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The eighth of October 1657.
The complaint … The eighth of October 1657.
The complaint of Claes Williamson the Master}<br />
and John Peters and others the marriners of}<br />
the ''Morning starr'' for their wages.}<br />
ffrancklin. Budd.}
Examined upon an allegation given in on the<br />
behalfe of the said master and company: 24 September last
'''dt. .1.'''
'''John Peters[?son]''', Stiersman of the said shipp aged<br />
27 yeeres or thereabouts sworne and examined
To the said allegation and schedule annexed hee saith and deposeth all the time allegate<br />
namely from the 17th of May 1656 untill the 17th of September 1657<br />
and longer mr williams was and stilll is master of the said shipp and for such commonly<br />
accounted, and that hee hired this deponent and the rest of the mariners<br />
schedulated (being now read over unto him) to serve as mariners in the<br />
said shipp for the voyage allegate at the rates and wages respectively<br />
set downe and mentioned in the said schedule. And that this deponent<br />
and the rest of the said mariners entred into pay in the same on the<br />
17th of May 1656; at which time the said shipp departed from<br />
the Texel in the said voyage, and continewed in the said service and<br />
payable to and untill the 17th of September now last past. And<br />
that the said shipp in that time made severall parts and places and delivered out and tooke<br />
in severall merchandizes and goods, and that the lading now in question was<br />
put aboard her for the most part at Santa Cruce, and that in her<br />
passage from Santa Cruce for Amsterdam, shee was with her lading<br />
taken and surprized by one of the frigots of this Commonwealth.<br />
And that the said mariners served in the said shipp all the time mentioned in<br />
the said schedule,<br />
and that the severall summes of money schedlated are respectively<br />
due ubto them and ought to be paid unto them for such their service.<br />
All which hee knoweth being Stiersman and serving all the said time and<br />
still in the said shipp, and acquainted with the hiring and serving of the<br />
rest of the mariners at the said rates and wages. And further that<br />
the said Claes Williamson went master of the said shipp and was soe<br />
put master by the [?iniuries] of the same, and served in her all the said<br />
time, and is still master of her, and this deponent hath after heard him<br />
say that hee was to have 60 gilders per moneth pay for his service<br />
therein, and soe much hee saith hee well deserveth, that being but<br />
slender pay for a master for such a voyage.
To the Interrogatories [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee saith that the said skipper hired all the said company<br />
to serve the said voyage in the said shipp at the said rates, and entred their<br />
names accordingly in his booke with their wages, and that<br />
some of them were shipped three or foure dayes sooner than the<br />
other, but their entering into pay was all at once, namely when the<br />
shipp set saile, which was on the 17th of may (new stile) 1656<br />
And otherwise hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing deposition.
To the second hee saith that hee was not present at the hiring of all the<br />
mariners, being when they were under saile they all declared to each<br />
other their wages to be after the rates aforesaid, and the master acknowledged,<br />
[?his]he master acknowledged,<br />
[?his] +
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