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- [S231] Records of Plymouth Colony, (General Court). http://www.histarch.uiuc.edu/plymouth/DOTEYTHO.htm.
General Court 17 January 1672 Records of Plymouth Colony 5:83 Mar y Churchill confesses to the Court that she was impregnated by Thoma s Dotey. She says she had "carnall coppulation" with Dotey t hree times, on July 15, on August 8, and in a "senight" afte r the August 8 incident, after which Dotey departed the government . In reference to the August 8 incident, Ephraim Tinkham testifie d that he "haveing occation to speak with the said Thomas Dotey , went to the house of Joseph Churchill, expecting to meet with him th ere, and coming to the house, knocked att the dore; but noe body answa red, and soe hee went in and stayed a while in the outward room; and b y some noise that hee heard in the house, conceived there was sombod y within, although they answared not; but att length Mary Churchill ca me forth, and he asked her if Thomas Dotey was in the house or noe; bu t shee did not reddily answare him, but after some pause shee answare d that hee was in the house; soe hee desired to speake with him; and s oon after, Thomas Dotey came forth, and soe the said Sarjeant Tinkha m and hee went away together, and hee admonished the said Dotey to tak e heed least evill might come of such carriages, or to that purpose; a nd the said Mary Churchill, being examined affeirmed that the same tim e that the said Sarjeant Tinkham tooke them soe together as aforsaid , was one of the three times hee had carnall coppulation with her as a bovesaid; and shee further examined, deneyed that shee ever had to do e with any other man." She then promises to show up in the June C ourt. General Court 5 June 1672 Records of Plymouth Colony 5:9 4 Mary Churchill is fined six pounds by the Court for committing fo rnication with Thomas Doten. General Court 30 October 1672 Record s of Plymouth Colony 8:173 Mary Churchill complains to the Court th at since Doten got her pregnant, and has departed the government, tha t she needs support to raise the child from his estate. The jury award s her the following: one third of a boat Doten's owns with Leiute nant Morton and Thomas Howes; one third of the nets, roads, anchors, a nd sails pertaining to the boat; a gun in the custody of Ephraim Morto n, a rapier at Gorge Morton's, 40 shillings for the hire of the b oat due from Richard Willis, and parcel of boards in the custody of se veral people. 22 July 1679 Records of Plymouth Colony 7:67 " ;Thomas, the son of Thomas Doten, was borne the 22cond of July, 1679
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