Acts. 137

Carryed the Deed, or Conveyance w^th him or by the Injury of time,
the same is Lost or Destroyed, and no record thereof to be found
whereby the title of the said Hawkins and Wright is become pre-
carious and defeazable. And it being made appear to this present
Generall Assembly That the said Price did really and Bonafide pur-
chase the said Land of the said Atchinson And Sold the same to the
said Hawkins and Wright, for good and Valluable Considerations
after the said Price had been many yeare in Quiett and peaceable
possⁿ thereof dureing the said Atchinson's Lifetime It was therefore
prayed that the said want of a deed or Conveyance from the said
Atchinson to Price might be supplyed by an Act of this Generall
Assembly thereby to Confirm and make good and Indefeazable the
Estate of the said Hawkins, and Wright in the said three hundred
Acres of Land which being thought reasonable.
Be it Enacted by the Queens most Excellent Majesty by and with
the advice and Consent of her Maj^tys President Councill & Assembly
of this province and the authority of the same that the said Major
John Hawkins and Henry Wright according to their Severall pur-
chases from the s^d Price by force and Virtue of this Act, shall have,
hold, and Enjoy, to them, & their heires for Ever a good Sure &
Indefeazable Estate of Inheritance, in fee Simple, of, in & to the
s^d three hundred acres of Land and that the said Atchinson, and his
heires shall be forever utterly debarred & Excluded of all right
Claim and Interest of, in or to the s^d three hundred acres of Land,
and premises as fully and Effectually to all Intents & purposes
whoever, as if the deed or Conveyance, made by the said Atchinson
to the s^d Price were in being or the record thereof to be found, any
Law, Statute, Usage or Custome or the want of the said deed or
Conveyance or the record thereof to the Contrary thereof notwith-
Standing. And he it further Enacted that the s^d John Hawkins and
Henry Wright or their heires or Assignes shall with all Convenient
Speed Cause the severall Depositions & other Evidences Laid before
this present Generall Assembly to prove the purchase or Sale of the
said three hundred acres of Land from the said Atchinson to the said
Price to be recorded in her Maj^tys high Court of Chancery in this
Province.

Liber LL, 4
Acts

An Act for setling and vesting an Estate of Inheritance in fee
simple of and in one hundred and fifty acres of Land lying in
Calvert County on W^m Hickman of Calvert County Carpenter
son and heir of William Hickman deceased and by the said Hick-
man the father purchased of & from a Certain Thomas Hinton.
Whereas William Hickman late of Calvert County planter de-
ceased on or about the nineteenth day of July Anno Domini one thou-
sand Six hundred ninety five purchased of and from a Certain
Thomas Hinton of the said County Deceased the half part of a peice
of Land lying in the said County of Calv^t Called the old Plantation

Acts of 1711,
ch. 12
p. 19