Interrogatory of Phebe Wright and Samuel Wilkins
Title
Interrogatory of Phebe Wright and Samuel Wilkins
Date
undated but presumably Nov. 22, 1780
Transcription
the following questions was asked Phebe Wright by Maj. Ezra Putnam, which she under oath answered as followeth. -
Q: 1st did you ever hear Peters say that he would Maintain the widow Wilkins Comfortably --- answer I have heard him again and again Say, that he would support her comfortably & well
Q 2nd did you ever hear him say that he had as’leaves the Estate should be Spent in the Law, as the way it was going --
Answer I donte remember that I ever heard him say so --
Q: 3rd did you ever hear him say that dinah belonged to him. --
Answer I never heard him say that Dinah belong to him ---
Questions Put to Samuel Wilkins by the said Putnam -- who on oath answers as followeth (viz)
Q 1st did you ever (either before the widow Naomi Wilkin gave him her A deed of her Estate to John Peters, or since) say that if there was not care taken it would be Spent ----
Answer I never did to the best of my remembrance --
Q: 2nd did you ever hear Peters say that he had as’leaves the Estate should be spent in the law as the way it was going now
Answer no I never heard him say so ---
Question the 3rd
N:B: the above questions & answers was minnited & inclosed at the request of Maj. Putnam
by A[mos] Putnam
Q: 1st did you ever hear Peters say that he would Maintain the widow Wilkins Comfortably --- answer I have heard him again and again Say, that he would support her comfortably & well
Q 2nd did you ever hear him say that he had as’leaves the Estate should be Spent in the Law, as the way it was going --
Answer I donte remember that I ever heard him say so --
Q: 3rd did you ever hear him say that dinah belonged to him. --
Answer I never heard him say that Dinah belong to him ---
Questions Put to Samuel Wilkins by the said Putnam -- who on oath answers as followeth (viz)
Q 1st did you ever (either before the widow Naomi Wilkin gave him her A deed of her Estate to John Peters, or since) say that if there was not care taken it would be Spent ----
Answer I never did to the best of my remembrance --
Q: 2nd did you ever hear Peters say that he had as’leaves the Estate should be spent in the law as the way it was going now
Answer no I never heard him say so ---
Question the 3rd
N:B: the above questions & answers was minnited & inclosed at the request of Maj. Putnam
by A[mos] Putnam
Citation
“Interrogatory of Phebe Wright and Samuel Wilkins,” Wheatley Peters Project, accessed October 17, 2026, https://wheatleypeters.xn--lamh-bpa.org/items/show/14.