@depositions_margaret_brockway:collection {title: "Depositions Regarding Margaret Brockway's Mental State", creator: [@beck_moses_blackley, @capt_phineas_royce, @mr_jonathan_cook, @mrs_lydia_barnes, @mr_samuel_curtis, @elizabeth_curtis, @henry_cook, @ebenezer_cook, @deacon_john_warner], institution: @connecticut_state_library, created: @date_1758_08_25, created_end: @date_1759_02_26, language: "en", subjects: ["Divorce", "Mental health", "Depositions", "Legal documents", "Margaret Brockway", "Samuel Brockway", "Waterbury", "New Haven County"], description: "A collection of depositions regarding the mental state of Margaret Brockway, wife of Samuel Brockway, in the context of a divorce case in New Haven County, Connecticut.", place: [@farmington_connecticut, @waterbury_connecticut, @new_haven_county_connecticut]}

@beck_moses_blackley:person {full_name: "Beck Moses Blackley"}

@capt_phineas_royce:person {full_name: "Phineas Royce", title: "Captain"}

@mr_jonathan_cook:person {full_name: "Jonathan Cook"}

@mrs_lydia_barnes:person {full_name: "Lydia Barnes"}

@mr_samuel_curtis:person {full_name: "Samuel Curtis"}

@elizabeth_curtis:person {full_name: "Elizabeth Curtis"}

@henry_cook:person {full_name: "Henry Cook"}

@ebenezer_cook:person {full_name: "Ebenezer Cook"}

@deacon_john_warner:person {full_name: "John Warner", title: "Deacon"}

@margaret_brockway:person {full_name: "Margaret Brockway"}

@samuel_brockway:person {full_name: "Samuel Brockway"}

@farmington_connecticut:place {city: "Farmington", state: "Connecticut", country: "United States"}

@waterbury_connecticut:place {city: "Waterbury", state: "Connecticut", country: "United States"}

@new_haven_county_connecticut:place {county: "New Haven County", state: "Connecticut", country: "United States"}

@water_city:place {city: "Water City", state: "Connecticut", country: "United States"}

@connecticut_state_library:organization {name: "Connecticut State Library"}

@new_haven_county_superior_court:organization {name: "New Haven County Superior Court"}

@mathew_justice_of_peace:person {full_name: "Matthew Justice", role: "Justice of the Peace"}

@geo_matthews:person {full_name: "Geo. Matthews", role: "Justice of the Peace"}

@thomas_matthew:person {full_name: "Thomas Matthew", role: "Justice of the Peace"}

@pho_matthews:person {full_name: "Pho! Matthews", role: "Justice of the Peace"}

@hezekiah_gridly:person {full_name: "Hezekiah Gridly", role: "Justice of the Peace"}

@jeffry_pitkin:person {full_name: "Jeffry Pitkin", role: "Clerk"}

@divorce:concept {definition: "Legal dissolution of marriage"}

@mental_health:concept {definition: "State of psychological well‑being"}

@nhsc_baai_cases_papers:dataset {description: "New Haven County Superior Court Files – Black, African American, and Indigenous cases and papers", project: "NHSC_BAAI_Cases_Papers_Subject"}

@nhsc_baai_cases_papers_subject:field {type: "subject index", dataset: @nhsc_baai_cases_papers}

@deposition_001:document {date: @date_1759_02_26, location: @farmington_connecticut, depositor: @beck_moses_blackley, justice: @hezekiah_gridly, subjects: [@margaret_brockway, @samuel_brockway], concepts: [@divorce, @mental_health], summary: "Testifies that Margaret Brockway is not a distracted person but exhibits bad behaviour and cruelty toward Samuel Brockway; describes her as unprofitable and destructive, attributing cause to a spiteful spirit; states Samuel's behavior toward his wife has been kind and good."}

@beck_moses_blackley -> gave deposition -> @deposition_001

@deposition_003:document {date: @date_1758_08_25, location: @waterbury_connecticut, depositor: [@capt_phineas_royce, @mr_jonathan_cook, @mrs_lydia_barnes], justice: @mathew_justice_of_peace, subjects: [@margaret_brockway, @samuel_brockway], concepts: [@divorce, @mental_health], summary: "Observes Margaret Brockway generally to know what she does."}

@capt_phineas_royce -> gave deposition -> @deposition_003

@mr_jonathan_cook -> gave deposition -> @deposition_003

@mrs_lydia_barnes -> gave deposition -> @deposition_003

@deposition_005:document {date: @date_1758_08_30, location: @waterbury_connecticut, depositor: [@mr_samuel_curtis, @elizabeth_curtis], justice: @geo_matthews, subjects: [@margaret_brockway, @samuel_brockway], concepts: [@divorce, @mental_health], summary: "Neighbors of Samuel Brockway for five or six years, describe him as a distracted woman and report hearing cries of murder and distress; claim Brockway's wife is possessed."}

@mr_samuel_curtis -> gave deposition -> @deposition_005

@elizabeth_curtis -> gave deposition -> @deposition_005

@deposition_007:document {date: @date_1758_08_30, location: @waterbury_connecticut, depositor: [@henry_cook, @ebenezer_cook], justice: @thomas_matthew, subjects: [@margaret_brockway, @samuel_brockway], concepts: [@divorce, @mental_health], summary: "Recall that Samuel Brockway's father said his son's wife was a likely woman but later became a poor distracted person; they have known her to be distracted by turns."}

@henry_cook -> gave deposition -> @deposition_007

@ebenezer_cook -> gave deposition -> @deposition_007

@deposition_010:document {date: @date_1758_08_20, location: @water_city, depositor: @deacon_john_warner, justice: @pho_matthews, subjects: [@margaret_brockway, @samuel_brockway], concepts: [@divorce, @mental_health], summary: "Deacon John Warner, experienced with distracted persons, states Margaret Brockway is a distracted person, recalling an incident ten or eleven months prior where she acted inconsistently."}

@deacon_john_warner -> gave deposition -> @deposition_010

@depositions_margaret_brockway -> includes -> @deposition_001

@depositions_margaret_brockway -> includes -> @deposition_003

@depositions_margaret_brockway -> includes -> @deposition_005

@depositions_margaret_brockway -> includes -> @deposition_007

@depositions_margaret_brockway -> includes -> @deposition_010

@deposition_001 -> part of -> @nhsc_baai_cases_papers

@deposition_003 -> part of -> @nhsc_baai_cases_papers

@deposition_005 -> part of -> @nhsc_baai_cases_papers

@deposition_007 -> part of -> @nhsc_baai_cases_papers

@deposition_010 -> part of -> @nhsc_baai_cases_papers