the Examination of ー 3 prisonners taken nea[r] against Sylas Carmon att oyster bay South ー & their Sloop ー 7 Men they Sot ashore the night before, Which they give but little account of

(1) Nathan gyer inhabitant att Blewpoynt, upon his Examination Says, he Sot With his Sloop & Carryed With him about ー 12 Bushels of Clams about a week ago & went to the jerseys & past the Man of War in the Night Without being Stopt  he, Made [a] Harbo[r]  Came to ankur  Sold his Clambs to the Jersey People as he Seposd & took in ー 7 Passangers  as they Came abord of him att Differant times Sum in the Day & Sum in the Night in Small Craft  they payd him their passage When he Sot them a Shore in oyster bay South att fort neck poynt they left, five guns with him but the persons Names he Dont Remember, Except 2 ー 1 Was umpstad the other ー platt ー Both from Newengland, umpstad a taylor by trade from Litchfield, the Said gyer ー Says his Design Was When he Sot out from blew poynt to go Round to New england to Collect Sum Debts ー but When he Came to Jersey he understood that att New york they took all the Botes that pased & for that Reason he Returnd Back to go home & took in these 7 Pasengers ー

2[n]d Lazareth gyer, Says Son to the first 20 ー or 30 Bushels of Clams & that the Man of Wars Barge haild them & Broughtthem tew took about a peck of their Clams  the passengers which they took a bord & Sot ashore Came abord All together in one Bote in the Day time he New None of them Except ー 1 they Cald Patcher a taylor by trade, but he Sepos'd Sum of the ー 7 Passengers Part of them Belong to New england & part Upon long island he after said in pasin the Man of War the fenux [Phoenix] haild them & Brought them tew ー

3rd Benj Scribner ー 3 months ago from new england Norwock Saith 30 Bushels of Clams ー Past the Man of War Clear Went to the Jersey in tew a harbour up to a landing along Side of a Dock Where they Sold their Clams to the Jersey people & these passengers Came to them by land to the Dock & Stept abord ー he further Says he agreed With the first Nathan gyer ー att blew poynt & Was to give him 8/ for his passage to Carry him to Egg harbour

further Says they lay ー a week fast to the Dock att the Jers[eys] they None of them Can Remember What part of the Jerseys they Went to      Examind before us