The Cultural History of Marlborough, Virginia Part 34

Credit side of Mercer's account with Nathaniel Chapman

[From Ledger B. Nathaniel Chapman was Superintendent of the Acc.o.keek Iron Works.]

1731

Sep 9 By Ball^[a.] bro^[t.] from fol 36 . 2.4 By 500 2^d Nails @ 2/5 p m . 2.5 By 500 3^d D 3/ 3.

By 1^m 4^d D^o 4/ 4.

By 6^m 6^d D^o 5/ 10.

By 4^m 8^d D^o 7/9 1.11.

By 4^m 10^d D^o 9/6 1.18.

By 8^m 12^d D^o 12/ 1.16.

By 2^m 20^d D^o 14/ 1. 8.

By 1 handsaw file 5^d .5 By 1 p^r mens wood heel shooes 6/6 6.6 By 1 half Curb bridle 6/ 6.

By 1 halter 2/4 2.4 By 1 boys hat 2/ 2.

25 By 1 coll^d thread 3/ 3.

Oct 29 By 16 1-1/2 20^d } Nailes }2000 20^d @ 1. 6.

By 27 1-1/2 24^d D^o } 13/ By 2^m 8^d D^o 7/ 15.6 By 4^m 10^d D^o 9/6 1.16.

By 5^m 12^d D^o 12/ 3.

January 1 By 1 p^r girls Shooes By 4y^{ds} Cotton 2/4 9.4 By 1 double Girth 2/ 2.

By 1 Garden hoe By 2-1/2 y^{ds} Kersey 4/1-1/2 10.3-3/4 By 1-1/2 y^{ds} Shalloone 1/9 2.7-1/2 By my Ord^r in favour of W^m Holdbrook 4. 1.3-1/2 By 2 hanks sowing Silk 9^d 1.6 By Cash overpaid 1.2 By 1-1/2 y^d Garlix N^o 24 2.5 10 By 1 Iron pot g^t 36^l-1/2 at 4^d 12.2 By 1 bushel Salt 2.6 By 1 new Axe 5.

By 1 p^r pothooks & wedges 16^l-1/2 at 8^d 11.

Feb. 7 By 1 plough & Swingle tree fitted of w^{th} Iron 9.6 By 5 narrow hoes 12.6 By 2 grubbing hoes 10^l-1/2 at 8^d 7.

By 1 Ironwedge 4^l-1/2 at 8^d 3.

By 2 new horse Collars 8.

By 2 p^r Hames & Ironwork 1.6 By 2 p^r Iron traces g^t 19^{lb} at 8^d 12.8 By Iron door Latch 9 By 1 Ironrake 1.6 By 2 Heaters By putting a leg in an old Iron pott Mar By 17-1/2 double refin'd Sugar @ 16^d 1. 3.

By 100^l Sugar 35/& 3 gall^s Rum 7/6 2. 2.6

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APPENDIX G

Overwharton Parish Account

[From Ledger B]

------------------------------------+--------------------------------- | Overwharton Parish Dr. | Contra | 1730 |1730 March | March 15 To a Book to keep the | By W^m Holdbrook's fine Parish Register 1.11. | for Adultery 5 To drawing Bonds between | By Ebenezer Moss's for Blackburn & the | swearing & Sabbath Churchwardens ab^t | breaking 1.15.

building the Church 1. | By Edward Franklyn's for To fee v Moss 11.8 | swearing when reced 3.

Ballenger | Cabnet | -------- | 9.15.

| 15 | To 1/3 W^m Holdbrooks's | fine 1.13.4 | To 1/3 Eliz^a Bear's D^o | To fee v Franklyn 1. | To paid Burr Harrison by | Ord^o Vestry 2.10. | ------- | 8.11 | 1.4 | ------- | 9.15 | 1732 |1732 April | To fee v Coulter .15. | March 25 | By Ball^a 1.4 | By Eliz^a Ballengers fine | for a b.a.s.t.a.r.d | By Alice Jefferies' D^o | By Ann Holt's D^o

APPENDIX H

Colonists Identified by Mercer According to Occupation

[From Ledger G]

William Hunter Merchant Fredericksburg Jonathan Foward Merchant London William Stevenson Merchant London Robert Rae Merchant Falmouth Robert Tucker Merchant Norfolk David Minitree Bricklayer [Williamsburg]

Thomas Ross Merchant Alexandria William Monday Carpenter Abraham Basnett Oysterman John Booth Weaver John Pagan Merchant Fairfax John Grigsby Smith Stafford Francis Hogans Wheelwright Caroline Doctor Spencer [Physician] Fredericksburg William Threlkeld Weaver Elliott Benger Loftmaster Gen'l.

William Brownley [Bromley] Joiner Andrew Beaty Joiner George Wythe Attorney-at-Law Williamsburg William Jackson Wheelwright Stafford James Griffin Carpenter William Thomson Tailor Fredericksburg Jacob Williams Plasterer Joseph Burges Plasterer Henry Threlkeld Merchant Quantico Cavan Dulany Attorney-at-law [Prince William?]

Peter Murphy Sawyer John Fitzpatrick Weaver Cuthbert Sandys Merchant Fredericksburg Henry Mitch.e.l.l Merchant Occaquan John Harnett s.h.i.+p Carpenter Nanjemoy John Graham Merchant Ess.e.x Fielding Lewis Merchant Fredericksburg Robert Duncanson Merchant Fredericksburg John Fox Smith Fredericksburg Robert Gilchrist Merchant Port Royal Robert Jones Attorney-at-Law Surrey [Jonathan] Sydenham & Hodgson Merchants King George Watson & Cairnes Merchants Nansemond William Prentis Merchant Williamsburg William Mills Weaver Stafford Thomas Barry Bricklayer Edward Powers Shoemaker Caroline Clement Rice Shoemaker King George William Ramsay Merchant Fairfax Andrew Sproul Merchant Norfolk Richard Savage Merchant Falmouth Charles d.i.c.k Merchant Fredericksburg William Miller Horse Jockey Augusta Charles Jones Tailor Williamsburg Peter Scott Joiner Williamsburg William Copen [Copein] Mason Prince William John Blacke Gardener Marlborough Richard Gamble Barber Williamsburg Launcelot Walker Merchant John Rider Waterman Maryland John Proby Pilot Hampton John Hyndman Merchant Williamsburg James Craig Jeweler Williamsburg Robert Crichton Merchant Williamsburg John Simpson Wheelwright Fredericksburg George Charleton Tailor Williamsburg Hugh MacLane Tailor Stafford William Kelly Attorney Prince William Walter Darcy Harnessmaker John Carlyle Merchant Fairfax ---- Kirby Mason King George

APPENDIX I

Materials Listed in Accounts with Hunter and d.i.c.k, Fredericksburg Alphabetical Summary of Materials listed in Ledger G in Mercer's accounts with William Hunter and Charles d.i.c.k, merchants of Fredericksburg. Definitions are based on information in _A New Oxford Dictionary_, Webster's _New International Dictionary_ (second edition, unabridged), _Every Day Life in the Ma.s.sachusetts_ Bay Colony, by George F. Dow (Boston, 1935), and a series of articles by Hazel E. c.u.mmin in _Antiques_: vol. 38, pp. 23-25, 111-112; vol. 39, pp. 182-184; vol. 40, pp. 153-154, 309-312.

ALLAPINE: A mixed stuff of wool and silk, or mohair and cotton.

BOMBAYS: Raw cotton.

BOMBAZINE: A twilled or corded dress material of silk and worsted, sometimes also of cotton and worsted, or of worsted alone. In black, used for mourning.

BROADCLOTH: A fine, smooth woolen cloth of double width.

BUCKRAM: A kind of coa.r.s.e linen or cotton fabric, stiffened with gum or paste. Murray quotes Berkeley, _Alicphr_ ... (1832), "One of our ladies ... stiffened with hoops and whalebone and buckram."

CALAMANCO: A light-weight material of wool or mohair and wool, sometimes figured or striped, sometimes dyed in clear, bright colors, and calendered to a silky gloss to resemble satin.

CALICO: Murray defers to Chambers' _Cyclopaedia_ definition (1753): "An Indian stuff made of cotton, sometimes stained with gay and beautiful colours ... Calicoes are of divers kinds, plain, printed, painted, stain'd, dyed, chints, muslins, and the like." It is not to be confused with the modern material of the same name.

CAMBRIC: A fine white linen or cotton fabric, much used for handkerchiefs and s.h.i.+rts, originally made at Cambray in Flanders.

CAMLET: A cla.s.s of fine-grained material of worsted or mohair and silk, sometimes figured, sometimes "watered." _Moreen_ is one of its subtypes.

CHECK: Any checked, woven or printed, material.

DUFFEL: A woven cloth with a thick nap, synonymous with _s.h.a.g_.

Made originally at Duffel, near Antwerp. In a pa.s.sage quoted by Murray, Defoe (_A Tour of Great Britain_) mentions its manufacture at Witney, "a Yard and three quarters wide, which are carried to New England and Virginia."

FRIEZE: A coa.r.s.e woolen cloth with a nap on one side.

GARLIX: Linen made in Gorlitz, Silesia, in several shades of blue-white and brown.

HOLLAND: A linen material, sometimes glazed, first made in Holland.

KERSEY (often spelled "Cresoy" by Mercer): A coa.r.s.e, long-fiber woolen cloth, usually ribbed, used for stockings, caps, etc.