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Joseph
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Grace
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George Arrowsmith
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William Lawrence
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James Padgett
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Thomas Syertt
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Thomas Foster
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Thomas Clarke
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William Carpenter
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William Elkin
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good and lawful Men of the said Liberty, duly
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chosen, who being then and there duly sworn and charged to enquire for our said Lord the
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King, when, how, and by what Means the said
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Stephen Hodges
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came to
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his Death, do upon their Oath say That the said
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Stephen Hodges
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Sound mind memory and understanding, but
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and distracted,
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on the fifteenth day of March in the Year aforesaid at the parish aforesaid
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within the Liberty and County aforesaid one end of a certain piece of
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Small cord unto a Wooden rail in the pack Yard or area belonging to the
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felling house of
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George Walker
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in the said
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Parish Liberty and County and the other End thereof about his own neck did
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fix the and fasten and therewith did then and there hang suffocate
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and Strangle himself of which said hanging suffocation and strangling
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aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say that the said
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Stephen Hodges
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not being of sound mind Memory and understanding but lunatic and
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Distracted in Manner and by the Means aforesaid did hang himself
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In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the said
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James Morris
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Foreman of the said James on the behalf of himself
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and the rest of his Fellows have to this Inquisition set their Hands and
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Seals the day year and Place abovewritten
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