"He is a slim well made Man, near six Feet high, was a Sailor, and has been in Spain, Portugal, and France. He says he was brought up at Cambridge, and pretends to understand Latin, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Dutch. He came in the Success's Increase, Captain Curtis, into Rappahannock, and was sold for a Schoolmaster. He robbed one Mrs. Hume of about 20 l. worth of Wearing Apparel, among which were some Jewellery, Caps, Aprons, Handkerchiefs, &c. which he and Puttrell sold as they went along."
Tom Costa, Virginia Runaways, The Geography of Slavery in Virginia, accessed 13 March 2007, quoting Virginia Gazette [online image].