourth hee saith the said mr Samuel harwar both at<br />
the time of the said shipps comming to and being at Plimouth<br />
and when shee was soe destroid as aforesaid had a quarter part<br />
of her and of her tackle, apparrell, and furniture belonging<br />
unto him selfe, as owner of the said part, and for owner of<br />
a quarter part of her hee was commonly accounted, and contributed<br />
his proportion accordingly towards her setting out and mens<br />
wages, which hee knoweth being one of her company as aforesaid
Walter Elton [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
Repeated with his precontest before Colonell Cock./with his precontest before Colonell Cock./ +
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