Deposition of Elizabeth Hathway

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1633
Ellizabeth Hathway widdow of the parish of Athmeane and barony of Desses widdow and County in the County of Watterford widdow (a brittish protestant) beeing deuely sowrne and Examined by vertue viz t deposeth & saith that in and aboute Christmas last & since the begining of this presente rebellion in Ireland shee was robbed and spoyled of her goods and Chattells to the vallues ffolowing vizt value of 34 li. 16 s. sterling part consisting of
Of Cowes horses and swyne to the vallue of tw e nty seauen pounds ten shillings of howshold goods to the vallue of twenty shillings of hay in stacke to the vallue of three pounds Of fruts in her garden to the vallue of ffourty shellings Of debts d which shee Esteemed good debts bee for this present rebellion Amounting to the som of thirty twenty six shellings and now bee com desperatt by reson part ther of is deue from one English and protestants Thomas Abraham and another part debts deue ffrom Iresh and Papest vizt Peirse Roch of Carragh Roch in the said County gentleman gent and Walter o Hallahar of Dromana [ ] both of the parish in the said Countye yeoman and County Aforesaid but in regard that some of the said parties the English and protestant is vtterly disinabled by reson of this rebellion and the rest of them but in regard the said parties are out in Actuall rebellion there fore the deponant cannot gett satisfaction the totall of her losses Amounts to thirty ffoure pownds sixteen sh illings sterling shee was robbe d by the rebells in those partes their names shee knoweth not The deponent saith that her husband James was killed by the rebells in the County of Kiery as shee is informed, likewsie Alse Bywater the deponents sister was murthered at Dromany in the County of Waterford by some of Capteine ffennells Company as this deponent was credibly informed, & further shee canot depose
Elizabeth [mark] Hathway
his marke
Jurat coram nobis
21 July 1642
Phil: Bisse
Thomas Ellwell

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1634
The examination of
Elizabeth Hathway
Waterford
Reu
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