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the name notable. In January, 1720, she was taken into 

 custody with two or three others for writing the following 

 complaint to the Company against the Governor : 



Whereas on the 29th November 1719, that the Rev. Mr, Jones, 

 the Right Honble Company's Chaplain on the said Island was cele- 

 brating of Divine Service according to his office, the collect of the 

 day was interrupted by Governor Johnson saying very outrageously, 

 " You are out to-day as you was last Sunday, for this is the 2nd 

 Sunday in Advent," the which the Rev. Mr. Jones read to prevent 

 any further indecency, but informing himself while a psalm was 

 sung and finding he had committed no error proceeded on his duty 

 till he came a second time to read the Collect for the first Sunday 

 in Advent, was instantaneously interrupted by Governor Johnson, 

 saying, "Why do you make these mistakes"; to which the Rev. 

 Mr. Jones made no reply, but went on scarcely to the end of the 

 Communion Service and published the Holy Day, viz. St. Andrews, 

 being the next day, adding that prayers will be at church ; then the 

 Rev. Mr. Jones had no sooner expressed himself thus, but Governor 

 Johnson said, "Not by you, sir! " calling out very furiously "Officer, 

 take him prisoner, bring him before me," and the order was imme- 

 diately executed. 



For this writing Mrs. Southens and several others were 

 committed for trial. The evidence given agrees with above 

 letter, except that the Governor called to Mr. Jones in a 

 very mild manner and that Mr. Jones, without any regard to 

 what mistakes the Governor had told him of, did persist and 

 read on in open defiance of the Governor, which gave him 

 cause to order Mr. Jones to be seized by the Officer of the 

 Guard and to bring him to the Castle ; where he appeared 

 with an haughty countenance and vindicated himself in a 

 very rude manner, who for his disobedience and violent 

 behaviour then, as well as several other times before the 

 Governor and Council, he was confined. 



The jury found Sarah Southens and Dr. Civil guilty, and 

 they were both sentenced "to be sett in the pillory for one 

 hour, the pillory to be sett in the middle of the valley over 

 against the store house (the present commissariat yard) 

 they had to stand with their faces up the valley. 



After these proceedings Mr. Jones left the island, and 

 while Governor Johnson remained no other clergyman would 

 come. In the August following, there being no clergyman 

 Mrs. Swallow, the widow of the planter, and possessed of 

 small property, was married to Joseph Bedloe, one of the 



