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hee saith that hee verily beleevth that the said ffrancis
Wheeler the elder deceased was the true and Lawfull owner
of the foresaid Tobaccoes at the time of the Lading thereof
[?the XXXX] his death, and soe hee was [?Comonly GUTTER]
accounted And ffrancis Wheeler the Younger son of the
foresaid ffrancis Wheeler did (as hee saith) before the said
ship Honour went from gence Upon the said voyage
take tonnage in the said ship by Charterparty for the said
Tobaccoes, and had Not the same bin laden hee must
have paid the Dead ffreight, And saith that when
the foresaid Tobaccoes were soe laden on board the
said ship Honour there was alsoe another ship there
ryding called the Thomas and Anne Christopher
Evelling Master aboard which Ship there was then alsoe
Tobaccoe Laden by the said ffrancis Wheeler
the Elder, And saith that the said Wheeler did intend
to have come from Virginia in the said ship Honour
for London with the said Tobaccoe, And had spoke to this
deponent (who was then Master of the said ship Honour) for the [?round GUTTER]
house, And further deposeth not./.

To the 3.d hee saith that soone after the said Tobaccoe or the greatest Part thereof was
soe put on board the said ship Honour the said Francis
Wheeler departed this life, and hee did not receive any
bills of Lading for the saide Tobaccoe soe laden on board
the Honour And saith that hee this Deponent hath heard
that the said Wheeler deceased did before his goeing from
England make his will, and further
deposeth not./

To the 4.th hee saith the said ffrancis Wheeler deceased
did leave a widowe named Hellin or Ellinor who
was mother in Lawe to the Producent ffrancis wheeler
and saith that soone after the death of the said
ffrancis Wheeler, One Mr Nicholas Trott
a Virginia merchant living in Yorke towne
in Virginia came to this deponent and shewed
him a Note from the foresaid Hellin or Ellinor Wheeler
wherein this deponent was desired to give bills of Lading to
the said Mr Nicholas Trott, which this deponent did consent unto
and the same being filled up by the said Trott or
his order this deponent signed the same, and therein hee
saith it was mentioned that the said Tobaccoes were Laden
by the said Nicholas Trott though in truth they were not
(and the same were Consigned to Perryn (or Perrent Trott
here in London, brother to the said Nicholas. And
further deposeth not./

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Francis Wheerler the Elder

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TNA

PROB

PROB 11/297/38 Will of Francis Wheeler, Merchant now bound on a voyage for Virginia of London 14 March 1660

Status
Volume	HCA 13/73
Folio	556
Side	Verso
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Created 14/06/14, by CSG