"Yesterday Gennet Watts was committed intot he sheriff's custody for contempt for refusing to be sworn as a witness on behalf of Margery Williams against John Watts. Now she humbly petitioned the court and acknowledged her error, which she said was committed through ignorance and not in comtempt. Upon her submission the court discharged her; she paid court costs." (1)
(1) JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack County, Virginia Court Order Abstracts, 1682-1690, Vol. 7 (Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), 216, quoting Accomack County, Virginia Court Order Book 7:121a-122.