"10 June 1668. It appeareing to this Cort. that Mr. Peter Harrys did covenannt wth: Sarah (marked out) Mary Blake to cure her of a distemper she had for wch: care the saide Mary did become a Servannt for 15 moneths to ye sde. Harrys, who did in some short tyme before the cure was p:fexted, assigne her to Hen: Nichols. It nowe appeareing to this Cort. by sufficient oathes that the sde. Mary is in a very bad condic[i]on & is noe p:bable way for her cure, the saide Mary is hereby declared free & at her owne disposall. Mr. Harrys is ordered to repay to ye sde. Nichols what hee had for ye sde. Mary, her time, wth: costs." (1)
Ruth Sparacio & Sam Sparacio, Order Book Abstracts of Lancaster County, Virginia 1666-1669 (McLean, Virginia: The Antient Press, 1993), 51, 53, quoting Lancaster County, Virginia Order Book 1666-1680, 72, 75.