This small document contains instructions dated 2 March 1672 to the prison keeper in Boston to hold Deacon William Parke’s “servant” Silvanus Warro on the charges of night-walking, disobedience, and fornication with Elizabeth Parker. The document is signed by Massachusetts Deputy Governor John Leverett (1616-1679) and secretary Edward Rawson (1615-1693).

Elizabeth Parker was Parke’s white indentured servant. In a memorandum dated 19 October 1682, Deacon William Parke outlines expenses incurred on behalf of Silvanus Warren, including upkeep of his “bastard child” with Elizabeth Parker.(See the online presentation of the memorandum from October 1682).