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without　any　possibility　of　a　discovery　of　our　circumstances。



I　told　him　in　general；　too；　that　as　I　had　several　relations　in　the　

place　where　we　was；　and　that　I　durst　not　now　let　myself　be　

known　to　them；　because　they　would　soon　come　into　a　knowledge　

of　the　occasion　and　reason　of　my　coming　over；　which　would　be　

to　expose　myself　to　the　last　degree；　so　I　had　reason　to　believe　

that　my　mother；　who　dies　here；　had　left　me　something；　and　

perhaps　considerable；　which　it　might　be　very　well　worth　my　

while　to　inquire　after；　but　that　this　too　could　not　be　done　

without　exposing　us　publicly；　unless　we　went　from　hence；　and　

then；　wherever　we　settled；　I　might　come；　as　it　were；　to　visit　

and　to　see　my　brother　and　nephews；　make　myself　known　to　

them；　claim　and　inquire　after　what　was　my　due；　be　received　

with　respect；　and　at　the　same　time　have　justice　done　me　with　

cheerfulness　and　good　will；　whereas；　if　I　did　it　now；　I　could　

expect　nothing　but　with　trouble；　such　as　exacting　it　by　force；　

receiving　it　with　curses　and　reluctance；　and　with　all　kinds　of　

affronts；　which　he　would　not　perhaps　bear　to　see；　that　in　case　

of　being　obliged　to　legal　proofs　of　being　really　her　daughter；　

I　might　be　at　loss；　be　obliged　to　have　recourse　to　England；　and　

it　may　be　to　fail　at　last；　and　so　lose　it；　whatever　it　might　be。　　

With　these　arguments；　and　having　thus　acquainted　my　husband　

with　the　whole　secret　so　far　as　was　needful　of　him；　we　resolved　

to　go　and　seek　a　settlement　in　some　other　colony；　and　at　first　

thoughts；　Caroline　was　the　place　we　pitched　upon。



In　order　to　this　we　began　to　make　inquiry　for　vessels　going　to　

Carolina；　and　in　a　very　little　while　got　information；　that　on　the　

other　side　the　bay；　as　they　call　it；　namely；　in　Maryland；　there　

was　a　ship　which　came　from　Carolina；　laden　with　rice　and　

other　goods；　and　was　going　back　again　thither；　and　from　

thence　to　Jamaica；　with　provisions。　　On　this　news　we　hired　a　

sloop　to　take　in　our　goods；　and　taking；　as　it　were；　a　final　

farewell　of　Potomac　River；　we　went　with　all　our　cargo　over　

to　Maryland。



This　was　a　long　and　unpleasant　voyage；　and　my　spouse　said　

it　was　worse　to　him　than　all　the　voyage　from　England；　because　

the　weather　was　but　indifferent；　the　water　rough；　and　the　

vessel　small　and　inconvenient。　　In　the　next　place；　we　were　full　

a　hundred　miles　up　Potomac　River；　in　a　part　which　they　call　

Westmoreland　County；　and　as　that　river　is　by　far　the　greatest　

in　Virginia；　and　I　have　heard　say　it　is　the　greatest　river　in　the　

world　that　falls　into　another　river；　and　not　directly　into　the　sea；　

so　we　had　base　weather　in　it；　and　were　frequently　in　great　

danger；　for　though　we　were　in　the　middle；　we　could　not　see　

land　on　either　side　for　many　leagues　together。　　Then　we　had　

the　great　river　or　bay　of　Chesapeake　to　cross；　which　is　where　

the　river　Potomac　falls　intoit；　near　thirty　miles　broad；　and　we　

entered　more　great　vast　waters　whose　names　I　know　not；　so　

that　our　voyage　was　full　two　hundred　miles；　in　a　poor；　sorry　

sloop；　with　all　our　treasure；　and　if　any　accident　had　happened　

to　us；　we　might　at　last　have　been　very　miserable；　supposing　

we　had　lost　our　goods　and　saved　our　lives　only；　and　had　then　

been　left　naked　and　destitute；　and　in　a　wild；　strange　place　not　

having　one　friend　or　acquaintance　in　all　that　part　of　the　world。　　

The　very　thought　of　it　gives　me　some　horror；　even　since　the　

danger　is　past。



Well；　we　came　to　the　place　in　five　days'　sailing；　I　think　they　

call　it　Philip's　Point；　and　behold；　when　we　came　thither；　the　

ship　bound　to　Carolina　was　loaded　and　gone　away　but　three　

days　before。　　This　was　a　disappointment；；　but；　however；　I；　

that　was　to　be　discouraged　with　nothing；　told　my　husband　

that　since　we　could　not　get　passage　to　Caroline；　and　that　the　

country　we　was　in　was　very　fertile　and　good；　we　would；　if　he　

liked　of　it；　see　if　we　could　find　out　anything　for　our　tune　where　

we　was；　and　that　if　he　liked　things　we　would　settle　here。



We　immediately　went　on　shore；　but　found　no　conveniences　

just　at　that　place；　either　for　our　being　on　shore　or　preserving　

our　goods　on　shore；　but　was　directed　by　a　very　honest　Quaker；　

whom　we　found　there；　to　go　to　a　place　about　sixty　miles　east；　

that　is　to　say；　nearer　the　mouth　of　the　bay；　where　he　said　he　

lived；　and　where　we　should　be　accommodated；　either　to　plant；　

or　to　wait　for　any　other　place　to　plant　in　that　might　be　more　

convenient；　and　he　invited　us　with　so　much　kindness　and　

simply　honesty；　that　we　agreed　to　go；　and　the　Quaker　himself　

went　with　us。



Here　we　bought　us　two　servants；　viz。　an　English　woman…servant　

just　come　on　shore　from　a　ship　of　Liverpool；　and　a　Negro　

man…servant；　things　absolutely　necessary　for　all　people　that　

pretended　to　settle　in　that　country。　　This　honest　Quaker　was　

very　helpful　to　us；　and　when　we　came　to　the　place　that　he　

proposed　to　us；　found　us　out　a　convenient　storehouse　for　our　

goods；　and　lodging　for　ourselves　and　our　servants；　and　about　

two　months　or　thereabouts　afterwards；　by　his　direction；　we　

took　up　a　large　piece　of　land　from　the　governor　of　that　country；　

in　order　to　form　our　plantation；　and　so　we　laid　the　thoughts　

of　going　to　Caroline　wholly　aside；　having　been　very　well　

received　here；　and　accommodated　with　a　convenient　lodging　

till　we　could　prepare　things；　and　have　land　enough　cleared；　

and　timber　and　materials　provided　for　building　us　a　house；　all　

which　we　managed　by　the　direction　of　the　Quaker；　so　that　in　

one　year's　time　we　had　nearly　fifty　acres　of　land　cleared；　part　

of　it　enclosed；　and　some　of　it　planted　with　tabacco；　though　

not　much；　besides；　we　had　garden　ground　and　corn　sufficient　

to　help　supply　our　servants　with　roots　and　herbs　and　bread。



And　now　I　persuaded　my　husband　to　let　me　go　over　the　bay　

again；　and　inquire　after　my　friends。　　He　was　the　willinger　to　

consent　to　it　now；　because　he　had　business　upon　his　hands　

sufficient　to　employ　him；　besides　his　gun　to　divert　him；　which　

they　call　hunting　there；　and　which　he　greatly　delighted　in；　and　

indeed　we　used　to　look　at　one　another；　sometimes　with　a　great　

deal　of　pleasure；　reflecting　how　much　better　that　was；　not　than　

Newgate　only；　but　than　the　most　prosperous　of　our　circumstances　

in　the　wicked　trade　that　we　had　been　both　carrying　on。



Our　affair　was　in　a　very　good　posture；　we　purchased　of　the　

proprietors　of　the　colony　as　much　land　for　#35；　paid　in　ready　

money；　as　would　make　a　sufficient　plantation　to　employ　

between　fifty　and　sixty　servants；　and　which；　being　well　

improved；　would　be　sufficient　to　us　as　long　as　we　could　either　

of　us　live；　and　as　for　children；　I　was　past　the　prospect　of　

anything　of　that　kind。



But　out　good　fortune　did　not　end　here。　　I　went；　as　I　have　said；　

over　the　bay；　to　the　place　where　my　brother；　once　a　husband；　

lived；　but　I　did　not　go　to　the　same　village　where　I　was　before；　

but　went　up　another　great　river；　on　the　east　side　of　the　river　

Potomac；　called　Rappahannock　River；　and　by　this　means　

came　on　the　back　of　his　plantation；　which　was　large；　and　by　

the　help　of　a　navigable　creek；　or　little　river；　that　ran　into　the　

Rappahannock；　I　came　very　near　it。



I　was　now　fully　resolved　to　go　up　point…blank　to　my　brother　

（husband）；　and　to　tell　him　who　I　was；　but　not　knowing　what　

temper　I　might　find　him　in；　or　how　much　out　of　temper　rather；　

I　might　make　him　by　such　a　rash　visit；　I　resolved　to　write　a　

letter　to　him　first；　to　let　him　know　who　I　was；　and　that　I　was　

come　not　to　give　him　any　trouble　upon　the　old　relation；　which　

I　hoped　was　entirely　forgot；　but　that　I　applied　to　him　as　a　sister　

to　a　brother；　desiring　his　assistance　in　the　case　of　that　provision　

which　our　mother；　at　her　decease；　had　left　for　my　support；　and　

which　I　did　not　doubt　but　he　would　do　me　justice　in；　especially　

considering　that　I　was　come　thus　far　to　look　after　it。



I　said　some　very　tender；　kind　things　in　the　letter　about　his　

son；　which　I　told　him　he　knew　to　be　my　own　child；　and　that　

as　I　was　guilty　of　nothing　in　marrying　him；　any　more　than　he　

was　in　marrying　me；　neither　of　us　having　then　known　our　

being　at　all　related　to　one　another；　so　I　hoped　he　would　allow　

me　the　most　passionate　desire　of　once　seeing　my　one　and　only　

child；　and　of　showing　something　of　the　infirmities　of　a　mother　

in　preserving　a　violent　affect　for　him；　who　had　never　been　

able　to　retain　any　thought　of　me　one　way　or　other。



I　did　believe　that；　having　received　this　letter；　he　would　

immediately　give　it　to　his　son　to　read；　I　having　understood　

his　eyesbeing　so　dim；　that　he　could　not　see　to　read　it；　but　it　

fell　out　better　than　so；　for　as　his　sight　was　dim；　so　he　had　

allowed　his　son　to　open　all　letters　that　came　to　his　hand　for　

him；　and　the　old　gentleman　being　from　home；　or　out　of　the　

way　when　my　messenger　came；　my　letter　came　directly　to　my　

son's　hand；　and　he　opened　and　read　it。



He　called　the　messenger　in