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<p n="16"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15078_n16-1">Mercy Williamson</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15078_occ9">Daughter</rs>
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of <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15078_n16-4">John<lb></lb>
Williamson</rs>
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Husband of the deced maketh<lb></lb>
Oath and saith that for abt. two or three nights<lb></lb>
after her Father had married the deced they lay<lb></lb>
together in the House where they have since laid<lb></lb>
in the End Fair of Stairs Room, but a Harwards<lb></lb>
they moved up three pair and<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
of Stairs into the Garlett where<lb></lb>
the deced lies dead, <del>there being five Beds with and<lb></lb>
that Depts. To there and her five Brors. lay in one<lb></lb>
bed and Depts. in the after</del>
and there for a Night or<lb></lb>
two her Father and the deced with Depts. Younger<lb></lb>
Bror. lay together in one Bed, her Elder Bror. upon some<lb></lb>
Rags in the same Room Dept. upon an old Matter in<lb></lb>
the same Room, but immediatly afterwards<lb></lb>
on the deced complaining that Williamson wod.<lb></lb>
not let her alone, she left his Bed and lay upon<lb></lb>
same Rags in the Room: that for about three<lb></lb>
Months after separating Beds the deced regularly<lb></lb>
mealed with Williamson her Brors. herself<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
<lb></lb>
that about three Months ago he tied a Represend<lb></lb>
her Wast and fastened it to a Steple fixed in a Beam<lb></lb>
near the Bed Port and kept her in that manner all <lb></lb>
the time the Family were out, and about five Months<lb></lb>
ago he bought a Pair Iron Hand cuffs in which<lb></lb>
<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
he put her hands fastening them behind her<lb></lb>
puling a Rope round the Iron of the Handcuffs and<lb></lb>
therewith<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
down her up by the Rope through<lb></lb>
the Staple in she Clock & then fired it to a Spike<lb></lb>
Nail above her Head, the deced resting upon her<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
that Williamson from time to time used to put Bread<lb></lb>
and Butley upon a Self in the Closet which she could just reach<lb></lb>
with her mouth and gave her Water when she called<lb></lb>
for it. That she contained in that Desition Night<lb></lb>
& day about two Weeks and until Sunday last<lb></lb>
and died early on Tuesday Morning. The Clearer Door<lb></lb>
was generally kept such and bolted Says last Sunday<lb></lb>
he there about a Pint of Water in her fore, and used<lb></lb>
frequently to throw water at her says he used frequently<lb></lb>
to beat his with hs Leather Stioup with his Fist and<lb></lb>
Hands, says the believes her death was or assigned for<lb></lb>
went of Sustenance & by the ill Usage her Father gave her</p>
<p n="17">Sworn the <rs type="date" id="LMSLPS15078_date7">18th. day of Decr. 1766</rs>
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.<lb></lb>
before me.</p>
<p n="18"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15078_n18-1">Tho: Beach</rs>
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Corr.</p>
<p n="19">The mark of<figure rend="mark"></figure>
<del>Mary</del>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15078_n19-1">Mercy Williamson</rs>
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