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Ccrtchjiort of Examinations taken befite the Hovsz of As 'sembly, February 5, 1772, begun in cur left, For the Defendants. AC II EL FREELY. Has known John Martin or 6 years, at Mr. MiinerW where fhe was upper maid that he followed the cooper's 1 tracfe, andmade20, 24 or 30 calks in a week; would fet them down in writing, and fettle his account, with his father every Saturday night has feen him read in the bible and news paper has known him to count a load of hoop poles and feveral times got money to buv things, and would give an account the fenfe of other men. Jfaae Roufe.

Has known Martin two years was at the wedding before the marriage he heard R. V. fay, why we are married, nobody fpeaking to her fome time they both got up, Jolly made the ceremony Martin faid yes Then he made the ceremony to her, fhe hefitated, and after fome time (he knows not if anybody, told her to fay fo) fhe faid, if he will prove true and hpneft to me, I will fay yes at the table fhe laughed, nobody fpeaking to her, which he thought odd that at times fhe was of unfound mind, often talked wildly, would go in the middle of the ftrqet, and talk to herfelf, would fay he is a devil, would go to the devil (mean ihg the neighbour, whofe door fhe was pafiing) though he was not in fight that at the wedding, he did net think fhe was in her fenfes. Abraham IVretki, John Martin requefted Lollar, the fchpQlmafter and this deponent, to. go with him to fettle his affairs, and told Iiim, he was going to Germany with his father's man, who ferved his time with him, offered him a horfe for 20, which cft 27 deponent offered 12, he refufed, faying he would fooner.

pay for his keeping till he came back. Abraham Has known R. Vanaken ever fince fhe was a child has heard her, at manyxlirierent times about her neighbour hood, charging them with the death of her father, brother and fon that this was her conftant practice, fometimes more fo than at others, more inthe afternoon than morning has never feen her in liquor does not think her quite a fool fometimes fmart." He was once ftealfng cherries, fhe afked who that was he faid Samuel (meaning his brother) when he came down fhe faw it was not. This happened many years ago, yet fhe has often told him cf the lye he" then told he thinks when fhe abufed her neighbours fhe wa9 in liquor he never faw her drink, but has often feen liquor carried to her houfe has feen her in meeting in the morning, and laugh there. Jofeph About 2 or 3 months ago, a few days before Marr tin went away, he came with Milner and Hall, when Milner gave him a half Johannes, and tsld him, that Martin had married a widow, whofe eftate confifted chiefly in bonds, bills and notes that Johnfon had taken them; they enquired, whether a replevin was a.

proper remedy told them it was then Milner told him, Martin was" a weak man, eafily perfuaded to do things contrary to his interefl, and if they fhoijld engage in profecuting the replevin, they might fuffer moved that a power might be given by him to them Read told them it might be revoked, and Martin fhould fjivi theni a covenant not to revoke that Martin confented eafily to al.ppcfed wrote a power for them, and bond, which he read to Martin, the bond was not to revoke the power, till the fuitwas ended that nothing pafTed which flruck him as improper, or that hewed him to be a weak man that he feemed to underftand," when he explained bond, and feemed fearful of giving the ftaff out of his own hand fhortly after they all called upon him again, that Martin talked of going $0 England, one of the others told hiffl as he was for going to England, it was proper for him to make his will he faid yes, he thought it proper; Martin afked him to draw it, he took the pen Martin faid he would leave his wife Jiandfomejy, as he had a good dejl by her gave her 200 1." per anni other legacies to Milner and Hall's children, fo confider as he had eiven advifed him to get an eftimate That he knew the names of all the legatees, gave double the fum he gave to the reft to one cf Milner's children, becaufe, as he faid, fhe was a favourite next day they, or one of them, came with Martin, and brought the eftjmae he altered the legacy to his wife, and ordered the intereft cf 1500 to his wife, inftead of 200 per ann. with fomething many legacies nothing given to Milner or Hall he chofe to lay the will by, after drawn, till he could fpeak with him; next day Martin and Hall came to him, and told himIartih's paflage vas taken Martin told him there was a man, they 'called John, was going with him would be beft for them to go, that he was refulved. to go the day after he came by himfelf, talked to him About the vill and his going, told Jiim he might revoke it 5 this an anfwer to a queftion put by him, vhether he might revoke It he came back, as he did not mean by making Milner and Hajl his executors (who were fo in the wil) his mafters he feemed to him (R iad) to think he was doing a very cunning thing, by giving them much to do in his abfence, and to take his affairs again bur faid they mould never lofe by him 5 went away, without executing the will Martin came again in the evening, with a irranger to be witnefs, fent him for another, he brought another; the w' in his prefence, and the other two perfensj' and thinks they all three fubferibed as witnefTes after he had given the power, Hall told him, Martin had revoked the power, and that he and Milner were money out of pocket, and were afraid cf difficulties in getting their money that he was got drunk by fome perfons, and did it fhortly after Martin and Hall came together Deponent told him he had acted like a child in the fecond power he mould do Hall and Milner juftice, either by letting the firft power ftand, or paying the money; he faid very, little, feemed afhamed, faid he would do what he ought to do hehimfelf afked, whether he could not undo what he had done? he told him he of what he gave, and where he bought them feen him cdunt might that from thefe tranfadHons he did think he was a weak paper and filver racney to the'amount of millings was at his man; that he feemed to be viiUinr to be direcled by them though the Barrel. wcuuingi ana cooK.ea me iupper mat xncy an Knew jvjjxun was nwy um not lntericre wnen oerare mm inouga ne leemea wcait, filly, and had not fo much fenfs as other people, bat did not think he did not think him incapable of making a will that Martin him a natural fool that Martin told his mother he was going to paid him' for the will received nothing for the power but the pet married me faid he had better ftay in the cooper's fhop he half johannes Martin told him, the people that made him drunk laid he could live eader without work, and told her he would marry had over perfuaded him to revoke the firft power Read told him R. Vanaken," though an old woman that he loved her heard he ought to revive the firft power, to which he agreed Hall then Milncrr tell him.

he had better ftav in the coober'sfliob his anfwer produced the firft nower. and he a revival of the firft i 1 it t' 1 .1 1 at fupper to his mother. Saw Martin and Vanaken married, power, which was then executed that Martin often afked the near 40 people there that he behaved pretty well, confidering he queftion, when alone with him, whether he could not revoke the was a filly man, and (he behaved pretty well that he hefitated be power which induced him to think Martin was futpicious of Mil fore fhe faid yes, then faid yes, if you are honeft, and the man I ner and Hall that during the making the will, Milner and Hall take you to be; lived with them three weeks, and they behaved did not interfere; that Mijner and Hall told. Martin, when middling well only one quarrel about a fupper he wanted eggs, making the will, to do handfomely by hU wife he delivered the ihetook them away he upon this5 threw 1 two earthen bowls out of. will, fealed up, to Milner and Hall.

doors fhe (this deponent) afked him why he did that he replied, Thomas Barton, Milner nephew. Says, laft March John Mar he had better do that than quarrel with her that R. Vanaken tin told him, he was to be married to R. Vanaken faw them at could order her family very well, as well asaay body that her her houfe, both requefted he would be a wedding gueft; he alfo orders were neither foolifh nor mad fhe could, upon being ilked, requefted him to fpeak to C. Jolly to marry them he afked Jolly tell how any thing mould be done he (Martin) did not in general next Sunday to marry them afked wh they were he told him buy his own clothes.

Has heard her fay, as reading a book that Jolly, if his parents were acquainted? he faid no; he told Jolly they vibbu wi tiictiiiy, ludi it was mz utvu wont uiat wc naa uuu lu uiaiiy vuern ue agreea 10. it joiiy 11 loxujr married; that Tollv and Hall went down before him: when he came up, they were with her at the door Jolly her, that he had heard fhe did not want him to live with her; fhe faid it was not fo, that fhe wanted him to live with her, fhe would make him a boy; that fhe had eftate enough for both Jolly afkedjier if fhe wanted to be mnmarried? fhe faid no he always thought Martin fomewhat weak, but he could keep his own accounts Martin once wanted to be baptized; talked "with him about it; he feemed to talk fenfibly about it that Milner advifed him to call en R. Mar counted 10, half joes, the reft in paper money generally tin this morning, and to put quefUbns to her about her hulband. counted the money he paid at fometimes he trtoueht he had not TOhn HarrV. Laft the dav before the rn nr that day, met Jolly at William Lawrence's afked Jolly who he was about to marry he faid it was a fecret, but that he, was going to Germantown to marry a couple, who werf fools for that he was a young man, not the fteadiell in'condutl, fhe a woman of fortune, and advanced in years.

Errata. At the End of John Keifert Examination, In our laft, for. Milner, Wife and Daughter, read Milner's Wife and Daughter. I A virtue of an order of Orphan's Court, on the 15th day of April next, will be expofed to fale. by public vendue, at the houfe of Henry Derringer, in the townfhip of New Hanover, all that the right and intereft of John Schney der, late of the county of Philadelphiz, deceafed, of, in and to, the one full equal and undivided fixth part of, and in, a certain tract of land, containing 17 acres, fituate in Limerick townfhip, bounded bv the river Schuvlkill.

and bv lands of William He nryDrin3 Adminiftrat. On Tuefday, the 29th of June next, by the Executors of Caleb Dorfey, of Anne Arundel County, in the Province of' Maryland, Efq; lately deceafed, will be SOLD, on the Premifes, by public EN DUE, TRACTof LAN called Caleb's Delight Enlarged alfo a Traft, called Timber and Part of a Tract, called the Mill Frog, all adjoining and lying Rear the main Road between Baltimore and Frederick, about 30 Miles from BaltimTe Town, and containing in the whole about 2400 Acres. The faid Lands are well adapted to Farming, and will be fold together, or in Parcels, as may beft fuit the Purchafers. Alfo, on Tuefday, the 20th of July, will be fold, by the faid Executors, Two Thirds of about 6000 Acres of Land, lying in Anne Arundel County, on Curtis's Creek, about: 7. Miles from BaltimoTe Town, on which is a neat wellhuilt Furnace, almoft new, and delightfully fituated, wjthin 20 Yards of navigable" Water, where a Veffel of 30 Tons Burthen pan come fo the WharfF "alfo a good Stone Dwclling 'houfe, and fundry Out houfes, with a gcod Grift mill, and 'Saw mill.

The Land it in general well wooded, and perhaps produces fome of the fineft Pines in Maryland. The Sale will be at the faid Furaace, where Attendance will be given, and Terms made known, by. Samuel Dorset, junior, Michael Pue, Executors, Milcah Doksey, Eleanor Dorsey, Executrixes. AS taken up, the'id of this lnftnt March, a large LONG BOAT, about 18 feet keel, without any tVir hf Karl ac mnift thawts ln'her. and feveral of her timbers broke.

Whoever has 4 .1 I George loft the fame, by applying to Pickiiiuc, proving property, and paying charges, may hay her gain. I Tti(: Gun Smitb At his Shop, the North Side cf Market ftieet, between Fourth and Fifth ftreets. SHE A "and CI At the South eaft Corner of Market ftreet and Fiftb ftrcet, two above the Sign of the Black Eear, have for SALE Wholefale and Retail, OL Jamaica I Weft India, New England and Philadelphia RUM MelalTes; Libon, aad Malaga WINES; double and fingle refined Loaf and Lump A Mufcovado Ditto Bohea TEA, Coffee, Chocolate, Pepptfr, Alfpice, Ginger, Shot, Iron Pots Alfo a Quantity of EVA, 'of excellent Qnality, a few" Tierces and Barrels of Lamp and Tanners OIL. and TAR A 6 perfons indebted to the eftate of "CALEB CAiH. Coroner, late of this city, deceared, are defired to difcharee the lame and all thofe that have any demands againft the eftate, are requefted to fend in their accounts, that they may be adjufted and paid, by Thomas Cash, Andrew Doz, Executors, and Mary Cash, Executrix.

N. B. As many. Gentlemen of the County Magiftrates have frequently been fo kind as to hold Inquefts for the late Coroner, wyn an accident has happeaed at a diflance from the city, if any of thofe Inquefts have not been returned to the Coroner, the Gentlemen above mentioned' are requefted to fend them to Executors, as foon as convenient, who will thankfully repay what expences have atofe the eon. To be OLD, by way of public VENDUE, on the Fifth Day or the Fourth Month, called April, APANTATION, containing 6o acres, of pretty good LAND, fituate in Lower Makerield Townfhip, "Buck County, adjoining lands of Ifrael Pcfnbeitort, Jonathan Palmer, and others having thereon eredled a frame houfe, barn, ftable and other neceflary buildings, a bearing orchard, a forin of no right to give the poor any thing that fhe took her to be out of were publifhed he and Martin anfwered no, they intended to be good water near the door; about 7 acres of meadow, 3 of which her fenfes as fhe would give regular orders about her family, and married by a licence this before Jolly agreed to marry them watered, and fome more may be made between 30 and 40 acre talk to her cn any other fubjeel, fhe would fly and appear out of her Tuefday morning following he went there, when Martin and fhe of upland cleared, the remainder woodland there is a conftant fenfes would fometimes laugh, then fe foolifh expreffions and this deponent had converfation about matrimony, when flie ft ream of water runs through faid land, on which may be erecled Mary Weaver.

Lived at ever fince three months be talked very difcreet told him eveiy man ought to be at home with a fulling mill, ot other water works, the dam may be mideac fore the marriage Martin came in the evening, about three days his wife; went away, returned about 2 o' clock marriage over, a trifling expence faid land lies within two miles of Yeardley' after fhe came to live there, and often after, to R. Vanaken's, and fupped there faw no mifbehaviour in her to any body faw them ferry, and four from Newtown. The conditions of fale, one; behaved well; R. Vanaken alfo behaved and minded her bu in the morning, and faw nothing amifs mTbehaved like an or half the money down, the other half in twelve months, with finefs as well as any Woman cooks and bakes has often heard derly fober woman; has feen R. M.

fince, and afked hoVv Martin intfereft Any perfon inclining to purchaferRay be fhewn the ner charge the neighbours, fometimes twice a week, with being aiar.ine laid ine did not know, and deiired him, 11 he law him, land, oy applying to the iubienber, living on the premifes, mi mm the murderers of her hufoand, brother and fon but not about tjie nt to take him into company, but fend him home; Martin before time of the marriage; if fhe ever faw any thing in the did not like, fhe would blot it out has often, and indeed every day, talked to herfelf, and laughed by herfelf when fhe is in her beft fenfes, fhe will fit, and laugh, and talk to herfelf that when fhe was in her mad fits, fhe would order her to take care of the' candle that John Johnfon and Derick Lukens tok a cheft from R. V. and that her miftrefs R. V. told them to take it away.

That a little cyder makes her miftrefs giddy that fhe drinks nothing but cyder and wine; when wine, fhe will drink a wine glafs at two or three times. Jdbn Buckeus. Has worked for John Martin as a taylor five years, who always dealt very clofely with him far his clothes he once inamagc ium mm, ii lnteRuea to go to lea law jouy ana naii, at Hall's they told him they thought it was neceflary he mould call there to know her fentiments. whether fhe wanted to be un Ioseph Watson. At the fame time and place will be expofei to fale, horfe coWa with calf, fheeir and fwine, whear in the plough and harrow, beds and bedding, a parcel of Wool and fome fea tners, nay and leverai otner tmngs, too tedious to mention where all perfons buying to the value of Twenty Shillings upwards, may, upon fatiifatlory fecurity, have feren mo credit, for all leTer fums ready money is expecled, by Ubira Alontb 20, 773 Joseph Watson, and mcntht 7 Philadelphia, March 7, 1773.

THE Owners, PotTeflbrs, and Occup.ers of Wiacoa Meadows, are requefted to meet, on Monday, the Fifch of April, at the Court Houfe, between the Hours of Two and Five q' Clock, to choofe five Managers and a Treafurer, the eofui rig Year. 1 Philadelphia, March 24. 1 773. To be and may be taken pofTeffion of by the purchafer, on the firft day of May A I ECE of valuable Meadow Ground, on Greenwich jCj Ifland, now in the tenore of Jofeph Pemberton, Grazier, containing 9 acres and 26 perches, under good cedar fence, and Very advantageoufly watered by a fm all creese running through the fame. For terms, apply to Doctor a a it Mooax, in Fourth flfeet.

Frederickbarg, March 77 3. IN the Night of Satnrday, the 27th ult. the Store kept by the) Subfcribers, in the Abfence of Mr. George" Mitchell, Mer chant, of this Place, was broke open, and Tobbed of a Drawer, containing XTafh, a Billf Sale, George Mitchell to ColrFieldinc Brook, deceafed Caflimir Miffimer, Jacob Levygood, and others Lewis, and fundry thex Papers, with Tobacco Notes, a Cafe with alfo the one. fixth part of, in and to, a certain fifhery; thereunto belonging.

And, on Friday, the 16th day of April hext, will 'be expofed to fale, by public vendue, on the premifes, thk one full moiety or equal half part of and ia a certain tract "or parcel of land, fituate in Douglafs townfhip, containing 72 acres, bounded by lands of Matthias Richards, Philip Hammerfmith, Anthony Spiers, John Smith, and Lodowick Beackle late the eftate of the faid John Schneyder, deceafed. Attendance will be given at the time and place of fale, by Ca'THERINI SCHNIYDEH,) Money Scales and Weights, and a Garnet Necklace fet in Gold, Whert Reed. 77 Dec. 21, 1773 Jan Feb. Jan.

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1156 114 '1642 Upoh making out a proper Lift of the above Tobacco on Freic rickfburg, Royftohs and Dixon's, the Notes have been' got from the different InfpecTtors a Lift of the Tobacco on the other Ware houfes has alfo been fent, and the Kotcs are expecled in courfe of which the Public is requefted to take Notice, as well for the particular Safety of ladividuals, as for the Deteclion of the viU lainous Banditti, whofe Eduaation being probably of a Degree witljt their Humanity, they may be ignorant enough to expofe the above Contents, where they cannot fail of being detected after this timely Notice, to which the Public is again entreated to pay due Regard. If any Perfons have a juft Sufpicion, tending to difcover the above Robbery, or have got any of the above Contents, ignorantly ar otherwife, their fignifying the fame, as foon as may be, fhall be duly acknowledged, by JOHN MU.NRO, GEORGE To be 'L at private A NEW brick HOUSE, on Fell's Point, diftiniuihed bv the name of the London Conee houfe, bei mwmmw two ftories high, with a kitchen 2C by 32 18 by 24. feet, and tw T.XAS for SALE, a "Ouantitr of well made RIFLES, of. ftories hith, with a piazza covered between the kitchen and JjL different Lengths and Sizes of Bores, which he will in the houfe, 10 feet by 10, and an excellent cellar under the whcle. fore, to the Purchafers, to be as good and as handfemely fitted up Theie is alfjj a good ftable belonging to the hocfe, and a wbairT as aay made in American he likewife makes Fowling "Pieces, of no feet long, that runs out into 5 feet water at a common tide.

different Sizes, fuch as have been approved of by tJcBtlemen of The whole is now rented by Captain Thomas Eiiit, and this City. "AH Perfons that will pleafe to favour him with their man De leryeo witn great uiipatcn ana v.are. v' He' rep airs old Guns in the moft careful Manner, fj for terms of apply to Captain John Cattill. There is a piece of fpare on the footh de of the faid Houfe, 14 feet by 32, convenient for a ftore. FBlZJBLPHI: Printed by ALL arid SELLERS, at the "New Pri uting.

Office, near the fyfqrkef, 1 I nijiiiiiininiiiiiin M'fM'i'niMMn1 wm i.