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     neceaue the sam shall accept in discharg thearof at the Choice of us Liber B
     and own heirs or such officer or officers as aforsayd giuen at St Maries
     under owr great seall of owr sayd Prouince of Mariland the six and
     twentith day of May in the twentith six year of own dominion of owr
     sayd Prouince of Mariland Ao Doni 1658 witnes own trusty and well [p. 98]
     beloued Josias fendall Escp own liuetennant of own sayd Prouince
                                      Josias Fendall

     Endossed on the backe of the sayd Patten as followeth
       Be it knowne unto all men that I william Smoot doe assigne and
     make ouer all my right and title of this patten to Richard Smoot his
     heirs Administrators or Assignes as witnes my hand this 28th of may
     Ao 1658               William W Smoot
     Test Edmond James          his marke
         and william Barton
     and acknowledged by the sayd Smoote and his wife hear in open
     Court

       Bee it knowne unto all men by thees Presants that I Richard
     Smoote doe resigne and make ouer all my right and title of this patten
     unto Gils Tomkins his heirs Administrators or assignes as witnes
     my hand this 22th of Nouemben Ao Doni 1659
     Witnes William Barton iunion Richard  Smoot
          John   Gooldsmith           his marke

       Bee it knowne unto all men by thees Presants that I Gils Tomkins
     doe assigne and make ouer from mee my heirs unto John Morris
     his heirs or Assignes all my right and titell of this Pattent for euer as
     witnes my hand this 17th of March Ao Doni 166o
     Test Georg Newman              Giles A Tomkins
         Walter Hall                 his marke
     And acknowledged to the sayd Morris now in open Court:

       Caecilius Absolute Lord and Proprietarie of the Prouinces of [p. 99]
     Mariland and Aualon Lord Baron of Baltemor &c to all Person to
     whom thees presants shall Come greeting know yee that wee for and
     in Consideration that william Smoot of Owr Prouince of Mariland
     Planter hath four hundered Acres of land dew to him in own sayd
     Prouince for transporting Elisabet Ann and aels smoot his Daughter
     and Elisabeth wood his wifes daughter into owr sayd Prouince befor
     the one thowsand six hundened and fifty one thear to inhabit and
     dwell and upon such Conditions and tearmes as are expressed in
     own Condition of Plantation of own sayd Prouince under own greater
     seale at Armes baring daet at London the second day of July in the
     yeare of own Lord one thowsand six hundered and forty nine Re
     maining upon Record in owr sayd Prouince doe hearby grant unto
     the sayd William Smoö all that Parcell of land Lung on the west