Affidavit of John Ross, 1736

Affidavit of John Ross, 1736 City of Philad.a ss- John Ross of the County of Lancaster in the Province of Pennsylvania Yeoman Aged about Forty Years, and Benj. Starret of the Same County Yeoman Aged about Thirty Years, being Sworn on the Holy Evangelist Do Declare and Say That these Deponents having been in the Month of November last, required by the Sherriff of Lancaster County aforesaid to Attend him in bringing Thomas Cressap Prisoner from the Town of Lancaster in the County aforesaid to the City of Philadelphia. He the said Cressap in the hearing of these Deponents, as well at the Said town as on the Road to Philadelphia Said, that a Body or Company of Men would Soon be Sent from Maryland to the Said Town to Lancaster who would take and burn same to Ashes, and therefore he the said Thomas Cressap threatned that the House now of John Ross One of the Deponents, wherein one John Emerson lately Dwelt. within the Mannor of Conestogo belonging to the Proprietaries of Pennsylvania lying on the East Side of Sasquahanna River Should very Soon be taken and Burned to Ashes and this Deponent John Ross in it by Some Men who were to be Sent for that Purpose from the Government of Maryland, and therefore he the Said Thomas Cressap, in a like Scoffing or deriding Sort, Advised this Deponent John Ross not to Expose himself to the Danger of being burned in his House or taken Prisoner into Maryland which he the said Deponent might daily Expect. Philadelphia Decemb. 8th 1736 John Ross Benjamin Starret Taken before me Clemt Plumstead, Mayor Writer for John Ross Date written December 8, 1736 Paper x in x x in Pen Penmanship Style Collection Historical Society of Pennsylvania Chew family papers Collection 2050 Chew, Benjamin (1722-1810) PA/MD Boundary dispute Affidavits and Affirmations - Affidavit of John Ross (1736) File name John Ross 16xx-00x-00x-00x Links to Clement Plumstead Colonial And Revolutionary Families Of Pennsylvania By John W. Jordan [1] Wikipedia, as Clement Plumsted [ sic] [2] Historical and genealogical data concerning Clement Plumstead, Mayor of Philadelphia, Pa., in 1723, 1736 and 1741 [3]