That upon this Deponents return home from the said trials, and for some time thereafter, he' found the claimarits under New Hampshire in his neighborhood fond of coming to a settlement with the proprietors under New York, but that afterwards repeated encouragements being received in that Quarter from the present Governor of New Hampshire as the Universal Report was in that Part.of the Country, and which the Deponent believes to be true, they would hold their Lands under the New Hampshire Titles until they were defeated in England and that soon thereafter a Petition was handed about in his neighborhood as this Deponent has understood and believes for subseripton i in Pursuance of some plan that had been fallen upon, to aniiex these Lands to New Hampshire, but to whom the Petition was addressed, or what were its Contents this Deponent knows not.

L. And this Deponent further saith that in the month of December last, he frequently heard it had been given out in his Neighborhood by the Clainiants under New Hampshire, that the Plaintiffs in the above mentioned Causes in Ejectment tried as aforesaid durst not serve the writs of possession.

M. That about the Fifth Day of January last, the Sheriff of Albany with one of his Deputies and another person in his Company came to this Deponents House and this Deponent having some short time beforeseen the said Sheriff in Albany 'with Writs of Possession in his Hands, in the four Actions of Ejectment tried at Albany as aforesaid the said Sheriff now told him he had been trying to execute two of them, against James Breakinridge, and Josiah Fuller above mentioned, but that he was opposed by a Number of armed men who had shut themselves up in the Defendants Houses, and threatened to blow his brains out if he proceeded, which as the Sheriff informed the Deponent prevented his executing either of them That the said Sheriff went the next Day for Albany declaring his Business obliged him to be there, the'County Court coming on very soon.