https://www.wheatleypeters.xn--lamh-bpa.org/files/original/2b3c6f325427a391d1d7d8290b7e9496.jpg 94d96f9b16c57ba27ef8b997457ec911 https://www.wheatleypeters.xn--lamh-bpa.org/files/original/22e9d832fac05ffd056e74662b8578cc.jpg 960016edc16d2461340b1dcf40f904c9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Naomi Wilkins Description An account of the resource I the Deponent of Lawfull Age testify and say, That John Peters now of Middleton was once Servant to my late Husband since which he has often frequented the House more especially since he has liv’d at Boston & obtaind his freedom; & while my late Husband languish’d in his last Sickness, he also pretended to have a great regard for him & myselfe which we were made to believe, although while servant to my late Husband he discovered a bad temper & was very undutifull, yet I supposed him of a different dissposition now & therefore foolishly trusted him with much of my Intrest, & from the same Mistake It was that my late Husband left him a Small Legacy in his last will. After my Husbands decease he had of me a young Mare for which he promisd to pay a Note of fourty pounds which Mr. John Russell had against the Estate & bring it to me. He took the Mare but has never bro’t me the Note; this was in April 1779. At another time the same year he had of me Nine Hundred Dollars which I gave him to pay my Taxes but he never paid them nor Return’d me the Money. At Several other times in the same year he receiv’d of me about Two thousand Dollar for which [he] has made me no returns. At sundry other times as he was often at my House from Boston he had of me Butter Cheese Salt Pork & small meat to a large amount for which I Receivd Nothing but fair promises. In Feb’y 1780, my only Child died, soon after which with many fair promises of providing for me & paying the Debts of the Estate I was prevaild upon by him in my weak disconsolate state to give him a Deed of all the real Estate my late Husband was seized of. But to my Surprize I very soon saw that his tender conduct towards me was alterd & less attention to my ease & comfort was paid than had been before, for in April 1780 he removed his family from Boston into my House & Instead of his providing for me I was obliged to provide for my Self & his family & I & my Negro woman [to] stand as Cooks or else to have a Noise: being no way provided for such a large family my salt pork was soon gone & my English Grain & I was reduced to Indian Bread and sometimes without meat of any kind which short allowance I never Experienc’d before. He soon after told me all the personal as well as real Estate was his & that I could call Nothing my own. He proceeded soon to sell a pair of my Steers without my Knowledge at upwards of Three Thousand Dollars of which by Accident I got Eleven Hundred & no more. At another time he received one Hundred Dollars to pay Do[ctor?] Osgood-- He very soon Express’d to me a great dislike to my Negro woman alledging that she was saucy to Him & his wife. This uneasiness I endeavour’d to remove by Cautioning her & observing to him that I could by no means do without her; but I found that Nothing which I said to him had the desired effect, untill in my absence from home to a Neighbours in Aug’t last, my Negro woman came run[n]ing to me & in much discomposure told me John Peters had threatned her life & that his Expressions & Actions were such as that she was afraid he would kill her if She again return’d to the House, which when she related to me & others that were witnesses with the Circumstances that attended it, and recollecting many things that he had said & done before I could not prevail over my fears either to Send her or go my Self back again to my House. I therefore with advice Hired a House in the Neighbourhood where I still live. And being advised by my Neighbours I got Capt. Benjamin Gardner to go to Major Ezra Putnam & to sollicit him to undertake for me who after much perswasion took from me a Power of Atorney. I was also present at the Probate Court when Benjamin Wilkins jun’r was appointed to administer which then was & Now is very agreeable to me. [Naomi Wilkins, X her mark] Middleton, November the 22nd 1780 [VERSO: Sworn before Justice of the Peace Amos Putnam, at Middleton, Nov. 23, 1780. Taken at the request of Benjamin Wilkins Jr.; John Peters was notified but did not attend at the time of this Caption being taken] Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Nov. 22, 1780