Acts. 471

wards of five yeares Leaveing his wife Susannah Tracy w^th
Severall Small Children in a Very poor Condition without
makeing any provision for or sending any Assistance to her
the said Susanna nor Doth shew Know in what Country the
said Thomas now is And Whereas John Siwick the first hus-
band of the said Susanna by his Last will and Testament,
devised to her and her heires for Ever two hundred acres of
Land part of a Tract of Land Called Pascalls purchase Lyeing
at Herring Creek in the .said County of Annarnndel.
And Whereas for good and Valluable Considerations made
to the said Susanna by James Heath of Ann Arundell County
aforesaid Gent as well in dicharging her of a Bond which she
had Entred into before her marryage with the said Thomas
Tracy to One John Wilson for which she was sued since the
departure of the said Tracy as in paying to her the said Susanna
the Sume of three thousand pounds of Tobacco she the said
Susannah Conveyed and made Over all her Remaining part
unsold by her to the said Wilson to Jonathan Jones and to
Christopher Vernon unto the said James Heath his heires and
Assignes for Ever.

Lib. L. L.
No. 64.

And Whereas the said Susannah for and in Consideration
of the further su me of four thousand pounds of Tobacco to
her paid by the said James Heath hath by Indenture Bareing
date the first day of November one thousand Seven hundred
& nine, and acknowledged before Philemon Lloyd Esquire
one of her Maj^tys Justices of the Prov^ll Court of this province
the third day of the Same Month Remised released & for Ever
Quit Claimed all the Right which she the said Susanna hath
or ought to have in and to the said remaining part of the said
Land unsold as aforesaid to the said James Heath his heires
and assignes & for that the said Indenture or deed of Release
being Executed by the said Susanna whilst under Coverture
will not barr the said Thomas Tracy nor the heires of the said
Susanna from haveing and Claimeing the said Land and Prem-
ises she Humbly petitioned this Present Generall Assembly that
it might be Enacted
And be it Enacted by the Queens most Excellent Majesty
by & with the advice and Consent of her Maj^tys Councill &
Assembly of this province and the Authority of the same that
the said Indenture or deed of Release upon it's being Enroled
in the Prov^ll or County Court Records in this Province shall
according to the purport true Intent and meaning thereof
Enure and take Effect and be good and available in Law to all
Intents Constructions and purposes whatsoever and shall Vest
and Settle in the said James Heath and his heires and assignes
a good Estate in ffee Simple notwithstanding the said Susanna
being under Coverture hath made and Executed the said

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