156 Assembly Proceedings, 1694-1728.

Liber LL, 4
Acts

five the Time of the probate of the said Will, soe that the same Pro-
bate could not be soe perfectly made As by the Rules of Law in such
Cases is required, And Whereas the said John Dent by his last Will
and Testam^t duly perfected bearing date the Twenty fifth day of
December Anno Dom. Seventeen Hundred and Eleven (which s^d
last Will and Testam^t appeares legally proved and Recorded in the
Comissary Generalls Office of this province) amongst other Things
& devices therein devised unto his son John Dent divers of the Lands
which were devised by the said Harrison to the said John Dent the
Father upon which the said John Dent the Son has petitioned this
p^rsent Generall Assembly that for the rendring Valid and Effectuall
the Will and Testam^t aforesaid of the s^d John Harrison And alsoe
for the better Confirmacon of the severall Estates in the said Two
Wills devised or Intended to be devised to the Severall and Re-
spective devisees therein menconed according to the true Intent and
meaning of the respective devisors the said John Harrisons Will with

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the probat thereof As it stands Recorded in the Comissary Generalls
Office may by an Act for that purpose be rendred As Effectuall To
all Intents and purposes As if the same Will had been duely proved
by the severall Witnesses thereto And for that the said last men-
coned John Dent has made the Justice & Reasonableness of his s^d
Peticcon Sufficiently appear, It is humbly prayed That it may be
Enacted.
And be it Enacted by the Queens most Excellent Maj^ty by and with
the Advice and Consent of her Maj^tys Presid^t Councill and Assembly
of this Province and the Authority of the Same That the afore
menconed Will and Testam^t of the afore menconed John Harrison
be As Valid & Effectuall in Law to all Intents Construccons and
purposes As if the same had been duely proved by the Oath of all the
Witnesses thereto Any defect in the Probate thereof or any Law
Statute or Custome to the Contrary notwithstanding
Provided that this Act or any Thing therein Contained shall not
p^rjudice the right of any person or persons whatsoever Claiming by
virtue of any Subsequent or latter Will made by the said John
Harrison if any such shall at any Time hereafter appeare duly Exe-
cuted and proved according to Law Any Thing in this Act to the
Contrary notwithstanding

Acts of
Oct. 1712,
ch. 13
p. 48

An Act for Confirming unto Francis Sherwood and his Heires an
Estate in Fee simple of in and unto Certain Lands devised him
by his Father
Whereas Hugh Sherwood late of Talbott County Gentleman on
or about the nineteenth day of January Anno dom Seventeen Hun-
dred & Ten made his last Will and Testam^t in Writeing whereby
amongst other Things therein Contained he devised unto his sonn
Francis Sherwood All the Land he was then possesst withall (Ex-