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and your petitioners
prosperity.
shall further humblie pray for your honors peace and
Henry Jocelyn
Ambrose Bouden
John X Libby, senior,
Sam X Oakman
Richard X Willing
Francis X White
John X Ficket
Richard X Bassen
Thomas X Wasgate
John X Makenny
Edward X Hounsell
Richard X Barret
John X Libby jun r
Richard Moore Christopher X Picket
Anthony Row Peter X Hinxen Thomas Cleverly
Thomas X Bigford Henry X Elkins John X Vicars
John Howell Henry X Brookins Duuken X Teshmond
William X Champlin William X Burrage John X Simson
Additional Favourable Testimony.
These are to testifie before whom it may concern, that M r . Scottow of
Boston, being w ,h us when y e men were killed upon Sacho Sands at
the first heering of the guns fired there w th consent of M r . Josselin gave y e
Alarum all over garrison to y e whole town, drew up such of us on our armes
as were at home, dispatcht our Corporall to call in such as were abroad, as
also the said Scottow was very Angry with Mackshawine for saying that
Captaine Wincoll and his Company were all cut off, telling him though
some might be killed and the rest filed yett it might be to gain y e advantage
of ground as it proved, as also at the same time Scottow seartcht the armes
and ammunition of us which were drawne up exchanging y e armes which
were insufficient for his owne ffixed armes, and that hee supplied every man
of all those that were sent forth, and wanted, both with powder, buletts,
swan shott, biskett, and a dram of y e bottle out of his owne store, there not
being at the same time one pound of powder in y e town, that wee know of
but what they rec ved from Scottow & that the said Scottow, upon the first
alarum enquire whether some of us might not bee sent in a shallop or in
Canows to goe to y e releif of those men, it was answered that they could
not be sent with safety neither for the men nor for their armes because of
the gulf of y e sea, the wind blowing ffresh upon the shore. The said Scottow
with the consent of Mr. Henery Josselin, did with as much possible
speed as they could, dispatch away about twenty men over our fferry to
march by land to the relief of that pty under y e charge of Serjeant Olliver,
yea so many men did they send away that some of us complained against
them saying they did not doe well to send out so many of their husbands
and children, supposeing that if they should have been cutt off wee had not
strength left at the garrison sufficient to defend o ur selves if assaulted, Yea,
wee doe farther testifie that the said Scottow Acted therein to the utmost
of his power soe that when some of the company manifested a backwardness
to the relief above in vexation hee through his Kane upon the ground saying
he would through up his Commission and never meddle more with it, and
alsoe that wee could not answer to god, men, nor our owne consciences unless
wee used the utmost of our endeavour to relieve those men, in testimony of
the truth of what is above written we have hereunto signed and shall to the
substance of the whole depose if called thereunto by lawfull Authority.
Blackpoint, July y e 15 th 1676. The gmises above written, I
John X Libby Sen 1
Rich. Willing attest to be truth given under
Tomas X Bigford Andrew Browne my hand this 18 July 1676
Anthony row ffrancisX White Henry Jocelyn.
Thomas Cleverly PeterX Hinxen
Hen : X Elkins Henry X Nookins (Mass. Arch., Vol. 69, p. 28.)