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of the Peace for the said City Who saith, that he believes
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he is the Son of
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John Stolker
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, formerly an Engineer
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and Sureyer at
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died at
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Martinice when he this Examinant was about
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ten Years of AgoSays, that his Mother then
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removed to Dominica, and he lived with her, untill she
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died about Five Months after the death of his Father
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Says, that after the death of his Mother he went in a
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Brig, commanded by Captain Smith, in Whose Service
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he went to
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, New York and other Parts,
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and continued with him about eighteen Months
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Says, That he and
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Thomas Dargaval
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came together at
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Port
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Royal in Jamaica, on board the Vigilant Letter
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of Marque, and meeting with two, French Men of War, some
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Shot were exchanged, by one of which he lost his
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right LegSays, that he and Dargaval have since
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been taken Prisoners to Brest, and at Length were
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exchanged by Cartel, and came to Dover about ten
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Months ago, since which he has been in on regular
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Employment, but subsisted chiefly by Charity from
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the Publick, by shewing the Model of the Ship
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now Produced
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Taken at
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London
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the
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