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417) Maryland By vertue of a Comicon directed to me out of his Maj.ties high Court of Chancery of this Province beareing Date the Tenth day of July last past for Takeing y.e evedence of George Althea concearneing the bounds and bound Trees of a certain tract of land called Little Ease lyeing in P.r Georges County In obedience thereunto I have this day caused the said George Athea to come before me and comeing to Piscattaway where the said Land is said to Lye And the said George haveing taken his corporall Oath On y.e Holy Evangelist did declare that he knows not anything of the bounds or bound Trees of the said Little Ease and being further examined concearneing y.e bounds of a tract of land called Thomas his Chance being the Land on whose second bound Tree the said Little Ease is said to begin did declare as Followeth Comeing to a bounded Red Oak standing On y.e Topp of a Hill In a Indian feild On the right hand of the Rowling Road that goeth from M.r W.m Huchisons to Piscattaway Creek about 30 or 40 Yards from y.e sd Road the s.d George did Declare that he was along w.th William Thomas the first owner of the said Land and Robert Ingoldsby when y.e said Thomas Delivered possession of the said land called Thomas's Chance to the said Ingoldsby who did declare it to be his first bounded Tree and goeing to y.e eastward the said George Athea came to another bounded Oak near y.e brow of a small Decent which he Did declare that the said Thomas showed it him as his second bound Tree And y.e said George being further Examined as Toucheing the bounds of a Tract of land called Locust Thickett whose first bounded Tree being a hickory And is said to be the second bounded Tree of Little ease Did Declare thay knew Nothing of the said Locust Thickett but being brought to a bounded hickory about four pches to the Southward of the second Oak of Thomas Chance it haveing been supposed to be the first Tree of Locust Thickett did Declare that he with Coll Ninian Beale in y.e Year 1685 or thereabouts did make and bound the s.d Hickory for y.e Last Tree of a Tract of Land laid out by them for One James Finley called Leith & their was noe M.r L or bound on the said Tree before they Markt it And the said Coll Beale being p.rsent haveing alsoe taken his corporall Oath did declare that he caused the said hickory to be bounded for the fourth and last bound Tree of the said Leith he being the Survey.r of the same And that it had Neither M.r L Nor bound but what hee caused to be putt Thereon And |
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