Deposition of Margaret Parkin

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Margaret Parkin of Newetowne in the Countie of ffermanagh widowe duely sworne deposeth That about the 23th of November o ctober last past at Newtowne aforesaid the Rebells beinge a very greate number whoe surprised & robbed all his Majesties subjects of the same Towne, came into this deponents house and rifled her Chest truncke and tooke away all the goods shee had and her husband had and stripped both her and h t stripped both her and her husband and 3 Children all starke naked and turned them all out of doores to her p thir vtter undoeinge of us and robbed them to the value losse of about 6 li. And that her husband was afterwardes slayne goeinge to Tredagh with the Companye that went to releive the Towne. And this deponent further sayth that by the informacion of divers Credible persons the Rebels had boyled a younge Childe to death in a Caldron or great Kettle in the Church at Newtowne
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Margaret Parkin
Jur: 19o Jan. 1641.
Roger Puttocke
William Aldrich

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Margaret Parkin
Jur: 19o Jan: 1641.
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