184 Assembly Proceedings, 1694-1728.

Liber LL, 4
Acts

seven hundred and eight for the Consideration of twenty five pounds
Sterling granted and sold unto Stephen Wright of the same County
and province Planter and to his heirs and Assignes forever the
moyety or half parte of a Tract or parcell of land Called Timber
neck Lying in Ann arundell County on the South Side of South River
on the West side of a Creek Called Jaccobs Creek Beginning at a
marked red oake standing upon a point and running for breadth West
South west up the Creek one hundred and Sixty perches to a marked
Oak by a Marish side being a bounded tree of Richard Beards on the
west by Beards line drawn west and by north two hundred perches
to a marked pock hiccory and by a line drawn north and by East
from the said Pock hiccory fifty perches to a marked red oake in the
line of Richard Chenys land and by Chenys line East south East
twenty five perches to a marked white oake bounded on the North by

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a line drawn North north East from the said Oak one hundred
perches to a marked Pock hiccory and from the said Pock hiccory
north East and by North to a marked Oake by a Branch in the line
of the land laid out for Murreen Duvall and William Young on the
East by the said Land on the south by Jacobs Creek Containing and
laid out for two hundred acres more or less being formerly granted
to Richard Uggins and John Wheeler that is to say that moyety or
halfe parte of the said Tract of land Called Timber neck formerly
Occupied by the said John Wheeler and late in the Tenure or Occu-
pation of William Bateman of Ann arundell County late deced as
by the same Deed duly Executed and acknowledged and now remain-
ing upon the land Records of Ann Arundell County in the Book
marked P L page four hundred and Eighty two reference being
thereto had may more at Large appear And whereas the said
Stephen Wright by his Deed of Bargaine and Sale bearing date the
Sixteenth day of May Anno Domini Seventeen hundred and Eleven
for the Consideration of Thirty five pounds Sterling granted and
sold the said moyety or halfe part of the Tract of land aforesaid unto
Samuell Chambers of the same County and Province Gentleman and
to his heirs and Assignes forever as by the Deed thereof duly Execu-
ted and acknowledged and now remaining upon the same land records
and in the same Book aforementioned page four hundred and Eighty
five reference being thereto Likewise had may more fully appeare. But
forasmuch as the said Stephen Wright Omitted to get his aforemen-
tioned Deed from Matthew Beard Recorded in time so that by the Act
of Assembly of this province for Quieting possessions Enrolling Con-
veyances and secureing the Estates of purchasers no Estate in the said
land was past thereby and for that the said Matthew Beard and
Stephen Wright are Both since deceased And for that the said
Samuel Chambers on finding the said first mentioned Deed not
recorded Omitted Recording the said Deed from Wright to himself
well knowing the Recording the said Deed would avail him nothing
unless he Could procure a Confirmation of the aforementioned first