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Captaine Thomas Irish saith, that he went out as 
Captaine in the ship the South Phenix alias the Costly 
in Anno 1628, and that there were divers merchants 
and owners of that shipp, saith that he carryed noe 
letters from the Earle of Carlile to the Barbadoes, neither 
was there any nominacion of him there then, that the 
Barbadoes was planted by Captaine HENRY POWELL, 
Captaine John Powell and his Sonne, and that noe 
men were then at the Barbadoes, but theis and their 
Company, that Capt. John POWELL was Governour and 
that this Examinate landed 140 men at the Barbadoes in 
Anno 1628, 40 whereof belonged to Captaine JAMES 
FFUTTER and that this Examinate had other people to be 
landed upon other Islands. 
John Ackland saith, that he was Boatswaine of Irish 
his shipp in Anno 1628 about May or June, and that 
they went to the Barbadoes and landed about 140 men 
in the Barbadoes, who did settle under the Govermt. of 
Captaine John Powell at the Chardge of Sr. Wm 
CURTEENE, that Captaine John POWELL was then Cap- 
taine of the Company there. 
FIRST PLANTINGE ST. CHRISTOFERS. 
Captaine Robert Dennis saith, that he went to 
St. Christofers 23 or 24 yeers agoe in January last, in 
the shipp Marmaduke of London, set out by Mr. 
MERRIFEILD and his partners designed to land men at 
St. Christofer's and to plant there, that they landed 19 
persons besides himselfe who was the first man that 
landed ther^, and that then there were noe people upon 
the Island besides the Indians, but only three ffrench 
who had bin shippwrecks, and were slaves to the Indians. 
James ASTREY saith, that he landed in St. Christo- 
