Transcript:Lechford, Thomas. Note-Book Kept by Thomas Lechford, Esq./v7p136

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said Elizabeth overheld the said William & Elizabeth out of possession of the said ffarme called Hamsteed farme ever since their marriage, how rightfully this Depont knoweth not. [l.s.]

Thomas Marshfeild had of John lies ¹ of Dorchester in N. E. 28i to be payd to Adam Hurden of Barnstaple in Devon, in or about the moneth of January last past, wch was the Debt of Iles. Now the said Thomas M. and Henry Woolcott and William Gaylard are to be bound to secure John Iles of all Damages thereabout.

Nos Thoma Marshfeild de Windsor sup flumcn De Kennect- icot in America, plantatore, Henricum Woolcott De eadem, et Will™ Gaylard De eadem plantatores, tener' etc. Joh' Iles in 50i Dat' 29. 5. 1639. Coram —

The Condicon of this obligation is such that whereas the abovebounden Thomas Marshfield heretofore received of the abovenamed John Iles the summe of twenty & eight pounds in New England the which or the like summe the said Thomas undertooke to pay unto one Adam Hurden of Barn- staple in the County of Devon unto whome the said John Iles Did owe the same If therefore the said Thomas Henry and William their heires executors or administrators or any of them shall from time to time and at all times hereafter upon reasonable notice save & keepe harmelesse the said John Iles his heires executors & admrs of &. from all suits troubles Dammages costs & charges that shall arise and come upon him or them for or by reason of the said Debt of twenty & eight pounds heretofore Due unto the said Adam Hurden Then this obligation to be voyd & of none effect or els to rcmaine & be in full power strength & vertue. [1s. 6d.]

¹ I suppose that John Iles here men- tioned was the man whom tradition pre- sented to Mr. Savage under the name of John Hills. This latter was said to be a blacksmith of Dorchester. Thomas Marshfield and Henry Wolcott, of Windsor, are spoken of in the Note-book several times (pp. 174, 180). William Gavlord had been of Dorchester, whence he moved to "Windsor in 1638. Wolcott, also from Dorchester, was one of the earliest settlers at Windsor, to which place he journeyed in 1635. Thomas Marshfield is supposed to have come from Dorchester also; but this cannot be made certain without confounding him with Thomas Marshall.