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Court and Testamentary Business, 1649 50.61
whatsoever that may come or insue vnto the said Mr WiHm Liber A. Branthwate by reason of the goods lately bequeathed vnto Katherine the daughter of the said John Smith by the last Will & Testamt of Henry Crawley late deceased That then this Obligacon to bee void and of none effect or else to stand in full force power and vertue Signd John Smith Sealed & delivered in the prseflce of ffrancis Rabnett John Gresham
Knowe all men by these prsents that I John Smith of Cray- p. 389 ford in the Isle of Kent planter haue given granted assigned & made over, and by these prsents doe give grant assigne and make over vnto Mr William Branthwait of Broadcreeke and Island aforesaid gent All my right title clayme and interest wch I haue in the lands goods cattell & chattells of Henry Crawley late deceased in the right of my daughter Katherine and bequeathed vnto the aforesaid Katheren by the last Will & testamt of the aforesaid Henry Crawley And I doe further give and grant vnto the foresaid Mr Wm Branthwait full power to doe any lawfull Act or acts as also to administer vpon the said estate and to doe whatsoever shall belong or of right shall seeme expedient to bee done in busines of the like kinde and nature with as full power and authority and in as large & ample manner as if I myself were to doe the same In witnes whereof I haue herevnto sett my hand the last day of ffebruary 1639. The marke of John Smith Signed & delivered in the prsence of. ffrancis Rabnett John Gresham
ffebr the 19th 1639. Memrd that John Smith of the Isle of Kent in the Province of Maryland Planter doe acknowledge to haue received of Mr Branthwait of the aforesaid Island gent the iust quantity of twenty six hundred pounds of Tobacco being a debt due vnto mee from the estate of Henry Crawley of the aforesaid Island deceased. And doe freely acquitt and discharge the said William Branthwait of all debts Whatsoever betwixt the aforesaid Henry Crawley deceased and mee Witnes my hand Sign John Smith Witnes Robert Lake. WiHm Lant.
Whereas Henry Crawley of the Isle of Kent deceased hath by his last Will & Testamt given all his whole estate scituate at the Broadcreeke in the aforesaid Island or elsewhere, and likewise all debts and Recoveries whatsoever vnto Katheren
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