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hee saith that hee verily beleevth that th … hee saith that hee verily beleevth that the said ffrancis<br />
Wheeler the elder deceased was the true and Lawfull owner<br />
of the foresaid Tobaccoes at the time of the Lading thereof<br />
[?the XXXX] his death, and soe hee was [?Comonly GUTTER]<br />
accounted And ffrancis Wheeler the Younger son of the<br />
foresaid ffrancis Wheeler did (as hee saith) before the said<br />
ship ''Honour'' went from gence Upon the said voyage<br />
take tonnage in the said ship by Charterparty for the said<br />
Tobaccoes, and had Not the same bin laden hee must<br />
have paid the Dead ffreight, And saith that when<br />
the foresaid Tobaccoes were soe laden on board the<br />
said ship ''Honour'' there was alsoe another ship there<br />
ryding called the ''Thomas and Anne'' Christopher<br />
Evelling Master aboard which Ship there was then alsoe<br />
Tobaccoe Laden by the said ffrancis Wheeler<br />
the Elder, And saith that the said Wheeler did intend<br />
to have come from Virginia in the said ship ''Honour''<br />
for London with the said Tobaccoe, And had spoke to this<br />
deponent (who was then Master of the said ship ''Honour'') for the [?round GUTTER]<br />
house, And further deposeth not./.
To the 3.d hee saith that soone after the said Tobaccoe or the greatest Part thereof was<br />
soe put on board the said ship ''Honour'' the said Francis<br />
Wheeler departed this life, and hee did not receive any<br />
bills of Lading for the saide Tobaccoe soe laden on board<br />
the ''Honour'' And saith that hee this Deponent hath heard<br />
that the said Wheeler deceased did before his goeing from<br />
England make his will, and further<br />
deposeth not./
To the 4.th hee saith the said ffrancis Wheeler deceased<br />
did leave a widowe named Hellin or Ellinor who<br />
was mother in Lawe to the Producent ffrancis wheeler<br />
and saith that soone after the death of the said<br />
ffrancis Wheeler, One Mr Nicholas Trott<br />
a Virginia merchant living in Yorke towne<br />
in Virginia came to this deponent and shewed<br />
him a Note from the foresaid Hellin or Ellinor Wheeler<br />
wherein this deponent was desired to give bills of Lading to<br />
the said Mr Nicholas Trott, which this deponent did consent unto<br />
and the same being filled up by the said Trott or<br />
his order this deponent signed the same, and therein hee<br />
saith it was mentioned that the said Tobaccoes were Laden<br />
by the said Nicholas Trott though in truth they were not<br />
(and the same were Consigned to Perryn (or Perrent Trott<br />
here in London, brother to the said Nicholas. And<br />
further deposeth not./as. And<br />
further deposeth not./ +
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